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10-27-2020, 04:19 PM
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Location: Wisconsin/Florida
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Originally Posted by rapidly
Thanks! I did that. Like everything about camper maintenance, it was a process of learning the hard way. What I now know is about a 20 minute job took good parts of a whole weekend. Required two trips to the hardware, about $30 worth of new tools, two phone conversations with the dealer, and a couple of hours searching this forum just to be able to get at the dang nut to drain the tank and then get it properly seated again.
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Welcome to camper ownership. It will be a roller coaster love/hate relationship. The object is, once it is in shape, keep it that way-hopefully.
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11-05-2020, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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Probably hot and cold water shut off valves 🤔😂
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11-05-2020, 10:13 PM
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Location: Right Half of OR
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Originally Posted by ken8246
Probably hot and cold water shut off valves 🤔😂
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You didn't read any of the previous posts did you. 
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11-05-2020, 10:27 PM
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Jayhawker
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Suburbs Kansas City
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Originally Posted by Mkeele
Those are your water system drain valves. Also called low-point drain valves. If you run pink antifreeze in your system for winter, you would want them closed. If you just use an air compressor to blow the water out of the system, as I do, you'll want them open.
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Make sure you close your low point drains after you blow them out. I forgot and left one open and mud dabbers built their nest in mine. 
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11-06-2020, 09:04 PM
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Location: Front Royal, VA
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Originally Posted by rapidly
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Look directly under the trailer. They should run out the bottom. Low point drains so turning the valves allow the lines to drain. Just open a faucet on cold side and one on hot side.
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11-06-2020, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Grayson County, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken8246
Probably hot and cold water shut off valves 🤔😂
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None of my 4 trailers have ever had water shut off valves anywhere in them.
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11-06-2020, 09:10 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Grayson County, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mandog
Look directly under the trailer. They should run out the bottom. Low point drains so turning the valves allow the lines to drain. Just open a faucet on cold side and one on hot side.
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You don't turn these valves. See this:
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Originally Posted by bikendan
T-handle low point drains. Just pull up on the handle to drain. Had the same valves in my 2007 Roo hybrid.
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11-06-2020, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Dan
You don't turn these valves. See this:
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Dan, you know that many don't read previous posts! Not even mine.
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and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.) 
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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11-09-2020, 10:42 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rapidly
Thanks! I did that. (snip) just to be able to get at the dang nut to drain the tank and then get it properly seated again.
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My RV Dealer winterized my rig the first two years I owned it and always left the anode out over the winter so that's what I do also.
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11-09-2020, 08:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Northwest Indiana
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Sure looks like low point drain valves.
I wish mine came with valves on the low point drains, it just came with crappy threaded on caps at the end of the pex. I took the caps off and put valves on to make it so much easier to drain the lines after camping, for sanitizing, or winterizing/dewinterizing.
All my other campers came with low point drain valves, even the pop ups. Can't believe my premier model cheapened out and used caps instead.
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11-09-2020, 08:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Northwest Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flookk
My RV Dealer winterized my rig the first two years I owned it and always left the anode out over the winter so that's what I do also.
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Wow, I'd never leave the anode out as you now have an opening for bugs and critters to get in.
I winterize my campers myself, so I know it's done right and it pretty easy anyhow. When I dewinterize, I sanitize the water system as well.
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