![]() ![]() ![]() Remove all food items from the pop-up camper along with any items that could rust or explode (spray cans, etc).This will allow air flow and prevent mold growth. If possible, leave the refrigerator door blocked open. Clean all of your pop-up camper’s appliances.Clean your pop-up camper from top to bottom, including the canvas and roof of the canvas.After winterizing their pop up RV, many people choose to perform other maintenance tasks.Push the hand pump to flush the antifreeze through the Porta Potty. Drain fresh water and black water from your Porta Potty – After you do this, pour antifreeze into the Porta Potty’s fresh water holding tank.If you have a Porta Potty, make sure the holding tank is empty.Hook everything back up – At this point, remember to clean the sink.Hook up a hand pump to the city water inlet – When you do this, open the faucet and start pumping antifreeze through the pipes using the hand pump (note: this requires a separate hand pump).Pump the hand pump until a small amount of antifreeze ends up in the sink – By pumping until some antifreeze appears in the sink, you can be sure that there is antifreeze all the way through your pipes.Put hand pump hose into a jug of antifreeze – Unhook the suction side of your hand pump at the pop-up camper’s water tank and put the hose in a jug of antifreeze. ![]() This is an important step of winterizing a pop-up camper because even a small amount of water can potentially lead to damage if it freezes in your tank. Hook up air to city water inlet – By blowing air through the faucet, you can ensure that all of the water is removed from your water tank.Any water left in the pipes during the winter will freeze and expand, and if the pipes are not wide enough to accommodate the expansion, they will burst. Drain all the water out of the pop-up camper water tanks, including the fresh water tank and hot water heater – As with travel trailers and motor homes, draining all of the water out of the tanks is the most important pop-up camper winterization step.Use this checklist when winterizing your pop-up camper to ensure that it is ready to go when spring rolls back around. Winterizing a pop-up camper is a little bit easier than, but every bit as important as, winterizing a travel trailer or winterizing a motor home. Now that snow flurries are in the forecast, it is time to think about winterizing your RV. ![]()
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