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Old 05-25-2018, 11:14 AM   #1
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De-winterizing Issue

So this year was a little crazy when we dewinterized our 377RLBH... After all was hooked up and flushed out, I noticed water dripping out of the fresh water tank low point drain(located under the dining slide).. Since the drain had been open since last fall, I knew somehow the tank was being backfilled. My first thought was thru the water pump so I removed the feed line while still under city water pressure and nothing. Only other possibility is that the powerfill valve was feeding the tank even in the off position. I put my ear up to the water control panel and sure enough I could hear water barely flowing. I didn't want to cut the line coming off the valve until I had a shutoff so I went to lowes and got a sharkbite 1/2 pex ball valve.


https://www.lowes.com/pd/SharkBite-1...ing/1000182579



Sure enough, as soon as I cut the line water flowed out of the pipe coming off the power fill valve. I installed the sharkbite valve and all is good now. So eventually I will need to replace the powerfill valve(blue).. Has anyone ever had this panel out? Looks like a very daunting task. Luckily the line for the powerfill was very easy to get to, it's accessible in the panel which is removed to get to the water filter.

Also, one of the 2 low point drains in the basement storage area is dripping as well. Must have gotten dirt in system during dewinterizing? I flushed the garden hose before hookup but failed to install my inline filter coming off the city water supply..

Anyone else encounter this??


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Old 05-25-2018, 12:01 PM   #2
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Also, one of the 2 low point drains in the basement storage area is dripping as well. Must have gotten dirt in system during dewinterizing? I flushed the garden hose before hookup but failed to install my inline filter coming off the city water supply..

Anyone else encounter this??
yes, I have. I have the Tee handled valve that you pull up to open the valve. I tried a few different things, nothing worked until, I opened the valve, removed the retainer, cleaned the o-ring, and applied a little plumbers grease to the o-ring, and re-assembled.
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Old 05-25-2018, 12:23 PM   #3
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yes, I have. I have the Tee handled valve that you pull up to open the valve. I tried a few different things, nothing worked until, I opened the valve, removed the retainer, cleaned the o-ring, and applied a little plumbers grease to the o-ring, and re-assembled.
I'll give that a try.. Thank you!
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