Blowing the lines with antifreeze.
I have a friend that is leaving his TT setting at his seasonal site all this winter. We are in MN where the temps will get to -20 F in the winter. Last year was his first year of owning a TT and he to...
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powderman426 wrote:rockhillmanor wrote:
There are low points that just blowing air thru will not reach. AND you can't see it. This practice might work in states that don't get below zero but it's an accident waiting to happen in the colder states.
Pour several gallons of anti freeze in fresh water tank. Turn on pump. Open each faucet until solid pink comes out and shut off. Repeat for all faucets including shower and toilet. Done, all lines 100% filled with anti freeze and guaranteed that your water pump is protected also.
12 years and counting living in Northern Wisconsin never had one single water line break which includes way below zero temps MH sitting out in the wide open elements of winter.
No no no no and no. Do not put anything but water in the fresh water tank. If you ddon't have a injection port between the water tank and the pump, just take the line off at the pump and make up a connection with a short hose that can fit in the anti freeze bottle and pump away. You do want to bypass the water heater.also take out the drain plug so your sure there is no water in it.
+1!
I don't ever put antifreeze in the fresh water tank. It would take for ever to get the smell and taste out. The small amount of water still in the fresh water tank will just think it is in a big ice cube tray.
