Diluting RV Anti-Freeze for Winterization
I have winterized two ways. My first winter in our B, I drained the fresh water tank and pumped RV anti-freeze into the tank. I then ran it through all the lines. This allowed use of the toilet. Howev...
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Diluting the anti-freeze is what caused problems with your pump......it froze due to the anti-freeze no longer being full strength.
Diluting the anti-freeze is a waste of anti-freeze, waste of effort and provides minimal freeze protection.
Drain fresh water tank, by-pass water heater, blow the lines out, install a 'winterizing' kit on suction side of pump (stop putting anti-freeze in your fresh water tank....that's unnecessary and a waste of anti-freeze plus the cleanup/flushing of tank afterwards).
With a 'winterizing' kit on suction side of pump you can pump anti-freeze thru plumbing system FULL strength (no problem for pump). Leave a gallon jug of anti-freeze connected to the kit and use toilet as you please. (Turn pump on, flush toilet, anti-freeze gets sucked out of jug by pump, anti-freeze flows to toilet into waste tank.....everything is freeze protected)
Diluting the anti-freeze is a waste of anti-freeze, waste of effort and provides minimal freeze protection.
Drain fresh water tank, by-pass water heater, blow the lines out, install a 'winterizing' kit on suction side of pump (stop putting anti-freeze in your fresh water tank....that's unnecessary and a waste of anti-freeze plus the cleanup/flushing of tank afterwards).
With a 'winterizing' kit on suction side of pump you can pump anti-freeze thru plumbing system FULL strength (no problem for pump). Leave a gallon jug of anti-freeze connected to the kit and use toilet as you please. (Turn pump on, flush toilet, anti-freeze gets sucked out of jug by pump, anti-freeze flows to toilet into waste tank.....everything is freeze protected)
