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Re: Help with Winterzing
Dakota98 wrote: Is the pick-up line plugged or the in line valve not open completely ? Also, you will need to let the pump run for awhile prior to opening any valves whatsoever. It will take 6-8 gallons of pink stuff to winterize, unless you have closed off the water heater & used the by-pass, if it has one. I'm not sure if it's possible, but the pump may have lost it's prime. try pouring the antifreeze into the pick-up line, holding the line above the pump, while the pump is running, just to get things started. Thank you! I'll print this out for hubby to try as well. We knew about letting the pump run first and the water heater and by-pass are off as well. Ours takes just shy of 2 gallons of pink stuff though.337Views0likes0CommentsHelp with Winterzing
It's time to put the camper away for the season, so we bought the pink stuff and got ready to winterize. Hubby has done this without issue the last 3 seasons and this time it didn't go so well. We have a Northtrail 24RBS with a Shurflo classic pump. All lines were drained (hubby chose not to blow out the lines this year), set the hose from the pump into the pink stuff jug, turned on the pump, flipped the switches on the pump itself, then turned on the closest faucet cold side. Sputter, spittle and finally pink stuff started coming through, closed the cold valve, opened the hot and same thing for all faucets. By the time he got to the outside shower, nothing was happening. The pump appears to be running, but not sucking up pink stuff. He's checked his process, took apart a couple of fittings on the water pump and didn't find anything blocking or plugging filters/lines. We had the camper out the weekend before and everything worked well. He is absolutely perplexed and wondering if it's time to replace the pump. If this is the next step - which pump do we go with now? Any advice is appreciated. I've been doing my part in researching what may be the issue and haven't come across anything concrete yet.1.8KViews0likes8CommentsRe: Custer South Dakota in October?
I was in Spearfish the end of September last year for a photo workshop, colors were just starting in the canyon. When I left on the Monday after the workshop, it was 75 and sunny and we started hearing about a "winter storm". That storm turned into 3 1/2' of snow throughout the region. Always be prepared for a quick change in the weather.473Views0likes0Comments
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