Cleaning/Filling Fresh Water Tank

hohenwald48 wrote:
If all this "sanitizing" is necessary it's a wonder any of us "old folks" are still around. In 20 years of owning RVs I've never once sanitized a water tank. Guess I've just been lucky. I suspect you are more likely to get sick from bleach ingestion than from anything in the tank. People worry about the darndest things these days. :)

Except for one thing .... the OP's camper had a previous owner. The OP has not used the fresh tank himself. Who knows what in the tank, what the previous owner did, or how it was maintained. Under these conditions, I think it is best to attempt to clean it out first.

If it were brand new and I was the original owner, yea.... I would not worry about sanitizing because I know the camper's history. Actually, I've sanitized only few times in 20 years of RV ownership, three times I remember specifically. Each time (3 of them) was the day I brought home each of my brand-new, fresh from the factory, TT's. I sanitized the tank to clean out the construction gunk, oils and dirt from manufacturing, and basically, never did it again.

I have also found, if you have water from a city municipality, the water is already chlorinated. If you keep your city water in the tank and lines, it's already sanitized.

When we lived in town and had city water, I never sanitized, except that first time. Living in the county now, and on a well, (8 years now same house), I've never sanatized, except the day my Outback arrived 3 years ago.

But to get back to the question at hand. Yes, I think the OP should sanatize, not knowing the history of the water tank.