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Travelin2
Feb 13, 2017Explorer
DrewE wrote:
It appears that the right hand valve is between the pressure side and the tank inlet, i.e. the fill valve. The left hand valve apparently selects where the hose inlet and pump inlet hook up. I would try the left valve in the winterize position and the right valve in the fill position -- i.e. both valves pointed at each other. It may not work.
Another method for getting the bleach solution into the tank that many people use is to set the valves to fill, pour the appropriate amount of bleach (undiluted) into the far end of the hose, and then hook it up to the spigot and fill as usual. The bleach will dilute properly when the tank is filled. The short burst of undiluted bleach won't harm the plumbing or hose in any way, though it might not be a great idea to let it sit there for hours or days on end.
Well Drew, I'm not sure how you deduced that the levers need to be pointed at each other to suck water into the winterize port and put it in the holding tank but that is the correct setting.
I played around with the valves this morning and found it works fine. The designers of the user instruction panel just didn't make it clear enough for some of us dunderheads. The position indicated for using water from the tank or city water is correct. The position indicated for winterizing, sucks in through the winterizing port and puts it directly into the plumbing system so you can turn on each faucet till you get the pink stuff but does not fill the tank. For that to happen the levers need to be pointed at each other and then fluid is sucked in through the winterizing port and straight to the freshwater tank. The only snafu was that they didn't indicate that on the instruction panel. Drew was able to figure it out and I had to use trial and error. I guess if I need to figure something out about dynamite, maybe I better call Drew.
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