Cleaning Fresh water tank and water heater
Hi There. Its a while since I've sanitized my freshwater tank and water heater (been in storage for a while) and can't remember exactly the procedure. I remember that I used to dilute bleach with wate...
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Most sources note a minimum of 6 hrs for 1/4 cup to 15 gal. You can speed it up by going to 1/2 cup for 3 hrs. Do NOT do more. Gotta give the bleach time to kill whatever it is gonna kill.
You can just run the faucets to flush the water heater, but it takes forever, since the fresh is slowly diluting gallons of bleach water in the heater. Much faster to pull the plug, and drain all the bleach water, then refill. Then all you have to worry about is the much lesser amount actually in the lines.
Yes, the concentration is low enough, it will not hurt grass or any other surface you dump it on.
Almost all city water is treated so that most of the chlorine is used up by the time it gets to your tap. There may be a little, but not enough to do any sanitizing on its own.
You can just run the faucets to flush the water heater, but it takes forever, since the fresh is slowly diluting gallons of bleach water in the heater. Much faster to pull the plug, and drain all the bleach water, then refill. Then all you have to worry about is the much lesser amount actually in the lines.
Yes, the concentration is low enough, it will not hurt grass or any other surface you dump it on.
Almost all city water is treated so that most of the chlorine is used up by the time it gets to your tap. There may be a little, but not enough to do any sanitizing on its own.
