? Winterizing Question
How easy/hard is it for a 12-thumbed DIYer to do? RV mechanic recommends putting in a valve kit at the water pump to bypass the freshwater tanks and pick up antifreeze direct out of the jug. Mech s...
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Bobbo wrote:
Don't take off the underlining. Your RV mechanic knows what he is talking about. He means if you just pour the antifreeze into the fresh water tank, it will take about 25 gallons. With the valve he mentions, 2 gallons should do it. The valve the RV mechanic is talking about goes in line just before the water pump. It is highly advised.
Winterizer Kit
Install it once. When you want to winterize, turn the valve and put the hose in the bottle of antifreeze. It sucks the antifreeze right out of the bottle. When done, turn the valve back and you are ready for water in the tank next season.
yep, that is the right way to do it. I think my kit cost about $15. my problem was that I couldn't easily mount it on the intake side of the pump so I put it on output side and pump AF in with a boat bilge pump.
bumpy
