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03-31-2015, 10:57 AM
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De-winterized
Does anyone have a recommendation for YouTube video on how to de-winterized your airstream? Many thanks.
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03-31-2015, 12:49 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
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Not sure you need a video.
I fill the fresh water tank with CITY water while the fresh water tank drain is open. This cleans the tank. While the tank has water in it turn the pump on and go to each faucet, hot and cold, and run till clear water comes out. This purges the antifreeze from the lines.
Connect the city water to the city hook up. Now slowly open, just leave it cocked a bit, the bypass on the hot water heater and fill with water. You will have to open a hot water faucet while doing this to let the air in the tank out. I say to use city water for this because there may be some antifreeze in the piping from that connection to the rest of the system.
You have now added about 2 gallons of water to the gray tank and that can wait till your first trip to dump or you can drain it while flushing the system.
Nothing needs to be done at this time for the black tank.
I let the fresh water tank drain completely before turning off the drain cock.
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03-31-2015, 01:50 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 27' FB Eddie Bauer
Chelsea
, Michigan
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Make sure you replace the inline filter under your kitchen sink if you have this feature after you have purged the lines of the anti-freeze.
This would also be a good time to sanitize your fresh water tank.
Use about 1/4 cup of liquid chlorine bleach per 15 gallons of capacity, fill the fresh water tank, run water from the fresh water tank into each faucet/shower/outlet using the pump and turn off when you smell the bleach at each outlet. Let it sit for around 4 to 6 hours. Then drain the fresh water tank and you are good to go. Some people object to the lingering chlorine smell in the fresh water tank and will flush it a couple of times. Baking soda helps to remove the chlorine odor more quickly.
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03-31-2015, 02:30 PM
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Very helpful - thank you!
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03-31-2015, 03:05 PM
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begorragirl
2017 25' Flying Cloud
Denville
, New Jersey
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Do we have to put anoid in? I did not winterize. My hot water thingy under back side bed so just have to turn hot water until inline? I have to hold mattress up and reach un at same time....no time for a selfie trying to do that!!
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03-31-2015, 04:14 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 27' FB Eddie Bauer
Chelsea
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sbb
Do we have to put anoid in? I did not winterize. My hot water thingy under back side bed so just have to turn hot water until inline? I have to hold mattress up and reach un at same time....no time for a selfie trying to do that!!
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I assume you mean a sacrificial anode? Based on its design, your hot water heater either has one or it doesn't. If it does not have one, there really is no practical way to add one so the answer is you go with what you have. Just make sure the drain plug is back in and the bypass valve is turned off when you fill the hot water tank with water.
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03-31-2015, 05:34 PM
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i simply used my air compressor to purge all of the lines for winter storage. the only RV antifreeze i added was to the sink, shower and toilet traps as you can't get all of the water out of these.
to de-winterize i opened all the valves i had closed, including the hot water bypass and drain as well as the low point tank drains. without turning on the hot water heater, open a faucet closest to it, turn on to the hot side and let it purge the air from the system. this will get the air out of the hot water heater while filling it at the same time. do the same for each hot water line in your trailer followed by each cold water line. makes no difference if you are connected to water or are using your fresh water tank. you are just trying to get the air out of the lines so you don't end up with sputtering and splashing all over the place. pretty easy and quick
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04-01-2015, 06:01 AM
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2 Rivet Member
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Thanks, I am going to give this a try today and will let you know how I make out. Much appreciate the tips and advice.
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04-13-2015, 03:10 PM
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2 Rivet Member
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Everything worked out great - no problems. Thanks for advice!
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04-14-2015, 03:00 PM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' International
Full timer
, Virginia
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Quick question -
What about building the hot water tank air bubble when filling it from a drained positions?
Dill it, let pressure out then add the air buble after that?
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04-14-2015, 04:03 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
, New Jersey
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IanPoulin
Quick question -
What about building the hot water tank air bubble when filling it from a drained positions?
Dill it, let pressure out then add the air buble after that?
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There is no reason to even consider this option. To fill the hot water tank from the fresh water tank or city connection just open the bypass valve and as the tank is filling open any hot water faucet. The air will purge through the faucet. When you have a steady water flow the tank if full.
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04-14-2015, 04:36 PM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' International
Full timer
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Well I am asking about setting the tank air bubble in place - I don't want to bleed all the air out, right? The bubble is there for pressure safety?
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04-14-2015, 08:42 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
, New Jersey
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If you look at the out let pipe on the tank you will see it is not at the Top and thus a small pocket of air is normal. It just happens without outside influence.
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04-20-2015, 07:41 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 20' Safari
Old Orchard Beach
, Maine
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Another newby here needing to de-winterize for the first time. When flushing the fresh water/city water tank, do you just empty that out on the ground, run through the waste hose?
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Marty Womer
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Trailer name: Quarantina
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04-20-2015, 07:45 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 20' Safari
Old Orchard Beach
, Maine
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Here are a bunch of instruction articles and a YouTube video. https://www.google.com/search?source....0.Pjjmwi6kGAc.
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Marty Womer
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Trailer name: Quarantina
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04-21-2015, 04:12 AM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' International
Full timer
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Thanks Howie - I ask as it was discovered last season halfway through that the constant release of the tanks pressure valve was due to the bubble not being set correctly earlier in the season and we were forced to re-establish it to correct the issues. I was trying to see if anything special was needed up front. Turns out no.
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04-21-2015, 07:06 AM
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retired USA/USAF
2001 30' Excella
Somerset
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Hey Marty. It's fresh water and can go right on the ground. If anyone questions it's source go over and take a drink to prove it. Now if it's COLD up there in Maine you don't want to make an ice slick so beware.
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04-21-2015, 08:20 AM
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Rivet Master
2007 20' Safari
Old Orchard Beach
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Join Date: Sep 2014
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Freshwater with anti-freeze.
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Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Trailer name: Quarantina
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05-18-2015, 11:41 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 20' Safari
Old Orchard Beach
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Join Date: Sep 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HowieE
Not sure you need a video.
I fill the fresh water tank with CITY water while the fresh water tank drain is open. This cleans the tank. While the tank has water in it turn the pump on and go to each faucet, hot and cold, and run till clear water comes out. This purges the antifreeze from the lines.
Connect the city water to the city hook up. Now slowly open, just leave it cocked a bit, the bypass on the hot water heater and fill with water. You will have to open a hot water faucet while doing this to let the air in the tank out. I say to use city water for this because there may be some antifreeze in the piping from that connection to the rest of the system.
You have now added about 2 gallons of water to the gray tank and that can wait till your first trip to dump or you can drain it while flushing the system.
Nothing needs to be done at this time for the black tank.
I let the fresh water tank drain completely before turning off the drain cock.
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Where is the drain for the fresh water tank? I took my new-to-me 20-foot 2007 Safari to the dealer to de-winterize and so I would see everything, but we flushed the system via the city water hookup and apparently forgot to do anything about the fresh water tank. I need to fill it and let it rinse, as everything else has been purged with city water.
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Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Trailer name: Quarantina
2019-2022 President, Northeast Mountaineers Airstream Club
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05-19-2015, 05:36 AM
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Rivet Master
2020 28' Flying Cloud
Upper St Clair
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I've not seen this posted before, but a thought to consider. When I winterize I also trip the Hot Water Heater breaker to OFF. In this way if plugged in at home and someone accidentally pushes on the HWH switch in the bath it will not burn out by trying to heat air.
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