Winterize water systems in 2002 342

cls10105

Hey guys me again I need help with winterize the water systems and ac, how to drain and where things are. I will get to know more about the boat during the winter and next year just took so long to get it kinda in a rush for everything...I feel like a bum

Ian

My opinion - get someone to do it. Learn it next year when you have time and less to worry about. You don't want to rush and overlook something and it's worth having someone do this for you. You have to do your engines too remember.

Cableguy Greg

For the fresh water system, run the fresh water tank dry. Then dump 5 gallons of pink antifreeze into the tank, then pump thru to each sink and shower until pink comes out. When you do your shower, the pink will winterize you shower sump. Be sure your hot water tank is bypassed, or you will need an additional 6 gallons of antifreeze.

Where are you located?

cls10105

Chattanooga Tennessee 

cls10105

How do i bypass the water heater?

Willhound

Pull the two hoses and join them together with a pipe nipple. Should be 1/2" I beleive.

Cableguy Greg

Not my tank, but here is how it can be done.

Liberty44140

Super easy to winterize all water systems yourself. Agree with the comment above to put antifreeze in the fresh water tank, I use 4 gallons, and then pump it through all sinks and showers along with the ice maker to winterize. For the A/C I pull the thru hull hose, then turn on the ac and put a funnel in the hose and dump pink stuff in to the funnel until the admiral sees full pink out the discharge. Similar on the toilet, pull the thru hull and use a funnel to pump a full gallon through, the admiral can flush the toilet while you pour in to the funnel. Don’t forget to winterize your aft shower. For the ice maker, I listen the larger input tube at the valve and let pink dribble through. Then I pull the small line from the valve and blow air with my mouth through that to empty it. The very first thing you do before the above is drain the hot water heater from the spigot on it and then bypass it. No pink stuff in the heater, it just gets drained. Bypass is easy, take 2 feet of garden hose and two hose clamps and connect both the input tube and the output tube together and leave it that way while you run pink through all the faucets and showers. Takes me an hour at the most to do all of this, saves a ton of $$$$

Dream_Inn

Didn't read all the posts, but quick and easy for water.  First, run until dry in the water tank as much as possible.  Connect an air compressor at the city water inlet and blow all water out.  Disconnect water between pump and tank and insert into a pink gallon, run pump thru everything.  It is that simple.

reneechris14

To drain the hot water tank you must open the blow off valve to let air in and water out. In the spring make sure it is purged off air before you turn it on.

Liberty44140

reneechris14 said:

To drain the hot water tank you must open the blow off valve to let air in and water out. In the spring make sure it is purged off air before you turn it on.

Agree this is one way to do it, but when I disconnect my input tube and output tubes to connect them this seems to have the same effect as the water comes pouring out the spigot, are you not disconnecting and using valves like in Greg’s photo?

cls10105

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it

Willhound

Cableguy Greg said:

Not my tank, but here is how it can be done.

A much more elegant solution. Also would be handy if you ever spring a leak in the hot water tank while out on a trip.