| Re: [GMCnet] Winterizing the GMC [message #105808] |
Fri, 12 November 2010 20:45  |
dngmissett
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Rather than buy the blow plug adapter get one of these
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/blow-out-hose/38534
or cut about 8 inches from the male end of an old hose and push an air compressor quick connector fitting into the cut end and tighten with a small hose clamp. What I like about this setup is that it turns the process into a much easier one man job in that you can
set your air compressor output, hook it to the quick connect and let it run while your in the coach opening faucets. I found it to be a bit of a PIA running in and out of the coach to hold the air line onto the blow plug. JWID
Dick Missett
Wyoming, PA
--- On Fri, 11/12/10, Mike Miller <m000035@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Mike Miller <m000035@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Winterizing the GMC
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010, 8:41 PM
Stick Miller wrote on Fri, 12 November 2010 15:06
> ... Where does one "blow" the lines? I have an air compressor.
> ...
You "blow" through the city water connection. You can buy a adapter at most places that have an "RV" section.
"Blow" until the water and mist stops coming out each faucet. (remember the toilet and shower.) Then wait for the water in the lines to collect in the low spots, and blow again. Repeat as much as required.
I also "blow" through the fresh water pump from the valve I added there.
I live where we get hard freezes for a few weeks each year... longer than I want to "heat" the coach. So after the "drain and blow" I put pink stuff in the lines, wait a bit (an hour to a few days) then blow the pink stuff out the same way I blew out the water. The pink stuff goes into the empty drains and tanks. When I install the macator, I would "bump" it to get some anti-freeze into it.
Please note that heating the insides of your coach will NOT protect your tanks or macator.
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Mike Miller
#01 - `73 26' X Painted D. "The Spare"
#02 - `78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath "The User"
#03 - `77 23' Birchaven Side Bath "The Keeper"
Hillsboro, OR
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