[C320-list] CAMCO Water Heater Bypass Winterizing Kit

[John Meyers]

To vacuum out the water from the bottom of the water tanks I take a two
foot length of small PVC pipe attached to the wet dry vacuum hose. Just
stick the PVC pipe thru the inspection port. Works well for me.

I picked up the great advice on using the wet dry vac from this site. I
haven't used antifreeze since after the first season after using that
stinky stuff.

John Meyers
Muskegon MI
Wind Chime #406



On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Rick <rsulewski at bex.net> wrote:

> I can recover a strong solution of about 5 out of the 8 gallons of
> antifreeze I pour into the water tanks each winterization (one gallon into
> the stern tank when empty and 7 gallons into the bow tank when it is empty)
> and after draining and vacuuming out the water from the hot water tank. By
> adding a fresh 3 gallons of antifreeze to the recovered 5 gallons each
> successive winterization, I can winterize the entire water system against a
> hard freeze at a good value for a few minutes of extra work with antifreeze
> and the wet/dry vac to guarantee NO spring surprises.....has worked like a
> charm for 21 consecutive winterizations with no spring season leaks and
> still have the original hot water tank! The biggest reason that hot water
> tanks fail in hard freeze regions is due to improper/incomplete
> winterizations practices.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On
> Behalf Of Ken Geiger
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 9:19 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] CAMCO Water Heater Bypass Winterizing Kit
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> The idea of the bypass, whether it be a purchased one (mine did not come
> from West Marine just a local chandlery) or via a jumper pipe using the
> existing whale fittings, is to by pass the hot water heater from taking 6
> gal of anti freeze when you winterize the cold and hot water pipes.
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> Of course if you have figured out how to blow out or vacuum out those
> lines maybe you only need to vacuum out the tank somehow.
>
> Ken
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> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com>
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 12:36 am
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] CAMCO Water Heater Bypass Winterizing Kit
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> I j don't think you have to buy it. Just vacuum it out with dry vac
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> I do
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> Hill 424
> Whitby Ont
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> Ted Harrison
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> > On Oct 13, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Louis Spitz <aronella at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Has anyone used the Westmarine Camco Water Heater Bypass winterizing
> kit?  I want to winterize the water heater without using antifreeze.
> > Any suggestions?
> > Thanks
> > Lou Spitz
> > 1995 #195 ‘Merry Chase'
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