Water drain system on 82 FC 35

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Bill and Kerry:

One word of caution on using the pink stuff. It is ok, of course, but I
would like to suggest a by pass kit put on the water heater after the air
blow out prior to putting in the antifreeze. If you have an Atwood 11 gal
water heater, the tank is aluminium and the "pink" stuff will etch and eat
away the aluminium tank.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

At 02:25 PM 6/14/2006 +0000, you wrote:

>Kerry,
>
>On our 88 FC, there was no HWT bypass nor a HWT drain.
>All water in the pipes are drained by the internal air pressure
>system, the fresk tank drain and the outside faucet.
>
>Not trusting this method, I drilled a hole in the floor to drain the
>HWT thru the drain cockpet. I now use the BB air system to blow the
>pipes out, then use a shop compressor to blow-blow-blow more water
>out.
>Then pump in the pink the stuff, thru the city water hookup into the
>plumbing and fresh tank. Run the pump, look for pink stuff at each
>faucet, toilet etc, Then, I blow it out again. I feel this is a bit
>overkill, But inline with the entire Wanderlodge Overkill.
>We get really hard freezes and the time spent is worthwhile.
>No fresh water is added until we head South for Winter.
>Frozen pipes are always a worry, but this has worked for us.
>
>Bill 88 FC Michigan
>
>
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards"
> wrote:
> >
> > Having just repaired freeze breaks in my plumbing I'd like to get a
> > conceptual grasp of how the drain system works for the plumbing. I
> > know there's a manual drain under the vanity and an external
>faucet
>in
> > the propane compartment. I also see three cable operated valves
>near
> > the hw heater and tank in the back but I don't understand how they
> > work. How do the hot water heater and water tank drain and does
> > anyone have an easy way of retrofitting a system which gets
>antifreeze
> > into the system? Since there are no bypass fittings on the water
> > heater it seems virtually impossible to get antifreeze in the hot
> > water pipes.
> >
> > Kerry
> >
>