RV Anti-freeze in fresh tank ?

[lestx]

Lots of wind in the Texas panhandle today. Good time to catch up on reading Highways mag. The RV Doctor talk about pour or use your suction hose to load 2 gallons into the fresh tank. I never have none this in the past. All has been good so far. We to get lots of days below 25dgrees in the winter months.
Thanks,
Lestx

[Lee F.]

If you're talking about a winterized unit, I just drain the tank. The small amount of water that remains freezes but has never caused me a problem.

[lestx]

Yes winterizer, Lee you do have your Monty in cold storage and you drain the fresh tank. I will kept saving the $8.00
Thanks

[indy roadrunner]

I never put antifreeze in fresh tank. I drain the fresh tank when I winterize and put the pink stuff in the lines. If you need more on how to winterize let out a shout as there is plenty of experience on the forum.

[ols1932]

quote:Originally posted by lestx

Lots of wind in the Texas panhandle today. Good time to catch up on reading Highways mag. The RV Doctor talk about pour or use your suction hose to load 2 gallons into the fresh tank. I never have none this in the past. All has been good so far. We to get lots of days below 25dgrees in the winter months.
Thanks,
Lestx

Putting automotive antifreeze in your fresh water system is a no-no. You will have an extremely difficult time flushing it all out. In fact, it may make you very sick when you use fresh water after having had automotive antifreeze in the system even though you may think you have flushed it all out. When I winterized RVs in the past, I used a total of two gallons being pumped through the fresh water system. You don't need antifreeze in the fresh water tank once you've drained it.

Orv

I may have misread the poster's words. I interpreted RV antifreeze as the kind you put in the radiator of a car. That's a no-no. But regular antifreeze designed for fresh water systems in RVs can be put in the fresh water tank, though I wonder why one would do that.