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bobsbabes

09/11/2013 at 11:56pm
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WE have found the perfect thing for draining the water from the caravans system and you all already have one :)
THIS !!!!

simple or what ? put the wide end on the tap and blow !!!

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Nice one BB will tell the wife

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bobsbabes

10/11/2013 at 7:00pm
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thats what we have always done however we have always blown through the kitchen tap as well but its really awkward

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bobsbabes

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Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 10/11/2013Nice one BB will tell the wife

oh the replies I could come out with about blowing and jobs

Post last edited on 10/11/2013 20:22:02

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good result.remember the pressure for blowing out the water should not go above 15 psi - 1bar. to prevent damage to internal fittings.fit a pressure gauge in line and bike pump will work.

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Andy Higham

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You would have to be superman to exceed 15psi with your gob

bobsbabes

10/11/2013 at 8:21pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Andy Higham on 10/11/2013You would have to be superman to exceed 15psi with your gob

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I'll send the wife around 15 psi is nothing from her,

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Blowing is the opposite from which i was told ?

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Ha ha, some of the best replies I've ever seen !!

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I open the taps and take the plug out of the water inlet system,stow the plug in the car and drive home with it out. I replace the plug when the caravan is parked up in the storage yard,and the system is fully drained down when we get back,I do this every time we come back from a trip. I don't know if I'm doing right,but I'm just doing as I was advised by someone who has been caravaning a lot longer than we have.

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michael

12/11/2013 at 4:47pm
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the correct way is to drain before you leave the site. you should not transit with large ammounts of water on board because the fittings are not designed for this,and water could cause instability on the move.

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bobsbabes

12/11/2013 at 4:56pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Ma+Pa Clampett. on 12/11/2013
I open the taps and take the plug out of the water inlet system,stow the plug in the car and drive home with it out. I replace the plug when the caravan is parked up in the storage yard,and the system is fully drained down when we get back,I do this every time we come back from a trip. I don't know if I'm doing right,but I'm just doing as I was advised by someone who has been caravaning a lot longer than we have.

we open taps and take the plug out but even when we return to storage there is still water hence why we now blow it out it eans there is no ( or very little ) water left at all .xx

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Quote: Originally posted by leebee1 on 10/11/2013
Similar to what I did last year, I took the head off the shower, and opening one tap at a time blew down the shower hose until all water was out of the system.
This worked well for me.

i did the same today leeb. but i closed both taps before i blew down the shower hose.
our drain plug is in the bottom of the water pump and the wife could hear air coming out of the drain plug so i'm taking it that there is no water in the system .

AndrewK

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FWIW, before I set off home from our last trip, I opened all the taps, including the shower, opened the drain valves and drove home. When I got home, I closed them all again. Simples!

Andrew

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