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From: Andy Woods (no email)
Date: Sat Oct 06 2007 - 21:23:30 EDT
> You've got to be kidding! Pink antifreeze in your freshwater holding tank?
Well, uh, yes, I have been putting pink antifreeze in my freshwater holding
tanks for the last nine years. We have had no ill effects and the Admiral,
who has a mighty sniffer, says she only notices the odor for the first couple
of weeks in the spring.
I put 6 gallons of antifreeze in each tank. Then I pump it through all of the
faucets. I bypass the hot water heater. After pumping through all of the
faucets, I pump the rest of the antifreeze out through the galley sink and
back into the one gallon containers. I generally recover 10 gallons. This
10 gallons is then used to winterize the engine, generator, cooler drain, ect.
I drain the hot water heater but then dump a little antifreeze into it for
good measure since I can not drain all of the water out. I have a tee in a
cold water line in the engine room that I remove the plug from, and then I
open all of the faucets. The pink antifreeze then drains out the tee fitting
into the bilge thus emptying most of the piping.
In the spring I fill the tanks and flush several times, and treat with bleach.
I don't make any special effort to remove the antifreeze and the odor, but
with some good flushing and bleach we have not had any problems or long term
odor problems.
Regards,
Andy
Andy & Linda WoodsGrand Folly1970 Grand Banks 36 ClassicCrisfield,
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