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Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 06-20-2016, 02:55 PM
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Posted By Brian B-P
The plastic used for beverage containers is...

The plastic used for beverage containers is usually PET (polyethylene terephthalate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate)). PEX is cross-linked polyethylene...
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-17-2016, 01:06 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
That makes sense to me, and will probably work...

That makes sense to me, and will probably work better for drying than just pushing air in (and out of the vent). To make this even more effective, an exposed tank like this could have a larger...
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-16-2016, 05:16 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
Generally true, but many homes (thousands in the...

Generally true, but many homes (thousands in the rural areas surrounding Edmonton, for instance) get their water trucked in and held in a cistern (holding tank, generally underground), instead of...
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-15-2016, 03:34 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
True in a stock Escape, and most travel trailers,...

True in a stock Escape, and most travel trailers, but some RVs have a quarter-turn three-way diverter valve (https://www.dyersonline.com/jr-fresh-water-fill-diverter-valve.html) to direct incoming...
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-15-2016, 03:28 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
Four to five feet, to go all the way to the tank...

Four to five feet, to go all the way to the tank through the large-diameter fill hose, or four to five inches, to make it easy to couple a hose to the fill port? The short adapter is easy to easy to...
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-15-2016, 03:15 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
You could blow it out with compressed air, using...

You could blow it out with compressed air, using the same fitting used to blow out the trailer's freshwater plumbing to winterize. But really, who is doing that when packing up at a campsite?
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-15-2016, 03:14 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
Yep, back to that Michigan State University...

Yep, back to that Michigan State University explanation (https://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/clean_sanitize_and_disinfect), this time to the difference between cleaning and sanitizing.
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-15-2016, 03:12 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
I use this idea, and I use it with anything that...

I use this idea, and I use it with anything that has mating connectors on each end, including propane extensions (less purge time needed when they are used, and no dirt) and electrical cords (keeps...
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-15-2016, 02:57 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
A Hepvo valve is a one-way flexible valve. By...

A Hepvo valve is a one-way flexible valve. By staying closed when there is no water to drain, it blocks gases from the waste tank without requiring a volume of trapped water the way a P-trap does....
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-15-2016, 02:52 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
Those conversions look correct. Escape does not...

Those conversions look correct.
Escape does not specify the actual units of the published volume; this has been discussed several times before, and just from memory I think they're in US gallons (so...
Forum: Maintenance, Winterizing and Routine Care 02-12-2016, 08:49 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 27,214
Posted By Brian B-P
I think Cathy is suggesting that a lower...

I think Cathy is suggesting that a lower concentration (one-quarter of the university's recommendation) would be effective if in contact for a much longer period. I don't know if that is true - many...
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