Got to Winterize my old camper.
An unexpected cold front dipped temps. to 16 deg. Bad knees and hip... Job's got to be done. Got to winterize my 75 Fleetwood Prowler... I redid the plumbing this spring, so It's gonna get done to...
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Jebby14 wrote:
Don't forget to bypass the water heater or you will be using more than that
Funny you should mention this. I had 5 gallons of RV pink stuff, in 2 - two 1/2 gallon containers. I anticipated using only 1 of those containers. This is the second winter I've winterized the 5er. I drained the water heater, left the plug out, and got everything ready to pump the pink.
Well, after almost the entire 2.5 gallons pumped out of the container, and I still had no pink stuff at any of the faucets, I was a bit bewildered.
I finally walked around to the other side of the camper, on a thought, to check the water heater, and there it was, running the pink stuff out the drain plug hole on the ground... OH DUH!
I went back around and looked at all those valve switches and realized I did not have the water heater in bypass. Another OH DUH! Well, it has been a year you know since the first time I did this.
So yea, it is possible to use more than a couple gallons if the water heater is not in bypass. (lesson learned). OH DUH! (I'm glad I had the 5 gallons).
