Silly me....winterizing
So, I'm one of those people who reads instructions and then follows them....usually to a T and I set about winterizing the AF990 yesterday as I didn't plan on using it for about a month or so and it's getting down to freezing at night (has been for a while now but I left heat on and a little electric heater on too).
Since I didn't winterize my last camper (only had it through the warm months) and before that the tent trailer was easy enough as I just drained the lines and left it (which worked fine until the year it got really cold and we were camping and lost the P Trap).
So I first tried blowing out the lines like I do at our cabin to see how well it worked in the camper. Seemed fine. Then decided to go through it all and truly winterize so I knew how to do it and picked up some RV antifreeze.
I went through the motion right to the hot water heater and there it said, and I quote (ok paraphrase): "drain the hot water heater by removing the drain plug at the bottom of the heater and by opening the relief valve.
So, you guessed it, I removed the drain plug (which is also the rod) and on the last turn it shot out like a bullet and hosed me down like a firehose at which time I went "DUH!" and opened the relief valve and let the remaining pressure out.
Darn it! I just wasn't thinking and well, I did follow the instructions in order....DOH! Open the darn pressure relief valve FIRST.
Oh well, got it all done with RV antifreeze and even remembered the shower head and the outside shower :D
After changing out of my wet shirt of course LOL
Since I didn't winterize my last camper (only had it through the warm months) and before that the tent trailer was easy enough as I just drained the lines and left it (which worked fine until the year it got really cold and we were camping and lost the P Trap).
So I first tried blowing out the lines like I do at our cabin to see how well it worked in the camper. Seemed fine. Then decided to go through it all and truly winterize so I knew how to do it and picked up some RV antifreeze.
I went through the motion right to the hot water heater and there it said, and I quote (ok paraphrase): "drain the hot water heater by removing the drain plug at the bottom of the heater and by opening the relief valve.
So, you guessed it, I removed the drain plug (which is also the rod) and on the last turn it shot out like a bullet and hosed me down like a firehose at which time I went "DUH!" and opened the relief valve and let the remaining pressure out.
Darn it! I just wasn't thinking and well, I did follow the instructions in order....DOH! Open the darn pressure relief valve FIRST.
Oh well, got it all done with RV antifreeze and even remembered the shower head and the outside shower :D
After changing out of my wet shirt of course LOL
