Anti freeze in campers

[LPS]

I put pink antifreeze in my lines of my camper.  A guy told me to make sure you don't get any in your hot water heater.  OHO..   I don't know if any got in it or not.  I will pull the drain plug on it again tonight.  SO do you think it is a bad deal to get pink antifreeze in the hot water heater????

[Boar]

not sure what itd do to the system but the pink is biodegradable,  maybe if its in the water heater he's concerned for human encounter with in the shower or faucet, so I'd certainly run the water for a bit in the spring, I dont see what it'd hurt with in the system.... but I dont have a camper with a water system either.

[Rebel SS]

Barry....from an RV tech forum....hope this helps.



While it will not hurt anything, it may leave an aftertaste that can be hard to get rid of. About 10 years ago we had a Bounder that we put antifreeze in to the water lines and the hot water heater for winterizing. After draining and flushing the lines and preparing for our summer travels it took almost a month to get rid of the taste it left behind. We flushed the hot water heater at least 6 times and used the rv for a month before the taste went away.

[LPS]

Thanks you two and that is what I thought too.  We bring drinking water and don't drink the water in the camper anyway so will be fine.  We just use it for washing dishes and showers. 

[glenn57]

Even if there was antifreeze in the hot water heater that left an after taste nuttin a little while wouldn't take care of.

[Leech~~]

I will have to say that I have never-ever drank "Hot" water out of our camper. Cold water heated up but never out of the hot side.   

So not sure why it would hurt anything.

Also, out of the 4 RV's and Park Model campers that we have had I only blow out the lines and put Pink Stuff in the traps and toilet.  So I have never had any bad tasting water in the spring or leaks. 

[ray634]

I will have to say that I have never-ever drank "Hot" water out of our camper. Cold water heated up but never out of the hot side.   

So not sure why it would hurt anything.

Also, out of the 4 RV's and Park Model campers that we have had I only blow out the lines and put Pink Stuff in the traps and toilet.  So I have never had any bad tasting water in the spring or leaks. 

I also blow the lines. After pumping pink thru the system one year the water was undrinkable. We now use bottled water and only use camper water for washing and toilet use

[markn]

Winterized my Mallard fifth wheel a couple weeks ago and it has by-pass valves on the water heater so you can put the anti-freeze in the lines and not in the water heater. You just have to be sure you drain the water heater. I did have a camper someone left the pink anti-freeze in the water heater and light it with the anti-freeze still in it. Never got that funky smell or taste out it.