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CO L D W E A T H E R CON S I D E R A T ION S
W i nt eri z i ng Y ou r Co ac h
© J a yc o, In c ., 2016 ALL R IG HT S R ESE R VE D
B EYO ND TH E B ASI C S
Befo r e You Beg i n
• C o m p l ete ly d r a i n a ll the w ate r f r o m the c oa c h a s de scri bed on
page s 87 th r ough 89.
• C he ck that the v a lv e s fo r the hot w ate r tan k a r e po si t i oned fo r
b y- pa ss – SEE BELO W .
• C he ck that the v a lv e s to the f r e s h w ate r c an is te r (wi th no f il te r)
a r e open.
• En s u r e the l o w po i nt f r e s h w ate r v a lv e is cl o s ed.
• Get the s ho r t ho s e p r o vi ded wi th y ou r c oa c h and atta c h i t to the
f r e s h w ate r i n l et.
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P r epa ri ng You r H ot W ate r T an k fo r Wi nte riz at i on
N O T ES
• T h is photo s ho ws the
v a lv e s i n no rm a l po si t i on.
(T op and botto m a r e open
and mi dd l e is cl o s ed. )
• Va lv e s a r e open w hen the
hand l e is i n -li ne wi th the
p i pe; the y a r e cl o s ed
w hen pe r pend ic u l a r to the
p i pe.
On c e y ou ha v e d r a i ned the hot w ate r tan k a s de scri bed i n the
p r e vi ou s s e c t i on, y ou will need to po si t i on the hot w ate r v a lv e s i n
the b y- pa ss m ode befo r e wi nte rizi ng the w ate r sys te m . T he s e
v a lv e s a r e l o c ated d ir e c t ly on the ba ck si de of the w ate r heate r and
c an be a cc e ss ed b y r e m o vi ng the w ooden v ent c o v e r l o c ated i n
the ki t c hen a r ea cl o s e to the f l oo r . In no rm a l ope r at i on, the top and
botto m v a lv e s will be open and the mi dd l e v a lv e will be cl o s ed.
T o p l a c e the sys te m i n b y- pa ss , sim p ly cl o s e the top and botto m
v a lv e s and open the v a lv e i n the mi dd l e. T h is will no w a ll o w the
ant i f r ee z e s o l ut i on to circ u l ate th r ough the w ate r li ne s wi thout f illi ng
up the w ate r heate r tan k .