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Old 11-02-2017, 06:30 PM   #1
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Manifold system

I got a new to me 2008 Jayco designer 5er. Has manifold system. Set manifold to winterize. Shutoff valve behind hot water heater. Screwed hose to city water. Put other end of hose in jug. Turned on pump. All cold lines sucked antifreeze thru them. Hot water side. Nothing. No pressure nothing. Is there another valve somewhere?
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Old 11-02-2017, 06:32 PM   #2
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If I turn valve open behind water heater. It starts to fill. And also hear water trying to come up through hot side of faucet
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Old 11-02-2017, 06:37 PM   #3
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The valve marked 'winterize' probably turned off the water flow to the water heater because it's sort of wasteful to fill a 6-10 gallon tank with RV antifreeze.

In this illustration there are 3 valves, the bypass valve is open, the outlet and inlet valves are closed for winterizing. Many RVs don't have the outlet valve, they depend on a check valve at the WH outlet line to prevent backflow into the tank.
Drain the WH be unscrewing the drain plug behind the outside hatch cover for the WH. Open the pressure safety valve to allow air in so water drains from the tank. If it's a Suburban WH, purchase a new drain plug with a new anode attached for when you re-commission the RV.

You mention a manifold, if it is a bunch of valves that distribute water flow to each sink and item in your RV, then you probably don't want to turn off the hot water supply at the manifold, you'll have to find the winterize valves in the line between the cold supply line and WH like in the photo.
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In the picture it looks like there might be a quick connect and a valve. ..could this be a place to hook up to get the hot water lines?
I've used this method to fill my hot water lines. Turn shower cold/hot on. Leave shower head turned off. Go to other hot valves and turn on until pink comes out.
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Old 11-03-2017, 05:39 AM   #6
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Thx for the replys. The yellow shutoff in the picture is stopping the antifreeze from going into water heater. I don’t think that the manifold system is opening a bypass valve maybe? Going to get more antifreeze today and check it out again tomorrow. If all else fails I will blow it out with air. Not a big fan of the air but. Gotta do something
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I've used compressed air to winterize for the past 5 years, no problem, and I'm in Cincinnati. (Anderson Twnshp) Just don't rush it, I leave each valve open for 5 minutes or more to be sure no large amounts of water left in the system.
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