Automotive vs. RV antifreeze

Grandpere wrote:
Can I use regular automotive antifreeze in the black and gray water tanks and sink traps or must I use the RV antifreeze? I am in NE AR and only blow out the water lines to winterize our MH.

I would use regular anti freeze mixed 50/50 for that purpose and the amount u really need is minimal and when flushed down the sewer dump station its diluted to 1/100000000 so no dangers.The left wing greenies will cry blue murder but that's the way people can be in this so political correct society forced on us

Grandpere wrote:

JayGee wrote:

ScottG wrote:
Good grief you guys, he never said anything about putting it in his fresh water system.
Putting a cup or two into the P traps and such is not a big deal and will work fine.

I didn't say anything about his water lines.

I said it's poison and it should not be dumped because it's poison.

And why would you use it anyway? The RV antifreeze is cheaper.

The RV antifreeze is pre-diluted, that is why it is cheaper. What happens when you put it in a p trap and it gets even more diluted, will it freeze?

If you pour about a quart down there it will flush out the water.

Yes, it will freeze, to the slush stage, but not solid to where it will break the pipes.
As for the "cheaper because it is diluted", I don't think so. I recently bought two gallons of pre-mix automotive antifreeze, and it was abut THREE TIMES the price of RV anti-freeze!

JayGee wrote:

ScottG wrote:
Good grief you guys, he never said anything about putting it in his fresh water system.
Putting a cup or two into the P traps and such is not a big deal and will work fine.

I didn't say anything about his water lines.

I said it's poison and it should not be dumped because it's poison.

And why would you use it anyway? The RV antifreeze is cheaper.

The RV antifreeze is pre-diluted, that is why it is cheaper. What happens when you put it in a p trap and it gets even more diluted, will it freeze?

JayGee wrote:

ScottG wrote:
Good grief you guys, he never said anything about putting it in his fresh water system.
Putting a cup or two into the P traps and such is not a big deal and will work fine.

I didn't say anything about his water lines.

I said it's poison and it should not be dumped because it's poison.

And why would you use it anyway? The RV antifreeze is cheaper.

Sorry, not directed at you. It was Y-Guy that did the scolding.

think about it.
what WOULD you be willing to put down the sink, knowing that it will ultimately wind up in the city sewer and/or the ground water?
would cyanide be OK?
How about arsenic?
Mercury, perhaps?
Left over antibiotics or other prescription medications?
Motor oil or transmission fluid?
formaldehyde?
heroin or cocaine?
Perhaps a little meth?
Hey, it's just a LITTLE AMOUNT, it won't hurt anything!
Until a couple hundred people do it!
Call your local waste water treatment facility and ask them what they would think of a pint or so of automotive anti freeze in their system.

"Do you want that stuff in your water system or environment?"
Note the "or environment". THAT has nothing to do with the water lines, nor does my post above. It has to do with dumping toxic chemicals, period.

Y-Guy wrote:
Scott you are completely wrong. From the EPA, "Antifreeze is toxic to humans and animals. Waste antifreeze contains heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and chromium in high enough levels to potentially make it a regulated hazardous waste, so most states strictly regulate antifreeze disposal."

Do you want that stuff in your water system or environment? It is totally irresponsible to dump any amount down the sewer.

I did not know that, that is why I asked. I will be using RV antifreeze and hope for the best.

Y-Guy wrote:
Scott you are completely wrong. From the EPA, "Antifreeze is toxic to humans and animals. Waste antifreeze contains heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and chromium in high enough levels to potentially make it a regulated hazardous waste, so most states strictly regulate antifreeze disposal."

Do you want that stuff in your water system or environment? It is totally irresponsible to dump any amount down the sewer.

Your scolding the guy for asking about putting it in his water lines.
READ HIS POST. He said he blew the water lines out.

As far as the sewer - per our local sewer company, the process will remove it in small quantities. You wouldn't want to dump drums of it down there but in small amounts it does not hurt anything. I would not dump it in a home septic system.

ScottG wrote:
Good grief you guys, he never said anything about putting it in his fresh water system.
Putting a cup or two into the P traps and such is not a big deal and will work fine.

I didn't say anything about his water lines.

I said it's poison and it should not be dumped because it's poison.

And why would you use it anyway? The RV antifreeze is cheaper.

Scott you are completely wrong. From the EPA, "Antifreeze is toxic to humans and animals. Waste antifreeze contains heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and chromium in high enough levels to potentially make it a regulated hazardous waste, so most states strictly regulate antifreeze disposal."

Do you want that stuff in your water system or environment? It is totally irresponsible to dump any amount down the sewer.