bleach ratio

The proper amount of bleach to add to your fresh water to preserve it's freshness leaves you with approximately 1ppm free available chlorine residual. Because there are many variables that changes the chlorine demand, you should get a pool test kit to determine your residual. 1ppm free available chlorine residual is the desired amount in a swimming pool. Most municipal water districts like to see about .4-1ppm free available chlorine residual in the water that they put into the public water lines when it leaves the plant.

This has good info:

http://www.i4at.org/surv/bleach.htm

NinerBikes wrote:

23hotrodr wrote:
Thanks for the 6 drops per gallon answer. That is exactly what I could not find by google. l-- Mick

Really?

Chlorine and your water system.

except that's not what the OP asked ...

23hotrodr wrote:
Thanks for the 6 drops per gallon answer. That is exactly what I could not find by google. l-- Mick

Really?

Chlorine and your water system.

Thanks for the 6 drops per gallon answer. That is exactly what I could not find by google. -- Mick

You're absolutely correct....I confess I did not read the entire message and mistook it for another sanitizing post. Sorry...my bad.

Ron

WyoTraveler wrote:
Read the question again. That much bleach would poison you. He isn't cleaning the tank he is drinking it.

x2

edbehnke wrote:
one cup per 60 gallons.....mix it with fresh water BEFORE you pour it in.

As I read the OP, this is not sanitizing/storage, this is using. Peeps must be assuming everyone is winterizing.

lanerd wrote:
The "standard" measurement is: 1 cup per 15 gals of water.

Now keep in mind that there are different levels of chlorine mixes. The typical house hold bleach (Purex, Clorox) is only at 3%...whereas pool chlorine is a lot more. The above measurement is for house hold bleach.

FWIW, your owner's manual will probably have a "winterization" section that will stipulate how much to use. Check it out first.

Ron

Read the question again. That much bleach would poison you. He isn't cleaning the tank he is drinking it.

from koa
http://rvservices.koa.com/rvinformation/rvmaintenance/how-fresh-is-your-rv-fresh-water-system.asp
one cup per 60 gallons.....mix it with fresh water BEFORE you pour it in.

2oldman wrote:

WyoTraveler wrote:
1 teaspoon for 16 gallons

lanerd wrote:
The "standard" measurement is: 1 cup per 15 gals of water.

Somebody's way off!

He wasn't asking to how much to add to clean the tank. He was asking how much to add so you can drink it. Some RVers don't read. Everyone can google it at Chlorox bleach company. I took it right off their web site. Doubt I would drink the water with one cup for 15 gallons. I wouldn't even take a shower in it. Some RVers, like me live in a rural area. Guess what? We don't have natural chorine coming out of the ground in our drinking water. When we fill up our fresh water tank it grows stale and can become contaminated quickly. The solution is we add chlorine bleach as I indicated. We can drink it and bath in it. It will be just like you city water.