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10-29-2015, 09:31 PM
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Winterization/Antifreeze/Season Ending For Me/This Sucks!
So I bought my Antifreeze last night and the stark reality set in that after my final trip for the season next week that it will be time to winterize. I am NOT happy. We had a VERY fun first season and used our new trailer quite a bit.
I've watched several videos on how to winterize with the pink stuff and all of them except for the one I watched tonight involved taking the hose off of the water pump and putting it into the bottle. Tonight I saw a video where the guy just dumps it into his fresh water tank and lets the tank hold all of the antifreeze while the water pump pulls it thru the lines. Seems waaaay simpler. What do you do? Are there advantages/disadvantages to either method? enlighten me...
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10-29-2015, 09:33 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Do not put antifreeze in your fw tank!
Does your wildwood not have a winterizing port?
If not it's easily added.
Winterized mine last Sunday after only owning it a week [emoji25]
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10-29-2015, 09:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TURBS
Do not put antifreeze in your fw tank!
Does your wildwood not have a winterizing port?
If not it's easily added.
Winterized mine last Sunday after only owning it a week [emoji25]
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IDK if it does or doesn't have a port for winterizing. Why not add it to the tank? I'm assuming that rinsing the tank out in the spring would flush it away. We don't drink from the tap water and haven't even used the tank this season.
I'd want to fall off a cliff if I had to winterize after just having it a week. I feel for you there.
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10-29-2015, 09:38 PM
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It may take up to 10 gallons of antifreeze if you pour it in the tank!
I did mine with 3 gallons thru the winterizing port.
You may not have one
I'll post a pic of the easily installed winterizing kit.
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10-29-2015, 09:40 PM
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if you don't use the tank anyhow, and wouldn't drink from it if you did, then no reason you can't put antifreeze in there. Just rinse it out in the spring so there isn't some sitting in there forever
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10-29-2015, 09:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TURBS
It may take up to 10 gallons of antifreeze if you pour it in the tank!
I did mine with 3 gallons thru the winterizing port.
You may not have one
I'll post a pic of the easily installed winterizing kit.
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thats a sizable difference. Aside from quantity of antifreeze used, is there a safety reason NOT to put it in there?
I'll look for the picture, thanks!
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10-29-2015, 09:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davel1971
if you don't use the tank anyhow, and wouldn't drink from it if you did, then no reason you can't put antifreeze in there. Just rinse it out in the spring so there isn't some sitting in there forever
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10-29-2015, 09:41 PM
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10-29-2015, 09:43 PM
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No real safety issue, you'll have to sanitize in the spring anyway.
But it'll take longer to get the antifreeze out of the fw tank.
You may have to flush tank many times to get it all out.
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10-29-2015, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by TURBS
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Yeah I don't have one of those on there. Assuming Amazon sells them....I'll head over there and order one.
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10-29-2015, 09:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stantyszka
Yeah I don't have one of those on there. Assuming Amazon sells them....I'll head over there and order one.
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It's very easy to install and will save you money and time!
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10-29-2015, 09:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TURBS
No real safety issue, you'll have to sanitize in the spring anyway.
But it'll take longer to get the antifreeze out of the fw tank.
You may have to flush tank many times to get it all out.
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Which brings another question. How do you sanitize? Bleach mixture? Another specialized chemical? I home brew beer and have bottle sanitizer, can't be too much different, right?
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10-29-2015, 09:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TURBS
It's very easy to install and will save you money and time!
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Awesome, I like saving both of those! Thanks for the suggestion.
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10-29-2015, 09:46 PM
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1/4 cup of bleach to 15 gallons of water.
Don't forget to drain hw tank and bypass it!
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10-29-2015, 09:48 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Or remove water filter and drain canister, run antifreeze thru your outside shower if you have one.
Toilet, inside shower and all taps.
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10-29-2015, 09:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TURBS
1/4 cup of bleach to 15 gallons of water.
Don't forget to drain hw tank and bypass it!
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HW drain and bypass is actually first item on my list AFTER I remove the contents. This is my first trailer and first time having to do this so I am nervous and don't want to forget anything critical. The bypass valves are easily accessible, everything is under one of the bunks and easily reachable.
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10-29-2015, 09:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TURBS
Or remove water filter and drain canister, run antifreeze thru your outside shower if you have one.
Toilet, inside shower and all taps.
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Fairly simple setup, kitchen sink, bathroom sink, toilet, and shower. Nothing outside...
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10-30-2015, 11:14 AM
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Hope those videos showed you how to empty and bypass your hot water heater tank. Otherwise you will waste 6-10 gallons of antifreeze. By the way, that pick stuff won't kill you but it is NOT lemonade. YUCK!!!!
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10-30-2015, 11:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BobHanke
Hope those videos showed you how to empty and bypass your hot water heater tank. Otherwise you will waste 6-10 gallons of antifreeze. By the way, that pick stuff won't kill you but it is NOT lemonade. YUCK!!!!
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Yeah I have no intentions of drinking it. It showed how to bypass the hot water heater.....
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10-30-2015, 11:43 AM
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Is there any reason that after I bypass the HWH and empty it I can't blow out everything after I open the FWT drain and the low point drains. Then can I add the pink stuff by using the port and the water pump?
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