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Hand testing a small sink sprayer running water into a metal basin in an RV kitchen.
A camper checks a hack to fix a sink sprayer in an RV-style galley. Using water bottles is an alternative to using your sink before spring springs.
Close-up of a metal faucet sprayer with a long crack along its side.
RV owners are reminded to winterize plumbing. A cracked faucet sprayer shows the cost of frozen water lines before spring trips.

Essential Gear: Faucet without cracking

As spring returns to New Mexico, a cautionary tale shows how rushed dewinterizing can break RV water systems

Donn Friedman FOR GO New Mexico
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It鈥檚 time soon to turn on the water in your rigs.

I did, and in doing so learned what happens when you don鈥檛 follow through.

We did not do a good job of winterizing 鈥� again.

We used it because it was warm in New Orleans and we were wanting to wash up.

In fact, we used our sink a few weeks ago while camping in Texas before the February ice storms.

We emptied the gray water before the storm but did not put pink stuff in or fully dry out the faucet.  We were deaf to Marty Frentzel鈥檚 all-encompassing article in GO New Mexico last fall that gave us step-by-step instructions on how to winterize.

You鈥檇 think we would know better since we鈥檝e been here before 鈥� letting our faucet freeze, crack and spray water everywhere when used.

Luckily, the faucet replacement cost less than $20, though we might buy a more expensive, fully metal one this time. If we were on the go, we would have tried the old reliable fix-all: duct tape.

Instead, a trip to the local hardware store is on tap. For now, I pulled an old sprayer attachment off the hose of another water carrier, and all is well for the next adventure.

Is it too early to dewinterize? Probably.

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