Winterizing washer/dryer combo

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I always used compressed air on my water systems. This is the first year with a washer/dryer combo. Can anyone advise best way to get this done with air? Thanks.
 
Use the air to blow out the feed lines, drain with spin cycle, and then a couple of bottles of pink one at a time to flush out the drains until you get good pink color over the side. I start with one bottle and spin to dilute any remaining water. Then one or two more and spin depending on what it takes to get it done.

When blowing out the fill, set the water temperature for warm/warm so both valves open up. I blew out the whole system well and then went back to the washer. If it is the most distant, well that means you start there I guess.
 
This is what I do as well but I have never used more then one bottle of pink to complete the job.
When are you Winterizing? I hope to do it this Sunday as I will be hauling as soon as they are ready for me to bring it over. Sad to think the season is over at least for me.
 
Shouldn't you start with the faucet closest to where you are blowing in the compressed air? If you start with the one furthest away, you will push water back into it when you blow out the closer ones.
 
+1 on that. I always start closest to air input and wrk back. I can't imagine that it would work properly any other way.
 
Dave-I'm going to pull kayaks and dingy Saturday and fuel up on Sunday. Not planning to winterize until Thanksgiving when she comes out but need to have all the heavy lifting done this week so it's just a matter of water systems, and engines. Surprised your pulling this early.
 
How do you winterize the kayaks?
 
I just not going to be around to use the boat so there is no reason to leave it in and then have to close things up when it's cold. I'm hoping to wash the boat on land before I have it wrapped. Besides I can always hang out on your boat if I have time:)
 
I always started farthest away because I figured that left less chance of pooling in low lying pipes. However, I cycled through from farthest to nearest several times and made sure the pipe stopped "barking" and just "hissed" at me. I know. Sounds funky.
 
I always start at the farthest as well but I do them all at least twice and sometime a third if I'm not sure I got it all out so I don't really think it would matter.
 
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Originally posted by HOGAN

How do you winterize the kayaks?

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I start with pumping out the head and then I empty the fridge before I powerwash and bottom paint.
 
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Originally posted by Robyns Nest

Start closest. Hogan is right.

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You say potato I say potahto. Everyone should cycle through the whole loop several times regardless of which way you work it.

Sort of like the fat nut vs skinny nut first on prop shafts deal.
 
Blow it out, done this three years on my boat. As far as pink, no way. go to your dockside connection, hook up a compressor, open your furthest connection then work backwards. At the washer, while pumping air, just put it on like your doing a wash cycle.
I could be myself and tell you what you do with the pink stuff, but will refrain. :)

Only pink stuff I use in the boat is the AC system (which is not needed), the waste tank, via flushing it into the waste tank, and of course the motors and generator. I blow everything else out with air. As far as your fresh water tanks, run them dry, have your faucets spit air then your done with that. Close that off then blow out the system. Prior to that, drain you hot water heater, then put that in bypass mode.
 
Walt the only problem here is the washer/dryer laundry system. They have a pump at the base and over side discharge that probably have water in them. If you don't put pink in the tub and run the spin cycle enough to see pink over the side, there is a risk the washer/dryer will suffer damage due to a freeze.
 
Agreed! I use pink in the waste system by flushing it, I also use pink in the A/C system as well as the shower sump pumps and bilge pumps. In addition I pour some into each of my sink drians to fill the j pipes that is about it other then the motors
 
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Originally posted by walterv

Blow it out, done this three years on my boat. As far as pink, no way. go to your dockside connection, hook up a compressor, open your furthest connection then work backwards. At the washer, while pumping air, just put it on like your doing a wash cycle.
I could be myself and tell you what you do with the pink stuff, but will refrain. :)

Only pink stuff I use in the boat is the AC system (which is not needed), the waste tank, via flushing it into the waste tank, and of course the motors and generator. I blow everything else out with air. As far as your fresh water tanks, run them dry, have your faucets spit air then your done with that. Close that off then blow out the system. Prior to that, drain you hot water heater, then put that in bypass mode.

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No need to bypass the water heater if you use air. Drain it before you start to blow out the system. WHan you are all done with the air, check the heater for the last time by opening the drain.

The only reason to bypass the water heater is if you use pink.
 
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