[C320-list] Antifreeze in water lines

[Elizabeth Schwartz]

Ahoy......For many years I have winterized my potable water system with 
vodka. after removing as much h2o as possible, using compressed air, we 
put in several large bottles of the least expensive vodka we can find. 
We still dont drink the water, but it smells good. This solves the 
problem of flushing the system in the spring of that pink 
stuff........Joe n Beth....#245


On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 07:41 PM, katchu at chartermi.net wrote:

> Lou - there are many articles in the association site about 
> winterizing.  My process goes something like this:  1)Drain both tanks 
> in the water.  2)Once in the cradle, drain the forward tank further. 
> 3)Remove the front of the cabinets for access to the water tank - 
> Drain it and blow it out with compressed air as a lot of water remains 
> after draining. 4) Bypass the tank, connecting cold to hot. 4) Add two 
> gallons of water to the front tank and pressurize the system -then 
> blow out all faucets in the head, sink, rear shower and the high 
> pressure water inlet 5) Pump antifreeze through the head, shower 
> drain, and refrigerator drain. 6) put antifreeze in the sump and pump 
> out with the electric bilge pump and also the manual whale pump. 7) I 
> use a west marine Engine Winterizing kit to pump antifreeze through 
> the engine. I mount it in the cockpit and run the line to the water 
> strainer, then start the engine and watch for the exhaust water to run 
> pink.
> Total antifreeze use is 5-6 gallons.  I think that Jeff Hare has a 
> completely antifreeze free method using compressed air, but I have not 
> tried that.
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> Chuck Mueller
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> Northwind #676
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> Holland, MI
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> Hello
> How many gallons of anti freeze should go in the holding tanks for 
> winter. Is it best to drain hot water tank or let it fill with 
> antifreeze. Lou r 429