HOWTO: De-Winterizing
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HOWTO: De-Winterizing
If you winterized only for a short time (less than a week) you can skip to the second step.
First step
You will need 2 gallons of water and 1 cup of fresh bleach. (Bleach loses its potency over time; always start with bleach that
is less than 6 months old.)
1.
1. Mix up two gallons of water and one cup of chlorine bleach. Add to the fresh water fill in the driver's door post, using a
funnel.
2.
2. This is a good time to get some stuff for spring cleaning of your Roadtrek, so drive around for an hour. Let it sit for a
couple more hours.
3.
3. Open the fresh water tank drain valve under the driver's door step, and drain the tank.
This kills any bacteria in the tanks before you distribute them through the entire water system.
Second step
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• Fill and drain to ground the fresh water tank. Fill again so that the tank is filled with fresh water, adding a cup of chlorine
bleach halfway through the filling process.
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• Turn the water pump on.
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• Run both hot and cold water through the galley and bathroom sink until all pink antifreeze is out of the lines, and the
faucets are running clear. Depress the toilet valve until the water runs clear. Run the outside shower faucets until they are
clear.
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• Drain the remaining contents of the fresh water tank to ground, and refill with fresh water. You can help get rid of any
residual chlorine smell by adding a half cup of vinegar to this tankful, letting it sit a few hours or overnight, and then
draining and refilling the tank.
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• You do not have to dump the water in your gray and black water tanks after dewinterizing immediately, since it's just water
and antifreeze.
