Please help me figure out my Pop-up!

Dream Girl wrote:


But, there are a few thing that I can't find an answer for...

1. My Pop-up was winterize, and still have pink water in the fresh water tank (antifreeze I guess)
I can't find any info on how to properly an-winterize my Pop-up.
(this info is missing from the owner manual!)For this, I would guess your popup doesn't have a dedicated anti-freeze inlet, so you are going to connect the city water hose and flush the lines by opening each faucet one at a time, and you also want to fill the fresh water tank, flush the lines again, and then drain the rest of the water from the tank. Its also good to sanitze the system. Re-fill the tank and add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of bleach. This can be tricky to get the bleach in and usually requires a homemade funnel from a soda bottle or something similar. Let the bleach water sit in the tank and pipes for about 4 hours or more, then drain and flush with fresh water. And if you have a water heater, find a manual online for it. It may be drained and/or bypassed so you need to flush and fill it as well as part of the process

2. I plugged the pop-up power cable in to a 110V (garage) for a few hours. everything was working (lights&fans), but when it is not plugged - nothing work? Sounds like either the battery is disconnected or dead. Also be careful about a battery being connected backwards - which will blow the fuses in the converter. The negative wire will always be connected to the frame - that is how you can be sure which one is which.
I was hoping to have some light or a 12v fan using the battery when camping of grid...
Is that normal, or I am missing something? No, these should work on battery. Need to troubleshoot that. See above, and a $15 multi-meter from Sears/Lowes wherever will be great tool to help you with rv electrical issues that we all run into. You check across the posts of the battery for the voltage when plugged in and when not plugged in. If you can measure about 12 volts on the battery when not plugged in, the issue is the wiring or fuses. Worst case, take the battery to an auto parts store and they will test it for you.

3. What is the big black and clumsy hose for? is that the sewer pipe?
I do have a sink, but I don't think that my model have a gray water tank, and the black pipe is coming out from the side of the RV, not from the bottom... Not familiar with you model, but ours had no holding tank. You can buy a portable tank with wheels at an rv store or on Amazon. In 13 years with our popup we never used the water system. Fairly small and a lot of work to setup/maintain. We just heated water on the stove and used a couple big dish bins outside, or a lot of places we camped had dishwashing sinks near the bathrooms or laundry rooms. But if you get a holding tank, you can use your system - lots of people do.

4. The small propane tank has no gauge, How can I tell how much propane I have left without a gauge?
can I just buy a gauge and add it later? I will assume so, but I asked anyway.Yes, something like this can be added http://www.genuinehotrod.com/itemgroup/gaswatch-propane-tank-level-gauge?seid=ghhse1&gclid=CKPLpMGDhr4CFfRZ7AodkgMA_w
Or you can estimate by weight / sound when knocking on it, or the frost line if the weather is warm. None of the gauges out there seem to be super accurate. Unless you are running the furnace, a tank will last a long time. We could go 20+ days even with the fridge on propane with our popup.

Thanks.