When you leave the cabin in cold weather it is important that the water system is completely shut off and properly drained.

Start inside:

1. Breaker box above the refrigerator
• Turn off breaker #13 (doghouse power)
• Turn off breakers #10 & 11 (bedroom heat)
• Turn off breakers 2 & 7/8 (hot water heat)

Now go outside (take a crescent wrench with you):

 

1. Go to the pump house (down by the ditch)
• Turn pump switches off (two middle switches)
• Leave light bulb switches on (two outside switches)
2. At the power pole leave switches on
3. Find the main line drain valve near the fence and open with a ¼ counter clock- wise turn with your handy crescent wrench
4. Go into the doghouse beneath the cabin
• Open the red drain valve on the water line by turning counter-clockwise
• Open the red drain valve on the water tank by turning counter-clockwise
5. Open the outside faucet valve by turning counter clock-wise

Now go back inside . . .

1. Bathroom
• Disconnect toilet water supply hose
• Open sink faucets
• Open shower faucets
• Flush toilet
• Pump out water from toilet bowl and tank (hand pump is in closet)
• Add a generous amount of RV antifreeze to tank and bowl
2. Kitchen
• Turn off light under sink
• Open hot water tank drain valve in hole at bottom of unit by turning counter clock-wise
• Open kitchen sink faucets
• Pour 2 cups of RV antifreeze into kitchen sink drain

WHEN YOU LEAVE, ALL VALVES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SHOULD BE OPEN. ALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES SHOULD BE OFF, ESPECIALLY BREAKER #13.