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Main Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: VanillaGorilla on November 17, 2012, 09:52:08 pm
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Greetings,
I have been learning a lot from the posts on this forum, thanks to everyone. My wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed taking our 2100 out for our weekend excursions...the creature comforts are outstanding. We have logged over 20 nights in our PC post our June purchase. I live in MT and am hopeful I will get out a few more times before full on winter hits. I actually have hopes to try using it this winter at the ski areas...but that is a topic for another post!
We have already had a few nights in the single digits so I prepped my PC following the steps below. I would welcome any opinions, corrections or suggestions you may have on my method. My goal is to get efficient and effective at it so I can use my PC on the tail/front end of winter without any damage.
Check List in Order of Execution
- Drain fresh water tank
- Drain hot water heater
- Run 12V water pump until no water comes out via bathroom faucet
- Connected air compressor to PC city water connection with ~35 PSI
- Blow out faucets/sprayers Hot and Cold
- - Kitchen faucet and spray nozzle
- - Bathroom Sink
- - Shower spray wand
- - Toilet flusher
- - Outside shower
- Pour 2-3 cups RV antifreeze into kitchen, shower and bathroom sinks to fill the traps
- Dumped black tank
- Dump grey tank
- Poured 3/4 gallon of RV antifreeze into toilet, ran sani-con pump with black tank valve opened until I saw pink antifreeze coming out and then stopped pump and closed valve
I am not 100% sure the method I used to drain the lines around the 12v pump is adequate. Not wanting to put antifreeze in the system, I am not sure how better to drain it.
I would imagine there is a little water still in the grey tank, any concerns?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Jim
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Hi Jim, on the 2100, does the city water inlet bypass the water pump? I ask as I have used the suck hose attached to the water pump -under my bed on the 3100-to get pink gunk into the pump, lines and any low spots. (I froze most everything on a Coach House long ago) I even have blasted air into the water heater drain to not only get wet but to get water out - even though I have been told it is ok to leave the dregs in situ. I think pink stuff in tanks is also ok as it went from tank to macerater. Do you have tank flush line? & blow it also? I keep forgetting that one.
kevin
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Jim
Just a couple of things.
Now that your water heater is empty there is a chance you will burn out your heating element if you connect your PC to shore power and have the water heater turned on. I always turn the water heater off at the 120v breaker box as part of my winterization.
There are low point drains for the hot and cold water. I don't know where they are in the 2100 but in the 2350 and 2551 they are under the drawers in the kitchen area near the water heater by-pass. You might want to open them and see if anything comes out.
Not sure if this is necessary but I also blow out the SanCon flush lines for the black and grey tanks.
I also remove any 9V, AA or AAA batteries plus the smoke alarm. In the spring when I reinstall the smoke alarm I also put in a new battery .
Barry
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Barry,
That was a good idea of turning off the electricity to the water heater at the C/B. My little granddaughter likes to push buttons, and I was always concerned she might hit the water heater when we were not looking.
Bob