SECTION 10
STORING YOUR MOTOR HOME
10-1
PREPARING VEHICLE FOR
STORAGE
Properly preparing your vehicle for storage
will lessen the possibility of damage to your
vehicle. Prepare the motor home for vacancy just
as you would if you were leaving your house for
an extended period:
·
Remove all perishables from cabinets and re-
frigerator
·
Prop refrigerator door open.
·
Turn off LP gas tank.
·
Drain water heater, water tank and holding
tank.
·
Close shades to protect upholstery from sun-
light
When storing your vehicle through the
winter, or in cold climates, extra preparations
need to be made to protect systems that can be
damaged by freezing temperatures.
Cold Weather Storage
Procedure (Winterizing)
1. Clean and dump holding tanks by following
steps A, B, and C
A.
Add water to the sewage holding tank
by holding the toilet flush lever open
with the water pump running. Add wa-
ter to the waste water holding tanks by
opening the kitchen, shower and lavato-
ry faucets. Tanks should be about 1/4 to
1/3 full to rinse properly. Driving to a
disposal site will normally loosen and
rinse any waste material from the sides
of the tank.
B.
Completely drain the sewage and waste
water holding tanks at an approved
waste disposal site. Drain the sewage
tank first so the following waste water
can rinse any waste solids from the
dump outlet and sewer hose.
C.
Close dump valves and refit the dust cap
onto the drain outlet.
2. Level the motor home and drain the entire
plumbing system as described in the follow-
ing steps.
3. Open all drain valves. (See the water system
drain valve chart on
page 7-5
for locations
on your model.)
NOTE: If your coach is equipped with a water
purifier system, you will need to remove
the filter cartridge and install the divert-
er plug supplied. The cartridge is lcoated
beneath the galley sink counter. The di-
verter plug must be removed and a filter
cartridge installed before resuming nor-
mal use of hte water system. The plug is
intended for winterization only.
4. Turn the Water Pump switch ON to allow it
to operate until you are done draining all fau-
cets and toilet.
5. Open all faucets and shower head valves,
including exterior shower.
6. Operate the toilet flush lever and hold until
water stops flowing in the toilet. Then turn
water pump switch OFF.
7. Turn off the water heater power switch
before draining the water heater tank to
avoid damage to the heating element.
8. Drain the water heater by removing the plug
from the base of the water heater tank, acces-
sible from the outside of the coach.
(Requires socket and ratchet.) Also open the
Pressure-Temperature relief valve at the top
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