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    Posted: 22 Jan 2014 at 1:23pm
 
Originally posted by kymooses

Originally posted by jato

Mark, thanks for the update.  I wasn't aware of this option, must be on the 2012 models or newer as we don't have this on our 2011 unit.

My pod that was manufactured in 2010 has it.

Yes, they all have it.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jan 2014 at 4:14pm
Originally posted by jato

Mark, thanks for the update.  I wasn't aware of this option, must be on the 2012 models or newer as we don't have this on our 2011 unit.


So far NO pod has been found to be without a winterization hose. We have had a hard time talking a few people into finding them over the internet. But there is a factory winterization hose of either the type with the 3 way valve, or the quick disconnect, on every pod so far as I/we can tell.

If you have a 2011 177, just as I have, the hose should be attached to the line between the pump and the holding tank, right next to the pump, under the sink. I don't think anyone has reported a quick disconnect before the 2012 models.

here is a picture of the one in our 177:



Note that you must remove a panel to get to it.

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Silly me for not using the KISS method (keep it simple stupid).  Indeed our unit is exactly the same as what Mark has posted above.  And I did err when I made the comment of anti-freeze in the water tank, that is simply not true and I know that.  BUT I do know that the anti-freeze does leave a nasty taste in the plastic water lines (if you have sensitive taste buds like my wife and I) and does take a bit of effort to rid the lines of that flavor; in our case the first year we winterized in October and didn't de-winterize till the following April, so it had nearly 7 months to permeate the plastic.  That is why for the past 2 years we have simply used compressed air to blow out the lines, it only takes a couple minutes and you are done, nothing to do in the spring except to turn your 3 valves back to the open position.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jan 2014 at 10:18pm
Originally posted by jato

Silly me for not using the KISS method (keep it simple stupid).  Indeed our unit is exactly the same as what Mark has posted above.  And I did err when I made the comment of anti-freeze in the water tank, that is simply not true and I know that.  BUT I do know that the anti-freeze does leave a nasty taste in the plastic water lines (if you have sensitive taste buds like my wife and I) and does take a bit of effort to rid the lines of that flavor; in our case the first year we winterized in October and didn't de-winterize till the following April, so it had nearly 7 months to permeate the plastic.  That is why for the past 2 years we have simply used compressed air to blow out the lines, it only takes a couple minutes and you are done, nothing to do in the spring except to turn your 3 valves back to the open position.


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