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Check the archives on this topic and you should find something. Basically, you want to get the anti-freeze out of the system, i.e. the pink stuff. When you winterized you should have bypassed the water heater with two valves, in and out. Leave them alone until you clear out the lines. Hook up your city water and run it through all the lines - sink hot and cold, shower hot and cold and toilet. When you have no more pink stuff, you will have most of it out. Then turn off the city water.
You need to also get the anti-freeze out of the water pump and the little bit of tubing that connects it to the water system. Put some water in your fresh water tank and turn on the pump at the switch on the face of the galley cabinet. Turn on the cold water and run it with the pump until it is clear. You may want to turn on the hot side too, just in case some anti-freeze got in that line. Once all the pink is gone, turn off the pump.
Once you have all the anti-freeze out of the pipes, then you need to put the hot water heater back into service. First, make sure you've replaced your anode rod using plumbers tape to seal it. Tighten it very snug with a socket wrench. Once the anode is secure, go back and open your bypass valves so the handles are in line with the pipes. Turn your city water back on and turn on the hot water in the galley and shower to let the air out of the water heater tank. Once you have free flowing (no air) water coming out, then you can turn off the hot water valves in the shower and sink.
You're done. Be sure to check your electric water heater switches to be sure they are both off. One is on the outside of the water heater in the left lower quadrant, under some gas lines. The other is the breaker for 120vac water heater circuit. The water heater switch on the galley cabinet is only for gas operation. Hope this helps.
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