by rvmentor | Sep 28, 2021 | Appliances, Black Tank, Freshwater Tank, Gray/Grey/Galley Tank, Water, Water Heater, water heater, Water Systems, Winterization, Winterize
So it is getting cold, let’s talk about winterization of your RV’s water system. Q: When should I winterize? A: Here is my take: As a 16 yr RV owner, I will call it quits and winterize once wind chill gets to 28 degrees. Or ambient temp of 30 or less for...
by rvmentor | Nov 3, 2020 | Water Heater, Water Systems, What is this?
Today’s post of what is this? The two buttons on the yellow/white-ish item on the left? Both are for water heater, left is for electric heating, right is for the propane to heat the water in the water heater. And now you know 🙂
by rvmentor | Jul 3, 2020 | Water Heater, Water Systems
Before draining it, make sure the propane and/or electric is turned off. #1, if you have an atwood water heater, there is not normally an anode rod in it, so remove the plastic plug #2 if you have a suburban water heater, at least once a yr, pull out the anode rod and...
by rvmentor | Jun 11, 2020 | De-Winterize, Freshwater Tank, Sanitation, Sanitize, Water Heater, Water Systems
This question comes up quite often, so let’s start: Assuming it was winterized by putting the “pink” stuff, aka RV Anti-freeze through the pump into all of your water lines. First, add water to the freshwater tank, don’t need alot, just enough...
by rvmentor | Jun 9, 2020 | Furnace, Propane, Refrigerator, Water Heater
There are two schools of thought on this: Those who say NO, too dangerous, risky, etc AND Those who say YES. I fall into this realm, we travel with it on to run the fridge assuming we don’t need the generator on. Here is when we turn it off: When traveling...
by rvmentor | Jun 9, 2020 | Water, Water Heater, Water Systems
Do I need to flush my water tank(the one that heats water)? Pick up one of these: https://amzn.to/2YdXIBw or one of these: https://amzn.to/3xf9xt6 If you purchase this first one, I highly recommend you put a clamp where the grey tube meets the black part, otherwise...
