Winterizing Tank Rinser
I can't remember how I did it last year....or even IF I did it last year. But how does one get some anti-freeze into the tank rinser lines and valve? I have an idea of a gadget that I can rig up...
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Ralph Cramden wrote:
Remove the vacuum breaker while you're at it, which is typically buried in the rear of a cabinet behind a baffle, and make it a direct connection. Then it will be self draining as long as you do not create a trap in the line.
Not only does that eliminate the chance of the cheap vac breaker sticking and flooding your rig, but they are always mounted higher than the inlet port and create a trap in the line that will hold water.
That said if youre a germophobe or have a code fetish, you can use a seperate vac break on the hose or site connection when using the flush.
This is exactly what I did with my last travel trailer. I removed the vacuum breaker check valve and let the water self drain. This may sound gross, but I then just blew into the hose and any remaining water would spew out. The other side of the line, that goes to the outside inlet connection self drains as it was all down-hill. Simple, worked well, and never had a problem.
