Winterized Our Lance TT Today

[DesertHawk]

LadyHawk & I finalized the winterization of our Lance 1985 today. I'd drained the tanks awhile ago, added the pink RV antifreeze today.

Easy enough to do after reading & re-reading the instructions, checking photos & putting our minds together to figure out what the instructions mean. Ha!

The Lance being equipped with bypass values & a method to pump the pink-stuff directly out of the gallon container into the lines & to bypass the hot water tank was very convenient for sure, never had that on any of our other RVs.

Remembered (and read to do in the instructions) to winterize the outdoor shower.

Fairly clear instructions really.

Someone on the Lance forum, wrote: "Don't forget to remove the screen from your city water inlet, and push the small button inside. Be sure you're standing to the side, because a jet of water, followed by anti-freeze will shoot out. If you don't stand to the side, you may need to change your shirt and wipe your face off afterwards. Don't ask me how I know this...If you take a small pen knife or screw driver and carefully lever the little filter screen out, and put your eye close to the inlet you'll see it. There's only one small button (release valve) there. You can't miss it."

After reading that reply, we went out in the dark & with a good flashlight, we were able to follow his instructions.

Yep! A jet of water, followed by anti-freeze shot out. Standing to the side was very good advise & much appreciated.

Due to the corner being so close to the fireplace jutting out there on our house, I could not get where I could see into the inlet. LadyHawk is petite enough & she could. She did the work.

Even watching out for the jet of water, it did splash a little bit on the side of her face. But not much & only the clear water. I believe from splashing off her hand with the screwdriver when she pressed the small button. No pink stuff got onto her.

Never knew about that feature, not sure if all RVs have that or not?

Maybe it has something to do with the system of pumping the antifreeze from the bottle (never had one of those before) & it builds up the pressure when filling the lines.

No mention of it in the instructions.

:h Would it actually hurt anything if not done?

Always something to learn.

[skipnchar]

It is usually a good idea to turn off the water pump and relieve MOST of the pressure on the water system before depressing the back flow preventer valve at the water inlet. Depressing this button with full pressure on the system very often results in blowing the O ring off of it's seat which will cause the water to blow out this valve next year when you pressurize the system. SOMETIMES you can maneuver the O ring back into place and this will work temporarily but often it is necessary to replace the check valve for a permanent fix.
Good luck / Skip