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Mon, 01 November 2021 16:05   |
lqqkatjon
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Registered: October 2010
Location: St. Cloud, MN
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I am from MN. Antifreeze is the only thing I truly trust.
keep in mind some toilets, dometic 310 for example, blowing them out will not work.
I just winterized my coach, and it took 2 gallons of RV antifreeze and 15 minutes of my time. 1 gallon of that was dedicated to making sure the macerator was pumping good pink. It just takes a winterization kit on the pump, and a bypass for the water heater.
Ken is correct about the city water connection, but in my case the check valve has been removed so I just bleed out the antifreeze at the city water connection by pressing in the center valve on the thing. the other coach I winterized this weekend, had the check valve, so I have a hand pump for the city waterconnection and that only took me a moment.
The second coach I winterized this past weekend did not have a waterheater bypass or a pump winterizer. so I first tried to blow out the lines. I have plenty of air... but seemed if you turned the air back on after you thought it was blowing dry, it would still spray some water. After messing around for 5-10 minutes, I just made sure the hot water was blown out well, and I ended up pumping RV antifreeze in with the hand pump through the city water connection.
per Fred's comment about the water heater- I don't see how you can drain a waterheater with the pressure release. the waterheater is just a big open tank from what i can tell, and the only way to get the water out of it is the lower drain. the pressure release would only drain the top 1/3? and if you don't have a bypass- you need to blow out the hot water system, or you will be using 5+ gallons of pink stuff. the "in" on the heater is a low spot, the "out" is up high.
as for Mice- there is no answer. everybody will tell you they have an answer and I can find photos on my phone of my coach to show mice eat dryer sheets, walk over critter crumbs and don't care about my victor ultrasonic repellent.
put out dryer sheets, seal all openings, but if you are storing a coach, set some traps! traps is the only final defense against mice, and they will also indicate how well your other deterrents are working or if you need to add more traps! or start pulling panels to clean up nests!
I also have no idea on how they can get in. I have been all over my coach and had my coach apart and have no idea how they get in, but they usually someone do in the spring and fall when temps change. had no mice in trap this year, until just this past week, had one.
part of my pre-trip/post trip is always setting up a couple mice traps, just in case.
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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