Winterization - Event Date: 07 Oct 2016 - 10 Oct 2016 |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Calendar Event: Winterization Posted: 14 Oct 2016 at 7:59pm |
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The middle valve should be open, parallel to the pipe, while pumping antifreeze. That allows antifreeze to flow through the hot water pipes. For storage it makes no difference how you leave them, but you should have it open again next year to flush all the AF out. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 15 Oct 2016 at 8:57pm | ||
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 15 Oct 2016 at 9:01pm | ||
My Salem only has one valve. Took me by surprise the first time I winterized it and I ran a test or two to be sure it didn't allow antifreeze into the WH.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 16 Oct 2016 at 11:33am | ||
Details please, Doug. Where is the valve and is it shutoff or two way? Did you have the HW faucets open?. The anode port open? How is it plumbed? Any check valves? I'm really baffled by this. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 16 Oct 2016 at 1:26pm | ||
I'll have to investigate it further when I winterize in a week or two. I believe it was at the top of the WH but I don't remember if it was 2 or 3 way. I did not remove the anode. I do open the hot water faucets as part of winterizing.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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StarGazer
Newbie Joined: 11 Oct 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4 |
Posted: 17 Oct 2016 at 8:30am | ||
We used the ultrasonic rodent/mouse doohickeys in my astronomy club's observatory; haven't had any mouse problems since we started using them. I don't remember the exact brand; it's been a couple of years but I could keep looking.
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Vector1952
Groupie Joined: 28 Sep 2016 Location: RI Online Status: Offline Posts: 64 |
Posted: 30 Oct 2016 at 7:59am | ||
Hi, my 2017.5 (blue) has 3 valves...when I turned on the pump, the pink stuff started coming out the bathroom sink with the hot and cold shut off...I could not stop it...was able to get it winterized, am I doing something wrong?
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 30 Oct 2016 at 2:41pm | ||
Are you saying that the faucets would not shut off when you turned the pump on? That might indicate a problem with the faucets. They should shut off the same as when water is flowing through the pipes. Did you just get the R-Pod? Did the bathroom sink faucet operate properly with plain water? You may need to check with your dealer if the faucet is not operating properly to get it fixed under warranty.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Vector1952
Groupie Joined: 28 Sep 2016 Location: RI Online Status: Offline Posts: 64 |
Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 9:03pm | ||
Yes, unfortunately I did not check faucet with running water...picked it up in Ohio and drove home to Rhode Island...tried everything in trailer except that sink...ran the pink thru the lines and cudn't shut off the small sink...
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 9:09pm | ||
Hopefully, you will find a place local to you that will do warranty work.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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