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[Stan@FourWheel]

I just put up a new FWC owners manual on our website.


Here is a link to the owners manual for the 2004/2005 through 2008/2009 Four Wheel Campers

(campers with the suburban hot water heater)

http://www.fourwheel...wnersmanual.pdf


Here is a link to the current owners manual for the 2010 Four Wheel Campers

(campers with the atwood hot water heater)

http://www.fourwheel...ners_Manual.pdf



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[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Thanks Stan for the tips on winterizing and basic camper care. .Not sure about the non toxic anti freeze.Is there any human side affect?I think I would make every effort to get all the water out and not use anti freeze.Just my opinion.

Frank

[Stan@FourWheel]

I'm the same way.

Guess I would not prefer to put that stuff in my water system.

But if you flush it out a few times before you use it, i'm sure it will be fine.

Or maybe you could use a big bottle of Vodka instead of anti-freeze ?

lol



Joking!

I'm not sure that would be a good idea either.




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Thanks Stan for the tips on winterizing and basic camper care. .Not sure about the non toxic anti freeze.Is there any human side affect?I think I would make every effort to get all the water out and not use anti freeze.Just my opinion.

Frank

[DLN]

The only drawback to RV anti freeze is if you don't flush it out properly your water will taste bad. It's been in use for so long and tested so thoroughly that I don't hesitate to use it.

[Mr.Hiesey]

This was our first year winterizing out camper, and I thought I'd add a note about draining the hot water heater for other newbies who may use this thread in the future. Expect the drain to be REALLY hard to remove. We thought we were doing something wrong when it wouldn't budge, but other forum members confirmed the drain is hard to remove, and said you have to use a lot of force and not worry about socket slipping. So, get the right sized socket (I believe 1 1/16 inch), use a long "handle" for your ratchet, use a lot of force, and eventually it will turn. And yes, it does turn left (we briefly wondered if it was right turning and we were accidentally trying to turn it the wrong way).

[Barko1]

This was our first year winterizing out camper, and I thought I'd add a note about draining the hot water heater for other newbies who may use this thread in the future. Expect the drain to be REALLY hard to remove. We thought we were doing something wrong when it wouldn't budge, but other forum members confirmed the drain is hard to remove, and said you have to use a lot of force and not worry about socket slipping. So, get the right sized socket (I believe 1 1/16 inch), use a long "handle" for your ratchet, use a lot of force, and eventually it will turn. And yes, it does turn left (we briefly wondered if it was right turning and we were accidentally trying to turn it the wrong way).

I just pulled the drain/anode in my Suburban H2O heater, used a 27mm socket and a long breaker bar after a bit of wd40. The good socket and long handle made it easy.