{"id":148,"date":"2014-10-12T15:17:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T21:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2014-10-12T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T21:26:29","slug":"use-your-rv-ladder-to-drain-water-hoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/use-your-rv-ladder-to-drain-water-hoses\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Your RV Ladder to Drain Water Hoses"},"content":{"rendered":"

For two summers now, I have gotten water at Haven from a public hydrant some 300′ away. That makes for what looks like miles of garden hose between the faucet and my RV! I just leave the hose hooked up all summer and fill my holding tank every day (I like long showers and water isn’t metred!).<\/p>\n

Today, it was finally time to get the water hoses packed away after filling my holding tank one last time for the season. It’s important to drain your water hoses before storing them for the winter, otherwise they can burst.<\/p>\n

My hose sections are really long, about 100′ each. The best way I’ve found to drain them is to use my RV ladder. Simply pass the hose over a high rung and gently pull it through. Any water in the hose will run back and drain.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0215\"<\/a>When you’re done, coil up the hose and screw the two ends together to keep the inside clean. This is especially important for your white drinking water hoses!<\/p>\n

You can use the same principle for your sewer hose, but make sure it’s well rinsed first!<\/p>\n

I am waiting till Tuesday morning to winterize my water system. There’s no point on doing so until I am firmly ready to leave and I have a sinking suspicion I’ll be here till Wednesday. We shall see…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For two summers now, I have gotten water at Haven from a public hydrant some 300′ away. That makes for what looks like miles of garden hose between the faucet and my RV! I just leave the hose hooked up all summer and fill my holding tank every day (I like long showers and water […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haven","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}