first time sanitize fresh water tanks
About to sanitize my tanks for the first time (we haven’t drunk the water from the tanks, we just use for cleaning and bathing and so on,, but we are about to go on a long trip with many dry days so w...
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Boon Docker wrote:Or maybe that is how he found out that he needed to flush the tanks :)dedmiston wrote:
When I was a kid, I had the first drink of water after my dad had earlier sanitized the tank in our TC. I vomited quite a bit that first morning of our trip until my own personal sanitation was complete.
I've never forgotten that and never sanitized the fresh tanks in any of our RVs. If the water has sat too long, I drain it and refill it.
100% vomit free.
Your Dad should have drain and flushed the tank before you took your first drink. :B
I did it in the spring, and will again. Fill with a cup of chlorine in it, let it sit for a day or two, drain and refill. If there is a little chlorine taste left, it is still better than city water. Might do it this weekend.
As a thought... Does anyone who rv's mostly without hookups ever just refill the tank at the end of the trip, add chlorine and let it sit until the next time you run the trailer?
