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NanciL
Oct 30, 2017Explorer II
To me it is a complete waste of time to blow the system out and then use pink stuff too.
All I ever have done in twenty years and three trailers is use the antifreeze.
Drain the water heater, open the low point drains, and open all the faucets.
When no more water comes out, close all the faucets, close the low point drains and by pass the water heater.
Using the on board water pump and a separate tube connected to the intake of the water pump and the other end in a gallon of pink stuff, turn on the pump. Then one by one open each faucet until pink stuff flows out and then close it. Make sure to do the shower, and also flush the toilet until you see pink stuff.
After that put a spoon full of pink into the city water connection (it protects the check valve.)
The whole process takes about 20 minutes.
The fresh water tank has it's own drain valve, and all you do to it is drain it.
The black water tank and gray water tank just need to be drained.
We always leave chemicals with a gallon or do of water in the black water tank when we are done.
Jack L
All I ever have done in twenty years and three trailers is use the antifreeze.
Drain the water heater, open the low point drains, and open all the faucets.
When no more water comes out, close all the faucets, close the low point drains and by pass the water heater.
Using the on board water pump and a separate tube connected to the intake of the water pump and the other end in a gallon of pink stuff, turn on the pump. Then one by one open each faucet until pink stuff flows out and then close it. Make sure to do the shower, and also flush the toilet until you see pink stuff.
After that put a spoon full of pink into the city water connection (it protects the check valve.)
The whole process takes about 20 minutes.
The fresh water tank has it's own drain valve, and all you do to it is drain it.
The black water tank and gray water tank just need to be drained.
We always leave chemicals with a gallon or do of water in the black water tank when we are done.
Jack L
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