Thanks so much for posting this video. Helped me a lot. Great that you mentioned a mistake you made!! I will make sure I don't make it- so learnt from it !!
This has been so helpful - thank you! I had previously paid to get our GeoPro dewinterized, but am so glad to know how to do it myself now, along with sanitizing.
Be sure to fill your water tank completely full so that the bleach mixture can contact all of the sidewalls and the roof of the water tank that holds the fresh water. You want to be sure that all surfaces within the water storage tank come in contact with the bleach water so as to sanitize that tank completely. Then turn on your pump, and run water through all hoses and faucets. Turn those off, top off your freshwater tank, and let the whole thing sit for at least 12 hours and preferably 24 hours, before draining completely. After draining, completely filling filling with fresh water again, and then running fresh water through all the valves, faucets and shower hoses for an extended period of time to get the bleach water out of that system will complete the flush out the system. Now drain the tank completely, one last time, and fill with your fresh water that you will use for your first camping trip.
Aaaawww....you are lucky to get the newer 2020 BHS with the slide... I guess I bought mine a year and a half too early. Oh well, I still love my Geo Pro BHS minus the slide...huhu. Enjoy your new travel trailer, it is so much fun to have...
Yes, I agree. We were looking last fall for a camper and we are really happy we waited until this year. We needed a table that sits 4 people and really wanted bunk beds too. We also looked at the E16BH, but it felt just a little too cramped. We are hoping to take some longer trips next year. Thanks!
Here's how I add the right amount of bleach to the tank for sanitizing: figure out the right amount of bleach for your tank (My 20 FBS has approximately 30 gallon tank, I use 4 ounces of bleach) then pour the bleach into the hose you're going to fill the tank with. Holding the hose upright, pour it in with the funnel, then put on the Camco hose adapter, then fill the tank.
I use a 15A adapter and just plug into a normal outlet. This is enough to run most things including the fridge. We are not able to use the air conditioning as that requires a 30A hookup. I show the adapter in this accessories video if you are interested: ua-cam.com/video/1xbGZa2cctc/v-deo.html
Hi!!! I am at this stage now (minus having antifreeze in the tank as I just used air compressor + antifreeze in the drains method.) Question on the valves, to have it pull water from the fresh water tank. Is the valve handle to be parallel to the ground, when lengthwise? And then for hot water, both valve handles are aimed at the hot water tank? I can’t get my compressor to stop running (unless switch off, of course,) and it won’t get much water to the kitchen sink. It won’t shut off my itself.
For our camper, you need to have the valve pointing up (perpendicular to the ground, not parallel) as seen in this photo: www.thedroesslers.com/Images/Pages/Dewinterize/waterValvesFreshWater.png You are correct on the hot water heater. Both valves should be pointing toward the heater like this photo: www.thedroesslers.com/Images/Pages/Dewinterize/waterValvesFillTank.png After turning on the water pump, turn on the hot water side for your sink and wait for water to come through so that the water heater is full. That might take a few minutes. Once you turn the sink off, it should turn off the water pump (there might be a small delay). If it continues to run, check for leaks or open faucets/showers.
I don't put any anti-freeze through the shower miser when winterizing the camper so there is nothing to flush for me. For sanitizing, you could simply engage the shower miser for a bit as this water will just feed back into your fresh water tank.
@@thedroesslers thank you for the quick response. The geo pro manual calls out to clear line for the water saver. and I accidentally ran anti freeze through when doing the shower. Guess I will clear it out first then dump fresh water tank before final clear out after sanitizing.
Thanks for posting. Can you use the antifreeze line to pump the bleach mix through your system. Can't you direct the antifreeze bypass valve to send the bleach to the water tank?
You could probably use that to pump the bleach mix through the system, but I don't think you can use it to send anything to the water tank. My understanding is that the bypass is to switch between the water tank and the antifreeze inlet. The pump is just past that bypass.
While dewinterizing in your video it looked like the two hot water valves were turned to the left, not towards the hot water heater. Just making sure as I am not hearing consistent feedback on if they should be turned towards the heater or left . Thank you!
The valves are turned to the left when the camper is winterized to bypass the hot water heater. I leave them in that position while de-winterizing so that none of the antifreeze or bleach water enter the hot water heater. I don't turn them toward the heater until the process is complete.
great video series !!! i just bought a 2021 20BHS and i have learned a couple of things watching those well made video... i was wondering if i paid the right price for mine how much did you pay if it's ok to ask thanks.
Charles, here is the response I gave to a similar question. We bought during the Madison RV Show and received their "Show Price" which was in the lower 20s. We didn't negotiate because they included the weight distribution hitch and the price was similar to other sellers in our area. I hope that helps.
Hi there, it's really a nice video and thanks for sharing. I do have a question: my RV is similar to yours so my question is: what is the left side valve for? I saw you turned it left side. What does this mean during sanitizing process? Thanks.
There is a valve that controls whether water is pulled from the fresh water tank or the antifreeze inlet. You want to pull from the fresh water tank during de-winterization. I have a picture of it on our website: www.thedroesslers.com/Images/Pages/Dewinterize/waterValvesFreshWater.png
@@thedroesslers : Thank you sir. I saw this picture. The valve position showing in your pic is the normal position during normal camping. My question is: when doing sanitization, shall I have to turn this valve left side? Please forgive me if I ask "silly question" cause I am still very new to camper, nor a handy man :-( :-(
When we sanitize our water lines, we put the bleach mixture into the fresh water tank. We leave that valve in the normal camping position so that we will pull the sanitized water from our fresh water tank.
Congratulations on your new RV. We have same travel trailer. Our dealer’s work through video does not work well. Do you mind post dealer work through video as well?
We do not have a video for that. One thing to make sure is that it has water in it before turning it on. We did this after dewinterization simply by opening up a hot water faucet. As long as you have water coming through, you should be good. Then check that the switch outside the camper where you open the hot water heater cover is on. Ours was already on. We then just turn on the electric hot water switch. It warms up pretty fast. We have not tried the gas yet.
Hi we are dewinterizing our E-Pro20BHS we recently purchased and going camping for the first time this weekend, this video is great! My one question is how did you remove the water filter housing? I tried unscrewing but am nervous to crack something as it’s all plastic and pex fittings. Did you just unscrew it counterclockwise?
There is a plastic tool that came with ours that slides around the outside (from the bottom) and fits snugly at the top. Applying a little bit of pressure using that should loosen it. I believe you do turn counterclockwise.
You need to remove the drawer. With the drawer pulled out as far as it goes, there are 2 little black plastic pieces (one on each side) inside the track along the drawer that you need to push either up or down to get the drawer to release from the track.
That is one of the last steps. I don't do that until after I have flushed and sanitized the system and I am ready to start actually using the water system in the camper for the shower, toilet, and sinks. I have a checklist on our website here: www.thedroesslers.com/Camper
@@NickMartelli We do not. I didn't find anything online that says the water heater needs to be sanitized. Since we don't drink water from the water heater, it doesn't seem necessary.
Since I used the water pump to pull in the antifreeze, I wanted to use the pump to pull in the fresh water to ensure all hoses get cleaned out. If you use city water hookup, the hoses by the water pump won't get flushed since the pump won't get used.
I bypassed the hot water tank when sanitizing our water system. The manual for the camper doesn't mention anything about the water heater so I didn't send the bleach water through it. I have found sources online (not specific to E-pro) that do include sanitizing the water heater too so it is probably ok. It has a separate drain though, so make sure you fully drain it before you start sending the fresh water through to rinse it out.
Since I used the pump to pull in the anti-freeze when winterizing, I want to make sure the same pipes get flushed out. I think city water would catch most of them, but maybe not the ones directly connected to the pump or the pump itself.
do you do this if you just connect to city water? our RV is new and we have not used the fresh water tank yet, and don't plan to in the near future. It was winterized with air, so we connected to city water and opened all the faucets to check for leaks (none) and then let our tanks drain out onto the ground. Should we sanitize the first year out?
If you are connected to septic, I think that should be fine but you will be letting the odor/gas from the septic system into your camper. I don't ever leave either valve open during normal use for that reason.
This is a 2020 model year, not 2022. Even so, I can't imagine the 2022 Flagstaff E-Pro E20BHS version is much different. I do believe they added a sink in the bathroom, but I would expect the general layout to be very similar.
I’m dewinterizing my ePro today and this is super helpful. Thank you for posting this.
Watched your winterizing video and now this one. Thanks again.
I watch your video every summer!
Thanks so much for posting this video. Helped me a lot. Great that you mentioned a mistake you made!! I will make sure I don't make it- so learnt from it !!
You are a blessing to me and many others. Thank you friend! Fellow Badger living in Ohio.
This has been so helpful - thank you! I had previously paid to get our GeoPro dewinterized, but am so glad to know how to do it myself now, along with sanitizing.
Thanks so much! Just getting ready to do this process. Nice to have the visual with clear directions!
Well today I followed your video. You made this process so easy. Thank you. Please make more video's........
Thank you first year dewinterize our epro this was a perfect guide
Great video buddy. I was looking for one as I have a Geo-Pro trailer. It’s pretty much the exact same.
Be sure to fill your water tank completely full so that the bleach mixture can contact all of the sidewalls and the roof of the water tank that holds the fresh water. You want to be sure that all surfaces within the water storage tank come in contact with the bleach water so as to sanitize that tank completely. Then turn on your pump, and run water through all hoses and faucets. Turn those off, top off your freshwater tank, and let the whole thing sit for at least 12 hours and preferably 24 hours, before draining completely. After draining, completely filling filling with fresh water again, and then running fresh water through all the valves, faucets and shower hoses for an extended period of time to get the bleach water out of that system will complete the flush out the system. Now drain the tank completely, one last time, and fill with your fresh water that you will use for your first camping trip.
It help to take a spin around the block to get it to slosh around inside the fresh water tank.
I will definitely do that next Spring when we do this again. Thanks.
Aaaawww....you are lucky to get the newer 2020 BHS with the slide... I guess I bought mine a year and a half too early. Oh well, I still love my Geo Pro BHS minus the slide...huhu. Enjoy your new travel trailer, it is so much fun to have...
Yes, I agree. We were looking last fall for a camper and we are really happy we waited until this year. We needed a table that sits 4 people and really wanted bunk beds too. We also looked at the E16BH, but it felt just a little too cramped. We are hoping to take some longer trips next year. Thanks!
Here's how I add the right amount of bleach to the tank for sanitizing: figure out the right amount of bleach for your tank (My 20 FBS has approximately 30 gallon tank, I use 4 ounces of bleach) then pour the bleach into the hose you're going to fill the tank with. Holding the hose upright, pour it in with the funnel, then put on the Camco hose adapter, then fill the tank.
Garrett Campbell great video thanks. Where are you getting your electric power from being at home? Are you using 30 amp to 110 cord from the house?
I use a 15A adapter and just plug into a normal outlet. This is enough to run most things including the fridge. We are not able to use the air conditioning as that requires a 30A hookup. I show the adapter in this accessories video if you are interested: ua-cam.com/video/1xbGZa2cctc/v-deo.html
Hi!!! I am at this stage now (minus having antifreeze in the tank as I just used air compressor + antifreeze in the drains method.) Question on the valves, to have it pull water from the fresh water tank. Is the valve handle to be parallel to the ground, when lengthwise? And then for hot water, both valve handles are aimed at the hot water tank? I can’t get my compressor to stop running (unless switch off, of course,) and it won’t get much water to the kitchen sink. It won’t shut off my itself.
For our camper, you need to have the valve pointing up (perpendicular to the ground, not parallel) as seen in this photo: www.thedroesslers.com/Images/Pages/Dewinterize/waterValvesFreshWater.png You are correct on the hot water heater. Both valves should be pointing toward the heater like this photo: www.thedroesslers.com/Images/Pages/Dewinterize/waterValvesFillTank.png After turning on the water pump, turn on the hot water side for your sink and wait for water to come through so that the water heater is full. That might take a few minutes. Once you turn the sink off, it should turn off the water pump (there might be a small delay). If it continues to run, check for leaks or open faucets/showers.
thedroesslers big help. Thank you.
How did you flush the water saver feature on the shower? I have a 2021 e pro 19 great video!
I don't put any anti-freeze through the shower miser when winterizing the camper so there is nothing to flush for me. For sanitizing, you could simply engage the shower miser for a bit as this water will just feed back into your fresh water tank.
@@thedroesslers thank you for the quick response. The geo pro manual calls out to clear line for the water saver. and I accidentally ran anti freeze through when doing the shower. Guess I will clear it out first then dump fresh water tank before final clear out after sanitizing.
You should also use antifreeze in the miser
Thanks for posting. Can you use the antifreeze line to pump the bleach mix through your system. Can't you direct the antifreeze bypass valve to send the bleach to the water tank?
You could probably use that to pump the bleach mix through the system, but I don't think you can use it to send anything to the water tank. My understanding is that the bypass is to switch between the water tank and the antifreeze inlet. The pump is just past that bypass.
While dewinterizing in your video it looked like the two hot water valves were turned to the left, not towards the hot water heater. Just making sure as I am not hearing consistent feedback on if they should be turned towards the heater or left . Thank you!
The valves are turned to the left when the camper is winterized to bypass the hot water heater. I leave them in that position while de-winterizing so that none of the antifreeze or bleach water enter the hot water heater. I don't turn them toward the heater until the process is complete.
Could u post pick of valves in postion when everything is flushed andready to fill for camping..thank you
Yep, I have pictures on our website: www.thedroesslers.com/Camper
See the de-winterize / Sanitize Water System section.
great video series !!! i just bought a 2021 20BHS and i have learned a couple of things watching those well made video... i was wondering if i paid the right price for mine how much did you pay if it's ok to ask thanks.
Charles, here is the response I gave to a similar question. We bought during the Madison RV Show and received their "Show Price" which was in the lower 20s. We didn't negotiate because they included the weight distribution hitch and the price was similar to other sellers in our area. I hope that helps.
@@thedroesslers yes it did means i got a good price thanx
Hi there, it's really a nice video and thanks for sharing. I do have a question: my RV is similar to yours so my question is: what is the left side valve for? I saw you turned it left side. What does this mean during sanitizing process? Thanks.
There is a valve that controls whether water is pulled from the fresh water tank or the antifreeze inlet. You want to pull from the fresh water tank during de-winterization. I have a picture of it on our website: www.thedroesslers.com/Images/Pages/Dewinterize/waterValvesFreshWater.png
@@thedroesslers : Thank you sir. I saw this picture. The valve position showing in your pic is the normal position during normal camping. My question is: when doing sanitization, shall I have to turn this valve left side? Please forgive me if I ask "silly question" cause I am still very new to camper, nor a handy man :-( :-(
When we sanitize our water lines, we put the bleach mixture into the fresh water tank. We leave that valve in the normal camping position so that we will pull the sanitized water from our fresh water tank.
@@thedroesslers : OK I see. Thanks for your reply and enjoy camping :-) :-)
Congratulations on your new RV. We have same travel trailer. Our dealer’s work through video does not work well. Do you mind post dealer work through video as well?
That video is over an hour long and I'd have to get permission from Scenic RV. Is there something in particular you were wondering about?
Thank you for your video for dewinterization. Do you have video for how to use hot water heater? If you do, please post it online.
We do not have a video for that. One thing to make sure is that it has water in it before turning it on. We did this after dewinterization simply by opening up a hot water faucet. As long as you have water coming through, you should be good.
Then check that the switch outside the camper where you open the hot water heater cover is on. Ours was already on. We then just turn on the electric hot water switch. It warms up pretty fast. We have not tried the gas yet.
Hi we are dewinterizing our E-Pro20BHS we recently purchased and going camping for the first time this weekend, this video is great! My one question is how did you remove the water filter housing? I tried unscrewing but am nervous to crack something as it’s all plastic and pex fittings. Did you just unscrew it counterclockwise?
There is a plastic tool that came with ours that slides around the outside (from the bottom) and fits snugly at the top. Applying a little bit of pressure using that should loosen it. I believe you do turn counterclockwise.
It’s actually clockwise to loosen the filter housing per your winterize video and my 2022 20bhs as well.
Thank you. Well done. Where did you get the hose connector to fill up your tank?
Thank you! The link to the tank filler valve is in the description of the video.
How do you get the drawer off the track to access the trailer’s water filter?! Or could you reach the filter without removing it? Thanks!
You need to remove the drawer. With the drawer pulled out as far as it goes, there are 2 little black plastic pieces (one on each side) inside the track along the drawer that you need to push either up or down to get the drawer to release from the track.
Do you have a winterize videos for this model? I’m about 3 weeks away but starting to try and figure out how to do it.
Nope. This is our first year having a camper and we are still planning to use it for the next month or so. Sorry.
Probably a foolish question but how do you drain the tanks once done de-winterizing?
Same as you would when you are normally using your camper at a dump station. I have a video here: ua-cam.com/video/eKBS5GcyCBc/v-deo.html
I see you have. WI cap on. Are you in WI?
Yep, Go Badgers!
Did you drain your low point drain?
Nope. The steps in the video are the complete list. We do not drain the low points when winterizing either.
Well done.
Thanks Tall Dude!
At what point do you turn the valves on to fill the hot water tank?
That is one of the last steps. I don't do that until after I have flushed and sanitized the system and I am ready to start actually using the water system in the camper for the shower, toilet, and sinks. I have a checklist on our website here: www.thedroesslers.com/Camper
@@thedroesslers don’t you also want to sanitize in the water heater?
@@NickMartelli We do not. I didn't find anything online that says the water heater needs to be sanitized. Since we don't drink water from the water heater, it doesn't seem necessary.
Why not just hook up a hose to the city water connection and flush the pink antifreeze out of all faucets?
Since I used the water pump to pull in the antifreeze, I wanted to use the pump to pull in the fresh water to ensure all hoses get cleaned out. If you use city water hookup, the hoses by the water pump won't get flushed since the pump won't get used.
Is it ok to have bleach water mixture in your hot water tank?
I bypassed the hot water tank when sanitizing our water system. The manual for the camper doesn't mention anything about the water heater so I didn't send the bleach water through it. I have found sources online (not specific to E-pro) that do include sanitizing the water heater too so it is probably ok. It has a separate drain though, so make sure you fully drain it before you start sending the fresh water through to rinse it out.
You could have just hooked it up to your house to the city water connection and flushed out your system you wouldn't have to turn your pump on
Since I used the pump to pull in the anti-freeze when winterizing, I want to make sure the same pipes get flushed out. I think city water would catch most of them, but maybe not the ones directly connected to the pump or the pump itself.
do you do this if you just connect to city water? our RV is new and we have not used the fresh water tank yet, and don't plan to in the near future. It was winterized with air, so we connected to city water and opened all the faucets to check for leaks (none) and then let our tanks drain out onto the ground. Should we sanitize the first year out?
I think you would still want to sanitize it. This process isn't just for the fresh water tank. It is for the pipes too.
Would it be possible to open the black and grey water valves while doing this procedure? I’m new at this so forgive my ignorance.
If you are connected to septic, I think that should be fine but you will be letting the odor/gas from the septic system into your camper. I don't ever leave either valve open during normal use for that reason.
I can tell you in the first two seconds it looks nothing like a 2022 E20BHS
This is a 2020 model year, not 2022. Even so, I can't imagine the 2022 Flagstaff E-Pro E20BHS version is much different. I do believe they added a sink in the bathroom, but I would expect the general layout to be very similar.