Pink stuff vs Air pressure - The Verdict
This may help some folks make up their mind. We purchased our first MH 1 year ago and have made just about all the mistakes a newbie can make. But one thing we got right was deciding to use air to wi...
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jwmII wrote:
I've done it both ways. Got away with blowing out the lines until 1 year had a good freeze and sure enough water that remained in a dip on a long run froze and broke the line. Always occurs in the worst possible and hard to reach spot. Now I just go with the pink. Always works and if you do a good spring cleanout and sanitizing job there will be no after taste. Sooner or later tho in some of the colder areas of the country it's going to freeze and break some water lines if you continue using only air to clear them.
Yep that is the risk you take with the air only method and something I don't think JaxDad appreciates when he thinks you can be 100% effective using air and if you do have an issue it's because you did something wrong or didn't do it good enough. What he fails to provide is a fool proof method of determining of when you have been effective enough not to have an issue. It's a pure guessing game on what air pressure to use, how long to blow out the lines, how much time between multiple blow outs so left over water settles and is then blow out and how do you tell with 100% assurance you have in fact removed enough water to prevent problems. With the pink stuff there is a way to be fairly sure you've done it right and that is to make sure the pink stuff has come out every opening in your water system (faucets, toilet, LP drains, ice maker (?), etc)
Larry
