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Winter is coming ...frost prevention !

  • 14-10-2007 11:52am
    #1
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭


    Don't forget to empty your tanks and pipes, folks !


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  • #2
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    just a reminder...:D

    It's forecast frosty !

    Water in the tank shouldn'r really be a problem, it doesn't get cold enough around here. Water in a narrow pipe or in a tap is a different story. If that freezes over it could crack the pipe/tap and leave you with a nasty surprise. So its safest to just empty everything.


  • #3
    Grayarea
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭Grayarea


    As the weather looked dodgy after this weekend I drained my water tanks on Sunday.

    One question, how do you empty your pipes?

    I just ran the pump until the tank was empty and gave it a second and turned off the power, leaving the taps open.

    Inquiring minds want to know!

    Later,


  • #4
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    What I do is, I open the valve on the boiler and let water run out there (tanks still full), then I open all taps (hot and cold and even the toilet) and you can hear air going in there, sucking water back.
    Then I go round the van and open the valves on the two freshwater tanks ...that creates a nice bit of suction and by the time everything is empty there should only be very little water left (if any) in the taps and pipes.

    Perfectionists (not me) get an old bycicle tube tightly round the tap and blow the water out.

    Waste water tanks are always emptied after every trip.


  • #5
    *Kol*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    Is it necessary to empty the water if all of the pipes are on the inside of the MH?


  • #6
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    ...depends on how cold it gets

    after the first winter (where we had one night of -7) a little water left in a t-junction of the pipe had actually frozen and opended the junction.

    Luckily I noticed it right when I filled up the tanks for the first time and the damage was easily repaired and onlt very little water spilled.


    Overlook something like that and when filling your tanks next spring, you could accidentally fill the whole motorhome :D


    EDIT ...or worse ...you could have something freeze, break the pipe, thaw, empty the contents of the pipe in some really awkward corner, freeze again and do some real damage


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  • #7
    *Kol*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    Best to empty it then!!:D I don't plan on using the MH for the next while anyway except for the odd spin around the block at the weekends.


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