Introduction

[Rockpile]

My wife and I just purchased a 2017 Keystone Springdale travel trailer and have permanently placed it at a lake in North Carolina. This is our first time owning an RV and or using one. With permanent power and sewer, would like to know steps for de-winterization. Not sure if our camper has a hot water bypass or not. All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[14george]

Welcome to the fourm congrats

[chuckster57]

Welcome to the forum, congrats on your new purchase.

I have yet to see any RV that doesn't have a water heater bypass. Most likely behind the tank and accessed by removing a panel inside or a drawer. Depending on how many valves you see, the idea is to stop the flow from the "in" to the "out" and direct the water flow into the tank at the bottom and out at the top.

Dewinterizing, is just a matter of flushing the antifreeze out of the water lines. Flush the lines BEFORE you turn the valves at the water heater. Once clear water is running, then you can run water into the water heater. If the drain plug or anode rod was removed to drain the tank, seal the threads and re install before filling. To fill, just turn on any faucet to hot with the bypass valves set correctly and you should get air from faucet for a bit. Once you get steady stream, fire it up.

[66joej]

Welcome to the forum from Radium Hot Springs BC.
You will find a wealth of good information on here as you already have from chuckster57.