Winterizing by blowing out lines
Hi All, Although we are going south in late November I would like to blow out the water lines. The only compressor I have is a small 120 unit designed to blow up tires etc. In other words high pressu...
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retiredtravelers2013 wrote:
Thank you for the quick responses.
The reason for using the tank was to control the pressure yet have enough volume of air to push out the water.
I may be an engineer but am also a newbie rv'r :-)
Keld
I agree that it's the volume of air flow that really clears the lines, not pressure. A high volume is needed to pick up and entrain the water that would otherwise remain in lower portions of the piping. Using a tank to get a higher volume is the way to go. Retired engineer here too.
That said, I always use RV antifreeze to avoid the "hope I got it all out" worries with just blowing the lines.
