Hi I'm Randi and this is Randi's Adventures! In this video I'm going to
show you exactly step by step how we winterize our RV the Little Guy Max. I
think you'll be surprised at how easy it is to winterize an RV yourself.
I live in Minnesota so there is no doubt that we need to winterize our RV however
after we finished winterizing it that does not mean it'll go on storage
and we're done camping until spring. Oh no we camp in our RV year-round. We
love to go RV winter camping in Minnesota. If you would like to learn
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let's get going and let's begin winterizing the little guy max RV. For
step number one we're gonna drain all the water out of the holding tanks. In
that process we're gonna turn off our water pump and our water heater. We're
gonna drain the hot and cold water lines by opening them up along with the water
tank. We're gonna open that line up as well. Now we're gonna unscrew the drain
plug for the water heater to release the pressure.
And that's the hot water draining from the hot water tank. We're not gonna put the hot
water plug back on until we know that the drain is 100% completely dry. Next to
continue draining the tanks in the system we're going to turn on the hot
and the cold water and see if anything drains out or if there is anything left. That
looks like that's pretty dry. We're gonna close the valves we're also gonna drain
the water from the showerhead. There's not much water coming out of there but
we're gonna let it completely drain and we're gonna flush the water out of the
tank. Step number two we've got to bypass the
water heater. Our water heater is located underneath our dinette area here and
back there. So to bypass the water heater we're gonna turn these knobs sideways.
I'm gonna turn that one sideways and it's one-way down here that we're gonna
turn as well. And by turning these this way we're bypassing the water heater.
We're going to turn this one so the knob is up and down therefore allowing the
water flow to go through here bypassing the water heater. Step number three we're
gonna clean the filter in the pump. Down here is the water filters so I'm gonna
take the cap off so we can clean it. This is what the water filter looks like and
this is what we're gonna clean although ours doesn't that look too dirty.
Next I'm just gonna screw the water filter back on. In step number four we're
gonna get everything ready to pump antifreeze through the system. I have got
to unscrew this part right here from the water pump because we're gonna then
hook the hose up to that to pump the antifreeze through the system. This
is the water hose that we're gonna hook up to the water pump where we unscrew
the intake valve. Now we're gonna screw that into the water pump. Next I'm just
gonna set the antifreeze down here so the holes can reach inside of it. Next
I'm going to take the other end of the hose and stick it down inside the
antifreeze bottle. Next we're gonna turn off the hot and cold water. Next we're
going to turn the water pump back on.
Now that we have the water pump turned on the antifreeze is coming from the
bottle and being sucked in to the system. In step number five we're gonna actually
pump the antifreeze through the system. Next I'm gonna turn on the hot water and
there should be a little stream of water and then we're gonna wait for it to turn
all pink.
Now we're gonna repeat the process for the cold water. Now that that's all it
off we've got antifreeze coming through there as well and we're gonna leave that
pink in there to help seal the ring.
This is the city water line. There's a little filter here that we've got to get
out. Next I got to press this in to get antifreeze to release through this hose.
For step number six we're gonna empty our gray and black water tanks It really
wasn't that difficult to winterize our RV. There are several steps but basically
we needed to drain the water lines and the tanks and pump the antifreeze
through the water lines. We also find it helpful to know how to winterize and
de-winterize our RV just in case wind up going somewhere warm for a week or two
we'll know how to de-winterize and re-winterize our RV. Hve you winterized
your RV? Please share your tips for winterizing your RV in the comments
section below!
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