Wiper Fluid in Water lines
All right, I was an idiot and accidentally put wiper fluid in my potable water lines during the winter. I checked, and it does have methanol in it. I have a pop-up trailer with a water tank below, a water heater, water pump, and then lines to an outdoor shower and a faucet inside. There is an obvious wiper fluid smell coming from the water. I have flushed the system 9 or 10 times by filling up the water tank with fresh water and running it through the whole system. I've run a flush with some vinegar solution as well as a bleach flush. The smell has definitely gotten less, but I can still smell the chemicals. Am I totally screwed or is there a way to save my water system from having to be completely replaced?Slow water/noisy pump
The water seemed really slow at the kitchen sink during our last overnight, and the pump sound was clunky. Decided to tackle it yesterday. I had never noticed the strainer on the pump inlet before, and decided to start there. With the winterizing hose plugged, I moved the valve to the winterizing position so that I wouldn't need to drain the tank; then unscrewed the strainer. There was a bit of debris, mostly plastic that I figure must have been from the tank assembly in '18. I cleaned and re-assembled the strainer and ... no joy. Next I decided to look at voltage. With no clear way to check at the pump, I checked at the fuse. Looked good. I thought of checking voltage further at the switch, but decided to look at the kitchen sink aerator first. Again I found a bit of stuff, which didn't seem enough to make a difference. It did in fact make a big difference. The flow is much better and the pump runs smoothly. Just thought I'd mention this little journey in case someone else has a similar issue. Happy New Year.
Water inlet question
Hey there new to full time camper living. I have an 2014 jayco jayflight swift slx RB185 and I was curious of what the valve marked warning to the left is next to the city water connection. it trickles out a tiny bit of water every now and then is this normal when connected to the city line?
Very confusing water issue - not flowing to some faucets after de-winterizing
Hi all, We're in a 2003 Southwind 32' Class A. We have spent most of decade on the road as full timers ( the last couple of years sharing that with a diesel trawler doing the great loop ) so we're not noobs, but for a variety of reasons we've been stationary in Virginia for the last year or so. While we're in southern VA and it's not as cold as some parts of the states, winter temperatures below freezing are enough of an issue that we winterized the RV for the first time late last year. The one previous time it was winterized was when we bought it about eight years ago and that was done with the pink non-toxic antifreeze. It took us FOREVER and several tanks ( 100 gallons ) of water run through everything to get the taste of that antifreeze out of the system. I have to use that on our boat when we winterize and I rather hate that stuff. I'm not even sure the well here at the house has enough capacity to run a few hundred gallons. So this year I got a hookup to use my air compressor to blow the water out of the lines. I drained all the liquid from all tanks and the water heater, and as much water as I could get from the low point drains. I then hooked the air line up to the city water inlet. With the compressor regulator set at about 30 PSI I proceeded to blow out all the lines until I got air out of all water outlets. Then pink antifreeze into all the traps and a gallon or so into the black and gray tanks. Everything seemed fine and the RV sat in the yard until I went to get her ready for a short trip this spring. I added water to the tank, flipped the pump on and purged the air from the water heater, low point drains and the outside rinse faucet. So far, so good. Then, I went inside to start purging the lines to the sinks ( bathroom and kitchen ), toilet and shower. The shower worked normally, but the other three...didn't. The kitchen sink and the toilet have basically zero water coming out of them ( the kitchen faucet gurgles a bit sometimes when the valve is open ) and the bathroom sink flows a bit, maybe 30% or something, but not always, just sometimes. It's the same for the hot and cold water in both faucets, despite having pressure in the water heater tank. Ambient temps were in the 60's, so there's no water frozen somewhere. There's no break, because there's no water leaking and the pump isn't cycling unless I open one of the other, working, water outlets. Just no water coming out of the faucets and the toilet. Could there be check valves somewhere that are stuck? Any idea where I'd look? Some of the lines are absolutely inaccessible under the floor and there's no way to replace or get to them. I'm open to suggestions on where to look or how to diagnose this, because I got nuthin'. Thanks!