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tomfrech
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2016 Location: IL - Illinois Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Topic: winterizing Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 5:08pm |
We are definitely going to San Diego from December through the middle of January Which means the pod will have to be winterized. Any thoughts about pink stuff vs. blowing the water out with pressure. Pressure sounds easier but is is as good as the pink stuff.
Thanks
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Podster
Senior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 5:35pm |
Yes, if done properly both methods can be effective.
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Cliff & Raelynn
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tomfrech
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2016 Location: IL - Illinois Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 6:26pm |
Thanks a lot. Seems like pressure would be easier to dewinterize
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6298 |
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 8:26pm |
As long as you use the winterization valve and house And don't put the pink stuff in the fresh water tank, the de-winterization process isn't much different. You would need to run fresh water through the pipes until the water runs clear. I would assume the hot water bypass would be set either way, but it is more important if pink stuff is used as it will corrode the anode rod.
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StephenH
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 9:04pm |
My usual reply on this: if you must pick one, use the antifreeze. I've been through debates for days that it isn't necessary. More than once someone has admitted a year or two later that they only used air and a fixture froze. It takes less time to just use the antifeeze than to debate for days that it isn't needed.
The only exceptions are if the pod is stored in CA or FL where it doesn't freeze. See the link in my signature for a checklist. |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1446 |
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 10:04pm |
My toilet valve froze last winter. I didn't discover it for a while. There was just a tiny crack in the valve that sprayed a fine mist on out the back, which eventually trickled down into the shower basis.
I do the antifreeze but apparently I wasn't diligent enough. This the kind of thing that is much more likely to happen if you blow out the lines, in my opinion, anyway. The repair to the toilet was surprisingly easy -- after removing the toilet, and only cost about $25 for a part on Amazon. Still, $3 worth of pink stuff would have saved a lot of effort. TT |
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this_is_nascar
Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Location: NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 466 |
Posted: 04 Sep 2016 at 6:43am |
I couldn't agree more. I no longer get into the discussion of hich method is best to use anymore.
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ron_whitt
Senior Member Joined: 08 Sep 2011 Location: Chesterville On Online Status: Offline Posts: 261 |
Posted: 04 Sep 2016 at 7:03am |
Tom, north of 49 here. I do both air first then pink rv anti-freeze. It doesn't take a lot of time. When it gets down to -40c for a week at a time. That's why I do both. For the few extra minutes it takes to do both, I figure its worth it.
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Ron & Shirley
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Posted: 04 Sep 2016 at 7:37am |
I had the same thing happen a couple of years ago and (at the time) chalked the breakage up to normal wear and tear. I do both - blow out the lines and put in the pink stuff. However, I do not hold the flush valve open when using the air so, it is possible that the anti-freeze was diluted some. We had an especially cold winter that year, also. I've taken to running the toilet "extra" long with the pink. Agree that the fix is stupid simple, once the part is in hand. 30 mins. tops. |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3237 |
Posted: 05 Sep 2016 at 12:34pm |
My 2 cents. Did the antifreeze the first year in 2011. Took a lot of time to rid tank, lines of that nasty taste as we use our FW for drinking. Since then we have used compressed air, takes about 2 - 3 minutes to do the whole thing. No problems to date. Still will use about 1 pint of the pink stuff to put into the 3 traps (2 sinks, and 1 shower).
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