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narcodog
Explorer II
Apr 03, 2016

Not today

Not today but all week it seemed like. On Tuesday I decided to de-winterize the rig. I thought about two hours then onto the next project. Now when I flush I usually just fill the tank and go from there. This day I decided to you the city hook-up, I never use this for anything. I flushed the system, water coming from all faucets. Now time to fill the tank and sanitize, that's when the problem started. I filled the tank put the Clorox in and started to run it through the system. THe water in the bath was running shut the faucet off, turned on the kitchen water came through then stopped. What the devil is going on. I check all of the connections, no leaks. I hook the city water back up, no water. Okay, must be a bad faucet. I head to HD and pick one up, $124.00 and I need two adapters to connect the different size lines, both female 12/38 in. The sales person says here is what you need. Get home open the package, nope will not fit.Wed. I head out can't find what I need. Go back to HD another associate says this is what I need. He seemed like he know what he was talking about, we open the package and sure enough it part fits. I tell him I need two, he says there are two in the package. I get home and yup there are two adapters, freakin different sizes. The next day I head back to HD and the same guy says oh ya there are two different sizes, ok. He said you'll need brass, a little more costly,
no problem. I get home without looking at the package and **** wrong size. I turn around go back HD I find what I need by myself this time, problem solved, sort of. I turn on the pump no freakin water. I take the feed lines apart close the bypass valves and blow the lines backwards. Put everything back together, I have water. What an ordeal, I must say...
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  • covered_wagon's avatar
    covered_wagon
    Explorer
    Sep 13, 2016
    deltabravo wrote:
    Grit dog wrote:
    Well, yeah first Homie Deport is better than Lowes


    I prefer Home Depot too. They usually have better prices, and they don't have a door guard at the exit giving me the evil eye as I walk out, like Lowe's has.


    So you show the bulges in your pockets are from all the cash not tools?!
  • deltabravo's avatar
    deltabravo
    Nomad
    Sep 10, 2016
    Grit dog wrote:
    Well, yeah first Homie Deport is better than Lowes


    I prefer Home Depot too. They usually have better prices, and they don't have a door guard at the exit giving me the evil eye as I walk out, like Lowe's has.
  • covered_wagon's avatar
    covered_wagon
    Explorer
    Sep 09, 2016
    I don't change the whole kit faucet. Just change the cartridge or faucet core. $14.95 at Ace Hardware works like new again.

    Just remove single handle with allen

    Remove large retainer nut on top of cartridge and lift out.

    Sometimes just buying new O rings that slip into the cartridge is all you need do. Clean all sediment out at same time.

    I avoid Home Depot like it has plague.
  • Grit_dog's avatar
    Grit_dog
    Navigator
    Sep 08, 2016
    Well, yeah first Homie Deport is better than Lowes, but don't expect someone to know what YOU need. That's your job. They can tell you where the stuff is but they're not your "friendly neighborhood hardware man". Thankfully we have McClendons Hardware here that prides themselves in carrying all the normal AND oddball size stuff.
    Was also the only place other than ordering online that sold garage door torsion springs. Homie D said no way against policy, liability. 2 garage door outfits who said they sold retail shirked when I asked to come by and get a spring citing 10 reasons why I couldn't possibly know the right wind, length, diameter and wire size.
    McC had one on the shelf that was close enough. Coulda been done with replacing it by the time I got home if I'd gone there first.
  • pa_traveler's avatar
    pa_traveler
    Explorer
    Sep 08, 2016
    They are anybody that acts like a no it all,doesnt matter where ,they give bad advise and don't listen.
  • ab257's avatar
    ab257
    Explorer
    Apr 05, 2016
    The iPhone app for both Home Depot and Lowes has a search function that shows the aisle and rack of the item. A great time saver.
  • Kayteg1's avatar
    Kayteg1
    Explorer II
    Apr 05, 2016
    Dave Pete wrote:
    12/38"? Aisle 22. Bottom left on the middle.

    Is it the one with flux capacitor?
  • is_it_friday_ye's avatar
    is_it_friday_ye
    Explorer
    Apr 05, 2016
    I know who to look for in Home Depot if I need help. There's 2 guys in electrical and 2 in plumbing that know there stuff. I've made several trips to Home Depot in one day several times. But, I don't feel bad for you, I had to go buy 2 gallons of RV antifreeze yesterday to winterize for the second time this season. Stupid weather.
  • Boatycall's avatar
    Boatycall
    Explorer
    Apr 05, 2016
    Don't get me started on my ordeals at Home Repo.

    But..more on topic---
    Like JimH, I'm here in the lovely rainy Pacific NW. We don't get many days of what any normal midwest person would call 'hard freeze'. I think we hit the teens for a week last winter.

    I use my TC all year round. Less of course in the winter, but I don't 'winterize'. My house/city water pressure is at 60lbs. (I have a gauge I put in right over the house water heater.) When I go to 'winterize' the TC, I made a fitting that attaches to my air compressor, set it to 40psi and stick that on the TC city water connection. Then go around and open up each faucet and blow everything out with high volume air.

    Now, you need to make sure the fresh water tank is bone dry, because of course this won't blow water out of your pump or pump lines. I run the pump till it stops gurgling.

    So the moral of the story - I never need to worry about de-winterizing. Just fill n go. In all my years of TC'ing I've never had a bad faucet or cracked pipe.

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