naturist wrote:
May I suggest using hydrogen peroxide instead of bleach?
A quart bottle in my 35 gallon fresh water tank pumped through the water system, including filling the water heater, and left for a couple days does as good as bleach.
"As good as bleach"? I disagree.
If you are using over-the-counter hydrogen peroxide (3% solution), then it won't be effective as a disinfectant.
To get something stronger like 12%, you'll end up paying about $20 for a 16 oz bottle.
Bleach is the most effective and least expensive disinfectant.
However, if you don't want to use bleach, then use
Purogene.
naturist wrote:
Peroxide isn't hard on seals and hoses, doesn't leave behind any horrible and hard to flush out tastes and odors.
The RV myth that won't die. First, RV plumbing is either ABS or polyethylene. Bleach won't harm either. Finally, those "seals" in an RV are most likely made from bleach-tolerant Santoprene.