Storing first TT inside pole barn

humblerb wrote:

solar07 wrote:

mikakuja wrote:


My method. Fresh drained, hot water tank drained and bypass valves off. Starting from the closest tap to the furthest including the outside shower and low point drains etc, run each tap until pink flows. If I have any left I pour a bit down each p-trap. there will be enough in the black and grey tanks to reach the drains. Fresh tank does not need any winterizing.
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Could you explain "fresh drained"? Also, what is a P-Trap? So none of the antifreeze goes into the fresh water tank....

Thanks!

"Fresh drained" means his fresh water tank has been drained.
P-trap refers to the drains under your sinks. The P-Trap is the very bottom piece of drain pipe that is U-shaped (wonder why is isn't called a U-Trap?). When you run water in a sink, gravity will force it in to the drain. When you stop running water in the sink, water stops draining out of the pipes and the U-shaped pipe stays full of water. This is what prevents sewer gases (and smell) from coming in to your house/trailer. It is the same in your bathrooms/kitchen sinks in your home.

No antifreeze goes in the fresh tank. If you do you will have a hell of a time getting the antifreeze smell and taste out of the tank.

You will have a bypass at your pump. In order to winterize you will turn the bypass valve to draw from the winterizing line instead of the water tank. Basically just put the hose into your antifreeze jug and then proceed with the above procedure.

In the spring I fill the fresh tank with water and a couple cups of bleach (mixed) and run it through the lines (same as winterizing) and leave it sit a couple days. I then flush the tank and lines a couple times and that about does it for sanitizing for the season, unless I fill with questionable water which happens from time to time.