Winter storage ? (1 Viewer)

[Angus dog]

This is our first year of motorhoming and it has been hugely successful.However winter is coming and whilst we intend to use "the bus" over the winter we have a few queries :
when not in use is it better to be stored in a building?We have access to a few large sheds on nearby farms.
Should we connect the electric and permanently keep a heater on ?
If heat is on is it necessary to drain the water systems?
At what temp should the water be drained ?

Any other general advices would be appreciated

 

[WillH]

I'm sure you'll get lots of advice so here is what I do.

Drain all water and blow through system to ensure it's really empty.

Connect to mains and change over battery every couple of weeks.

Stick a thermostatically controlled heater in ( ours is set to 8C).

As ours is parked on the drive I check it at least once a week if we haven't used it and try to go for a run at least once a month, even just a day out is good.

RgGds
Bill

 

[Angus dog]

Thanks for reply.
I know I am being stupid but what do you mean by changing battery and blowing through ?

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[WillH]

By changing over the battery I mean switching to the chassis battery for 24 hours to top it up.

Blowing through is when I disconnect the water pump outlet and open one tap at a time and literally blow the line clear by blowing through the water pipe. Don't forget to do both hot and cold sides and especially the shower. One winter we had a crack in the shower water connection block under the mixer caused because a small amount of water had been left there, fixed it with araldite eventually.

Rgds
Bill