[Jack Houpe]

We are heading south soon in the Prevost and I want to put the Newell in shut down mode but I still want to keep my seals on the slide inflated so this is my idea and please someone tell me if I'm thinking wrong. I don't want my jun air compressor running while I'm gone as it gets below 0 F here and I'm afraid that will kill my jun air so my plan is to isolate the air circuit that comes off the DC compressor that feed the slide seals and doors and use a small compressor set at 30 psi and leave it in my garage connected to that circuit. As for the rest of the coach it will not need anything its already winterized.

[Trainer]

Jack, please be aware, with no one at the Newell for weeks and months on end, the diesel on the Aqua Hot Webesto burner will congeal. It may be so bad as to stop up the nozzle. So, just plan to replace that nozzle when you put the Newell back in service. All the best.

You might consider placing the painters taps that is supposed to come off without leaving and residue over the slide gap. So, no leak if bladder collapses.

[encantotom]

Why not just hook the small compressor to the air inlet in the engine bay

Tom

[Richard]

Use the port in the rear as tom suggested. Let the coach all the way down the prevent twisting as the air bags leak down.

[Little]

I installed an air dryer system like they use in a paint booth to my shop compressor, then use that for air while in long term storage. I leave the suspension aired up, but maybe that's not necessary. Pressure regulated at 100 psi. Seems to work fine.

[Jack Houpe]

Rudy I don't have a diesel burner on my aqua hot I use a diesel engine water heater with heat flat plate heat exchanger for boondocking. The only thing I use my aqua hot for is hot water for dishes and showers it operates on the 120vac element only for that purpose or small diesel engine heater. I have inverter heat pumps for heating the coach.

Tom and Richard I thought about that too and I think that will be my coarse of action I will however run a rubber line from the garage as I'm afraid of it being to cold for operation outside.

Mark I have a 5hp for the shop and use it as you suggested but its outside so I'm afraid of something happening when I'm not here when it gets cold.

Going to harbor freight to pick up one of those cheap quite compressors.

[johnkosir]

I do mine a little different, I live in Canada it gets cold. I crib my coach in 3 spots so the frame can not twist, 2 at the back in front of the drive axel and 1 at the front weldment for the ZF suspension. moisture in the air is a problem I have had the moisture condense in the tanks and block the ports and stop air flow, I have a dental compressor in the shop with a water separation system on it, water can still freeze in the air line, you can't change the rules of physics ,I replumed my air lines so that I can supply air to the seals and door only, less places for a air leak, when it gets cold fittings can start to leak,  I have a house alarm system with a connect to go module in it  that will email me if  lose air pressure or my battery voltage goes under 12.5 . The 1st year I had my coach the breaker tripped I lost air and heat I could not open the door I thought it was frozen, just would not open from low air pressure  and i did not know how  open it. Some of my mirrors in the ceiling cracked from the cold so have some heat in the coach. Now I leave my coach at my friends house in Florida on cribs with alarm system hooked up.

[Jack Houpe]

John that's cold! It gets cold here on occasion but not for very long generally just a couple days below freezing at the most that being said I've been here for 43 years and the second year I was here we seen it not get above freezing for 10 days and the ground froze several feet thick which caused many water pipes freezing but that's the only time I've seen it that bad.

[cwl1979]

I wish it only got that cold here. My plan is to make sure the suspension is flat and all air i can has been drained. Come mid April i will fire the diesel on the aqua Hot and hope for the best. not worried about any of the water lines freezing as my coach hasn't had water in it for years now. Poor coach will be a frozen block of ice for about 5 months. Once spring time hits I'll replace airbags and tires since it needs them anyway. From there ill fill with water and "fix" any issues it may have. my coolant in the engine and Aqua Hot are at a 60/40 mix so i should be good for our month of -25 or so.

[Jack Houpe]

Taken from the web, now this says "average"

The average winter temperature in Bentonville, Arkansas is chilly but bearable, with high temperatures in the mid-40s to lower 50s and overnight lows in the 20s and 30s. The average mean temperature in January is 34.5°F and in December it's 36.7°F.

No need in paying gas company profits so we hit the road for warmer climates.