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10-25-2011, 09:47 PM
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Blowing out water lines
where is the best place to hook up a air hose to blow out water lines to winterize.
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10-25-2011, 09:49 PM
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your city water fill inlet !
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10-25-2011, 09:50 PM
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with this duma jiggy
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10-25-2011, 10:51 PM
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Thanks a million!!
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10-26-2011, 06:05 AM
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I made up an adapter with a gate valve that screws into the City Water connection and has a quick connect for the air hose. That way I can move throughout the RV and open and close faucets, toilets etc to allow the water to escape. I can also do other things while the low point drain is allowing water out. I used a flexible connector so it hangs at a 45 degree angle.
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10-28-2011, 10:05 AM
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That makes sense to blow it out at the city water intake, but how can you blow out the line from the holding tank to the pump? Will it back pressure through the water pump and clear the line to the holding tank?
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10-28-2011, 10:24 AM
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You can't blow out your holding tank. There should be a drain hose with a screw on plug at the bottom of your RV to drain it. Also, don't put any antifreeze (RV type) in your holding tank. Be careful how much air pressure you use when you blow out your lines. Check around but I believe you don't want to exceed 45 psi or so. But don't go in there with 100 psi or you could blow things to smitherines! Lots of people use pressure limiters on city water to avoid this problem.
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10-28-2011, 10:27 AM
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I guess I didn't answer your question which was the line from the holding tank to the pump. You may have a valve near the pump that has a short hose for introducing RV antifreeze. After your holding tank is empty, open this valve and you may get enough "relief" in the line to allow any water in that line to flow back into the holding tank. I also use RV antifreeze to make absolutely sure that every drop of water is out of the pump. It doesn't take much water to ruin that pump; a few drops may be enough . . .
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10-28-2011, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by f1100turbo
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I thought that was a thingamajig.
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10-28-2011, 11:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rugged Brown
I thought that was a thingamajig.
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Its closely related to the muffler belt that I've seen some replace when in fact the blinker fluid was just low. Common mistake among rookies.
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10-28-2011, 11:17 AM
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Quote:
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Its closely related to the muffler belt that I've seen some replace when in fact the blinker fluid was just low. Common mistake among rookies.
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And I'll be the first to admit that I often use a sky hook, when a simple come along will suffice.
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10-28-2011, 11:19 AM
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I thought it was a "whatsit" or maybe a "doohickey". My grandfather use to say a "thingapurpose".
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10-28-2011, 11:35 AM
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I guess I to have used a hoosker do when I should have used a Hoosker dont.
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10-28-2011, 11:51 AM
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10-28-2011, 11:57 AM
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Quote:
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And I'll be the first to admit that I often use a sky hook, when a simple come along will suffice.
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LMAO, what the 'beep' are you guys even talking about?
It sounded good though......I almost googled sky hook...... 
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10-28-2011, 12:38 PM
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I bought a spare compressor hose, cut off one end and inserted a hose adapter to screw directly onto the trailer. Worked almost 2 good as I found myself waiting a couple times for the compressor to get back to operating pressure. It goes out pretty quick when you're running around the trailer opening taps and flushing the toilet.
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10-28-2011, 12:56 PM
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I suggest filling the lines with rv antifreeze also after you blow the lines out at least that what my local rv dealer told me and it's what I did. May be overkill but that's better than finding out you didn't get all the water out of a valley.
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10-28-2011, 04:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stevengb
I suggest filling the lines with rv antifreeze also after you blow the lines out at least that what my local rv dealer told me and it's what I did. May be overkill but that's better than finding out you didn't get all the water out of a valley.
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I blow all of my lines (with a bicycle pump), run antifreeze through all of the lines, then blow the antifreeze out. Some people say that I am anal. 
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10-28-2011, 06:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnguy
I blow all of my lines (with a bicycle pump), run antifreeze through all of the lines, then blow the antifreeze out. Some people say that I am anal. |
Geez, Chap, I thought you were going to say you towed the 263 down to the Florida Keys!!! HA!
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10-29-2011, 09:39 AM
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Quote:
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Geez, Chap, I thought you were going to say you towed the 263 down to the Florida Keys!!! HA! |
Maybe the Crystal River area next March. 
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