Why not drain pink antifreeze right away?
You winterized your water lines with antifreeze. By doing so, you eliminated any remaining water. While you're in the mood and already making messes, why not just drain the antifreeze back out and ...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Why not just blow the water out using compressed air?
If you do it that way I can tell you what you will not miss at all.
People yammer "but what about the tiny amount of water that remains in the lines after you blow it out?" Well i used to blow like 5-10 times waiting a few minutes between blows so that was not a problem.
But what you will miss is flushing the remaining pink stuff out of the lines come spring, that was a job, Simply sanitizing did not do it, had to do multiple flushes and use soda water for one of them to get the job done.
Not to mention my fresh tank does not drain completely
I only used Pink one time
(You do use pink in the drains, traps and toilets even when blow drying the lines,, But flushing those out come spring is not so hard, or necssary till you use the fixture and then it "Self Flushes".)
The little amount of water like you found is no concern. Water only causes problems when it CANNOT expand when frozen. A water line or fitting that has a small amount of water that does NOT fill the space will not cause a problem when frozen and expanded. Doug
