winterizing ??

[Ryan_V]

Do you guys leave the valve closed and let the pink sit in your tanks over the winter, or just open em up and let most of it flow out as you are winterizing?? Also, is it necessary to blow the lines out, or is hooking pink up to your pump enough??

thanks

[NAMAKANWALLEYE]

If I were you, I would totally drain all the water that you can out of your holding tank, hot water heater, etc. Then add pink to your holding tank, maybe 4-5 gallons, depending on the size, then pump it through all fixtures, until good pink color shows at each fixture. Dont forget the shower head and toilet!

Then I would open all drains, including grey and black water outlets. Get all or what you can, fluid out of the camper. Leave all valves in the open position.

In the spring it would be a good idea to to add a couple cups of 5% household bleach to your holding tank and then fill it with fresh water. Let it sit for a day, then totally flush with clean water, and you will be good to go. This will disinfect anything that might have crawled into your lines during the winter. Leaving all valves open will prevent lines from breaking if it does freeze, but you know it wont freeze if you get pink everywhere!

Blowing air is not needed, + you can blow apart fittings with too much air if your not carefull.

I hoped this helped. Good Luck!