How to winterize residential refrigerator??
I have a residential refrigerator with water connection. Suggestions on how to winterize it. I opened up the back panel and could not find any instructions or valves. Thanks guy’s, David
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I would never allow my ice maker to fill with anti-freeze.
Use air pressure to blow the lines clean. If you can't jumper the water solenoid, keep air pressure on the water inlet till the ice maker goes through a "harvest cycle" which is the only time the water valve is open for a few seconds. You could also take the output line of the water valve loose and gravity will siphon the water out. While you're at it, take the inlet line loose and blow the water out of it. Leave both lines disconnected for the winter - maybe put a piece of cloth over them held in place with a rubberband so nothing crawls in there. Once the line is blown out, there should be a shut off valve in it somewhere you can turn off and THEN fill the rest of the system with your pink stuff if desired.
I stopped using the pink stuff years ago and started blowing all the lines out after bypassing my empty water heater with my 2hp air compressor. I blow each faucet until nothing comes out and then move to the next. Every faucet, every shower head, the toilet and the toilet sprayer. That way, there is nothing to flush out when I resume using the RV. I like this system much better than any method I've every tried and I started RVing in the early 70s.
Use air pressure to blow the lines clean. If you can't jumper the water solenoid, keep air pressure on the water inlet till the ice maker goes through a "harvest cycle" which is the only time the water valve is open for a few seconds. You could also take the output line of the water valve loose and gravity will siphon the water out. While you're at it, take the inlet line loose and blow the water out of it. Leave both lines disconnected for the winter - maybe put a piece of cloth over them held in place with a rubberband so nothing crawls in there. Once the line is blown out, there should be a shut off valve in it somewhere you can turn off and THEN fill the rest of the system with your pink stuff if desired.
I stopped using the pink stuff years ago and started blowing all the lines out after bypassing my empty water heater with my 2hp air compressor. I blow each faucet until nothing comes out and then move to the next. Every faucet, every shower head, the toilet and the toilet sprayer. That way, there is nothing to flush out when I resume using the RV. I like this system much better than any method I've every tried and I started RVing in the early 70s.
