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Originally Posted by K6NCX

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Hey. as long as we're in the wet bay, if there's anybody still reading this thread maybe you can help me sort some other things out. I now see drains to under the rig from each side of the water pump. There appear to be valves for the drains. How do you open them? Pull? Turn? Which way? None of this is in the ridiculous generic manual. Nor shown to us by dealer. All they said was the drain is "there." I thought they were pointing to what I now guess must be a blow-out fitting. (Maybe they were.) I thought it was ridiculous for that to be the drain, since it's above the pump.

Don't have an ACE specifically, but the normal valves on freshwater lines and drains are the 1/4 turn type... When 'inline' with the waterline - the valve is open... when 'cross' (90 degrees) to the waterline, they are closed. The normal "lefty loosey, righty tighty" applies... counterclockwise to open - clockwise to close.

The dealer was likely to be pointing to the line to add antifreeze if that is the type of winterization you want to do.
Most blow-out fittings I've seen get threaded onto the city water connection port (hose fitting on one end - air fitting on other - either a Schrader valve (normal tire valve) or air quick connect) like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Camco-36153-B...002XL2IEA?th=1