I am winterizing my 13' Scamp for the first time. I poured in the RV antifreeze. My question is do I need to keep antifreeze in the line from the sink to the drain on the outside of the trailer for the winter? I poured one gallon into the water tank. Is that a normal amount to use? I don't have a shower or toilet or hot water tank. Sharon
Sat, 10/22/2016 - 19:18
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Winterization of 13' Scamp for first time
Not sure what you mean about the line.. on the outside, but you need to run antifreeze through the plumbing to each outlet. It sounds like that is only the kitchen sink in your case. And you run it just long enough to force out any water and flow mostly pure antifreeze. Once its pure antifreeze flowing, let it flow for five seconds or so. You let it drain as normal, which fills the drain trap. If you had a shower you would need to run the pump to get it to drain, Otherwise gravity does the work.
One gallon is prob. about right. It likely takes less that that in your case but the trick is that you need a certain amount in the fresh water tank to come up to the level of the place where the pipe connects, and that is likely at least a gallon. You should be able to lower the tongue to get this point lower, and that will allow the antifreeze (or water) in the tank to get into the plumbing at a lower level.
Full instructions are here:
http://www.scamptrailers.com/ask-scamp/maintenance/winterization-checkli...
Thank you for your reply! Yes, I only have the kitchen sink. I'm talking about the plastic hose that goes from the sink down to the drain hole on the outside of the trailer. Whether to leave that plastic hose full of antifreeze for the winter. I was able to get the antifreeze to pump into the sink so one gallon was enough.
So if I understand, you do not even have a gray water holding tank, and your kitchen water goes straight to the ground (unless you have a bucket or portable tank in use). In that case antifreeze would just drain out anyway so you can't really add any to it. As long as the water is drained and not trapped somewhere it wil be fine. Its hard to tell without seeing it though.
Correct - no gray water holding tank and the clear plastic tube runs from the sink to the drain hole on the side of the trailer. I just wondered if I should fill that plastic tube full of RV fluid for the winter and leave the cap on the drain hole for the winter.
Drain it and cap it (to keep bugs out). No need to fill it with antifreeze but if you cap it and add some it wont hurt either.
Thank you!!
Is this what yours looks like? This one is 30 years old so I’m not sure that it is stock. It has no trap and should not freeze. I did however shop vac it to be sure no water was trapped
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I have a clear plastic hose that goes from the sink to the drain hole on the outside of the trailer. I hook up a short hose and put it in a plastic gas can or it can just drip to the ground.
If you have a "City Water" connection that you have used you need to drain that piping also. Remove the little screen behind the cap at the outside connection point and with the sink faucet open push and hold the pin that is inside the connection point. The water should drain out. Then put the cap back on.
Thanks - I didn't use the city water connection this summer. Hope to use it next summer!