Subject: Re: [airstream] Almost Winterized
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:00:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rick Davis K8DOC@twlakes.net
Reply-To: airstream@airstream.net
At 17:46 12/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
In a message dated 12/19/98 12:06:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, burke@micron.net writes:
And it really isn't needed. What water is in the tank will freeze but there is nothing that can be damaged.
Bless you Charlie (c:
Hunter
While a little water in the bottom of drained tanks won't hurt, I am a firm believer in pink stuff in all the water lines, at least on older trailers with copper plumbing. In the days before the antifreeze became cheap I used to go through the blow out procedure. Over the winter a few drops of left over water here and there can work into a low spot or condensation form. Every few years a few drops of water would break a faucet valve or the
particularly vulnerable thetford toilet ball valve. $30 and hard to change). I have no experience with the newer plumbing materials, but would still err on the cautious side as the antifreeze is cheap and the repairs are a headache. I have never had a failure while using antifreeze. It is not fun to fill a carefully drained and blown out trailer in a Fla rest area and
have water run out of the belly pan. Been there done that.
Rick Davis 1602
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