Water drain system on 82 FC 35

[Shawn Fountain]

Kerry,

We filled up the water tank with the pink stuff versus putting in a bypass.
Prior year I tried to just flush versus filling with pink, not too
successful, lots of broken pipes. I may opt for bypass this year. If you put
something in I would like to see it.

Do you have the original manual on how to winterize? That helped me. It
explains all the switches and values and the sequence to winterize.

SDF
80FC35 Boulder

----Original Message Follows----
From: "davidkerryedwards"
Reply-To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Water drain system on 82 FC 35
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:06:50 -0000

I like the idea of a drain on the hw heater. Where is the petcock for
that drain, I can't see one on mine.
I was thinking of some kind of overkill system like you use. How do
you pump in the antifreeze thru the city pressure hookup?

Kerry

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "pattypape"
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
> >
>