GL: Winterizing a boat FW System

[Charles and Pat Culotta]

> I've heard from others that some people winterize
> their fresh water tanks by draining most of the water
> then adding a couple of bottles of cheap vodka to the
> tanks, opening the faucets one at a time until the
> vodka begins to come out (I guess you'd use the taste
> test) then wait 'til spring to have a Bloody Mary.

What we actually did to our water system:

Drained the tanks but this leaves abt 3/4 inch of water so I poured a qt of 
cheap vodka in each tank. To pump vodka throughout the system, mine anyway, 
would take a lot more gallons of the stuff than I would want to pur. 
Remember the expansion tank!!

I then used compressed air to blow out all the lines this , after 
disconnecting the lines fr the tanks. I left thenm disconnected for the 
winter.
 Drained the water heater.
Drained the water filter under the sink.
Left all spigots and hose bibs open.

This way there is no anti[-freeze in the tanks and none in the lines.
As always YMMV.

CCC


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