Winterizing Question
In the winterizing process, after emptying the black tank and using compressed air to blow water out the black tank flushing line, am I correct in assuming that I do not restore any black tank sewage ...
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enblethen wrote:
We do not like the taste of the anit freeze. Even chlorinating and then using backing soda does not kill the taste.
Make sure you don't put antifreeze in the water tank or water heater, it will be a lot of work to flush it out of them. I have a bypass kit that allow the on-board water pump to draw antifreeze directly from the bottle, but there are also hand pumps that allow pumping antifreeze into the city water inlet. After I've run antifreeze through the pipes, I know all of the water is displaced. Then I blow out the system so that the antifreeze doesn't sit in the pipes all winter. This seems to minimize the taste absorption. In the spring, I fill the tank and pipes with bleach solution to sanitize. After a couple rinses, there is no chlorine or antifreeze taste.
Initially, when I winterized this coach, I left the antifreeze in the lines all winter. It took a long time to flush the taste out of the lines. Since I've been blowing out the antifreeze, an antifreeze taste or smell simply hasn't been a problem for me. As an added benefit of blowing out the antifreeze: you don't have to add any extra to the traps or holding tanks, the act of blowing out the lines will leave plenty behind to protect the drain system.
