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Post by Cowboy Camper on Oct 21, 2009 21:14:09 GMT -6
Do any of y'all try to save the Pink Stuff from one year to another? A guy I work with says he does every year. But I think I disagree with that notion 'cause the pink stuff will get weaker each year you collect it back due to the fact that Water gets mixed in during use. But this guy I work with also fills his Water Heater tank with the RV antifreeze. I don't. To me, that's just a waste of 6 Gallons!
Just wondering how others feel about this one.
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Post by snow on Oct 22, 2009 7:37:33 GMT -6
Whens it grand opening weekend in the spring all the pink stuff I used that spent the winter in the pup lines get dumped, never to be used ever again.
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Oct 22, 2009 20:26:40 GMT -6
Good enough! If I'm not mistaken, that's about all we did with it at the beginning of this year too.
Park Camper on Site. Connect to Electric. Connect to Water hook up. Connect to Drain hookup. Flush out Pink Stuff. Bye Bye last year's RV Antifreeze!!! That guy I work with is kind of a Flake anyway. I mean, why the that VERY hot place would ya dump 6 fricken gallons of RV antifreeze into a Water Heater tank?
I just don't see the point in doing that. Let Him go through 8 gallons of recycled dren if he want's to, but I'm gonna just buy 2 new gallons each year. Known Protection is what I have in mind, and I'm not gonna chance that by trying to save a couple gallons of used Pink Stuff.
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Post by snow on Oct 27, 2009 11:42:35 GMT -6
Don't forget the anode in the water tank doesn't like the anti-freeze and will errode faster, possibly causing other problems.
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Oct 27, 2009 21:41:48 GMT -6
Don't forget the anode in the water tank doesn't like the anti-freeze and will errode faster, possibly causing other problems. I didn't even consider this, cause I think it's a waste of 6 gallons to even fill the WH in the first place. While I can't confirm Craig's statement, I'm gonna agree with it anyway. IMHO, the best thing to do with the WH tank is to drain it out by just Removing the Anode rod. Leave it at that, and things will be good. If Craig is right (and the pink stuff attacks the anode rod) then I also agree that it's entirely possible to create more Problems than anyone would ever want to deal with! Dropped Anode rod.... things floating around in the water lines after said anode rod has fallen into the tank.... Broken/Clogged valves and/or Faucets.... and whatever else could go wrong by having free floating debris in the water lines of the camper.
Definitely! Do NOT fill the water heater tank with the pink stuff. I've never tried it, but I'm trusting Craig when he says it would be a bad thing to do.
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