% bleach to sanitize fresh water tanks
First time doing this chore. Most sources say to use household bleach 1/4 cup for every 15 gallons of fresh water capacity. Mix required bleach amount in some fresh water, pour into your tanks, fil...
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STBRetired wrote:
If you have the whole house water filter installed in your rig, be sure to remove the filter cartridge before sanitizing and put in a brand new one when you are done. The activated carbon in those filters will remove chlorine, and the massive amount of chlorine in the sanitizing solution (as compared to normal city water) will exhaust the filtering capacity of the cartridge.
That is exactly why you should think twice about getting a whole house water filter. It is really a bad idea to remove the chlorine. Instead consider a sediment filter and then a final filter for drinking water either at the tap or use a Brita or other similar system.
