Anti freeze preference
After many years of just blowing out my lines in my previous trailers, I decided that I should use anti freeze in my new fifth wheel because the plumbing was a little more extensive. After installing ...
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BB_TX wrote:
I use Prestone because I prefer propylene glycol type antifreeze without alcohol. Never a taste problem. A dollar more per gallon than the alcohol mix type at Walmart.
This is what I use too. At my Walmart, it is about $4 a gal. I buy 3 gallons. I blow the water lines out first, then run the Prestone through. This way I have a mostly pure anti-freeze that I leave in my tanks. I try to have at least a gallon or more in the black tank. I drain the low points after as well, to get more for the tanks.
The Prestone really lubes the valves, my reason for doing this, besides keeping the black tank wet.
OP, I did the same thing you did, left the low points open, turned pump on, wasted 2 gallons. Older may be wiser, but also more forgetful.
Jerry
