Just had a brainstorm - how about a survey!

[DutchmenSport]

I just had a brainstorm when reading through the posts here.

So here's my question. We have two groups of folks on these forums: Those who exclusively blow out their water lines when winterizing and those who use the "pink stuff". For purposes of this survey, if you use a combination of blow and pink, you're still using the pink stuff.

Here's my curiosity: Is it because of the pink-stuff (taste, chemicals, or whatever) you do not drink from your own system?


So here's the survey question:

Do you "blow-out" or "pink-up" to winterize. And the second response, when you have de-winterized your system in the spring, do you drink or not drink from your camper?

If you do not drink from your own camper's water system, why?

Let's have fun folks, no jabbing each other, please?

I'll start:

Pink-up and drink. (I'm too old and too cheap to buy bottled water so I drink - but I did buy an in-line water filter this year too)

[xteacher]

We don't winterize - since we have an Aliner w/out a hot water heater or bathroom, no need to (we use an electric hot pot to quickly heat necessary water for washing dishes, etc. - lots cheaper than a $400-500 hot water heater when we don't even have a bathroom/shower - lol!). We don't drink the water from our sink. We use a Pur water pitcher/filter for drinking water and to make coffee.

When we had a TT, we used the pink stuff, but still used the Pur water pitcher/filter.

[DutchmenSport]

I'm compiling statistics now. be patient folks I'll have a report eventually.

[ReneeG]

We blow out the lines and add the pink stuff mainly to make sure it get's into the water pump. We flush in the spring. We rarely drink from our tank only because we take bottled water to drink in order to use the tank to only flush with and wash dishes in order to extend our boondocking time. Also take extra gallons for dog drinking water.

[tworivers]

blow pink sanitize no drink but do brush teeth.

[dadmomh]

Pink and drink with an inline filter + a PUR faucet mount filter. Don't do bottled water from an eco standpoint.

[Mike_Up]

Pink, Sanitize, no drink.

To many things to break if there's a build of air pressure. I don't trust air to get all the water out.

I like to put a bit over a gallon of RV antifreeze in the tanks so that un-drainable water, that's below the drain valves, doesn't freeze thoroughly. Mixing antifreeze in it isn't ideal but it may just slush up instead of freezing. This is for my 2 fresh water tanks, my grey and black tanks.

I also like to use antifreeze to get into the small orifices used in the toilet flush and the faucets. The antifreeze clears out any remaining water that could freeze and break those small parts.

On top of that, you need to fill all the drain traps with antifreeze to push out the water. If that water is left in the drain traps, they'll freeze and crack. Never heard of anyone blowing out their traps.

Antifreeze is cheap so it makes no sense skimping on this.

With antifreeze, you know it's protected and protected correctly.

When it comes to dewinterizing. I use bleach and water to sanitize the fresh water tanks. Thoroughly mix it in the fresh water tanks and flush it out a couple of times. Bleach is cheap also. 🙂

We don't drink the water in the camper, but we do brush our teeth with it, as well as washing our bodies, dishes, and utensils with it. I want the camper water clean and safe, especially since the kids are using it!

[Bull_Rider]

Blow, pull water heater anode. Pink in traps. Gets down to zero F or less in this area. No pink in water tank ever.

[GMandJM]

TT: Blow, pink, sanitize, don't drink (but use it for showers and nuked hot for dishes);

MH: No blow (icemaker, d/w and washing machine water lines to worry about now); pink, sanitize & drink (filters on the incoming water line and inside).

Cat still gets bottled water though. 😉

[elidodge1]

Pink & Drink I do santize3 every spring,

[colliehauler]

SETenn wrote:
Use pink stuff and drink. However, I sanitize the fresh water holding tank and lines with a bleach mixture that is recommended in my owners manual before I drink.

Same here.

[Alfred622]

In Minnesota where it gets a mite cool in the winter (like -20 F), I

blow, pink, and drink

Drink after flushing & sanitizing the tank in the Spring, of course.

[arizal]

I blow mine out with CO2 and the put pink in the "P" traps.
use bottled water for drinking.
ArizAl

[12rvjoe]

No blow, Pink using W/P, No drink, Spring flush ......

[michers]

I pink and no drink.

Take a 5 gallon water jug for the drink.

Then I typically 'recycle' some of the pink. In the spring when I flush the lines with fresh water, I re-capture about 1/2 gallon of pink. Then in the fall, when I winterize, I spread that between the grey and black tanks. I think it's perfect for that.

[fla-gypsy]

Being in Florida I use a hybrid system.

I drain all water lines (no blow though) but no pink stuff in the potable system. I do add pink stuff to all drain traps and the toilet bowl as a precaution to the small amount in them.