Author: StephenH
Subject: Another bypass valve question.
Posted: 20 Mar 2017 at 11:59am
That is a winterizing valve for the water system. It allows one to change to pulling RV antifreeze in through the stub hose and pump it through the system. It has nothing to do with the hot water tank. When we first got our 179, it was set to the winterizing position. I had a time trying to figure out why the water pump was not drawing water from the tank. I finally found the valve and changed it over and all was well. I don't recall this being covered in the dealer walk-through. It is not readily visible without removing the bed platform in the 179, so it was easy for it to be skipped.
Subject: Another bypass valve question.
Posted: 20 Mar 2017 at 11:59am
That is a winterizing valve for the water system. It allows one to change to pulling RV antifreeze in through the stub hose and pump it through the system. It has nothing to do with the hot water tank. When we first got our 179, it was set to the winterizing position. I had a time trying to figure out why the water pump was not drawing water from the tank. I finally found the valve and changed it over and all was well. I don't recall this being covered in the dealer walk-through. It is not readily visible without removing the bed platform in the 179, so it was easy for it to be skipped.