[Rhodes22-list] getting ready for winter

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Put a gallon of potable antifreeze into the water tank.  Then run the tap until the tank runs dry again.  This will purge all the remaining water from the pump, lines, and sink fixtures.  

The previous post re how to winterize the head and holding tank is correct.

S/V Dynamic Equilbrium has a manual water pump, so I can’t help you with the water pump not shutting off.  One thing to check, is the water pump controlled by a switch that has 3 positions: Manual/Off/Auto?  You may have it in the Manual on position.  Other than that, it sounds like you have a faulty flow switch.  But, I haven’t got a clue where that might be located.  I would start looking at the pump itself for the flow switch.

I just put S/V Dynamic Equilbrium into winter storage last week, pulled my swim platform out of the water over the weekend, and winterized my RIB yesterday.  Summer is well and truly over.  Snow is forecast for Thursday.  Sigh!

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilbrium 

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> On Oct 29, 2019, at 10:07 AM, gramille <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
> 
> Sadly, my R22 is now on the hard. Mast is down and I am about to cover her
> up.
> I have a marine head (which has not been used for a long while). 
> I have drained the water from the holding tank via the tap.
> Two questions:-
> 1. Is there anything else I need to do to winterize the marine head?
> 2. When draining the tank via the tap, the pump motor stuck on and I had to
> disconnect it.
> Has anyone else had that trouble and what should I do to fix the problem?
> Cheers
> Graham sv 00Sailin
> 
> 
> 
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