fresh water tank sanitizing???
Hello; I have a 35 ft. Holiday Rambler class (A) motorhome RV. My wife & I purchased it new in 2006. I have NEVER sanitized the fresh water tank! I drain it along with the grey and black water tank...
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I have two filters on my coach, but I still sanitize once a year. I pour about half a cup of Clorox into the hose and then I open the faucet to get it into the water tank and the water heater. I run lots of water through the hot water faucet to make sure that you dump all that sanitized water out after you have let it slush around for a few hours. I also dump all the water off the 100 gallon water tank. Then I refill, and the smell of the Clorox will be gone in a few days. We also drink only bottled water, but in an emergency I would not hesitate to drink the water off my coach.
Since everybody seems so safe drinking bottled water, let me remind you that not all bottled water is that pure. I have seen some funny looking stuff floating in bottled water that has not been kept in a cool place. So just to say that you feel safe drinking bottled water is a joke.
If you use your coach all the time and keep the water moving THEN I agree with Tundra. But if you store your coach for lets say six months the water will start smelling terrible. You better dump that water. And where most people make the mistake is that they will forget to dump the water off the water heater.
Since everybody seems so safe drinking bottled water, let me remind you that not all bottled water is that pure. I have seen some funny looking stuff floating in bottled water that has not been kept in a cool place. So just to say that you feel safe drinking bottled water is a joke.
If you use your coach all the time and keep the water moving THEN I agree with Tundra. But if you store your coach for lets say six months the water will start smelling terrible. You better dump that water. And where most people make the mistake is that they will forget to dump the water off the water heater.
