How often do yall sanitize your fresh water tank?

Sam Spade wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Do you sanitize your S&B water system???

Fresh water tank....has fresh water in it....which is used to wash/shower/cook/drink

Well for one thing, it is vented to the atmosphere and some of the time there is a BIG air space in the tank. Neither of those situations exists in a modern pressurized system.

If you always fill from a trusted system that has residual chlorine in it at the tap you should be fine.....but I personally won't be taking the chance.

If you usually fill from a non-chlorinated source, like an untreated well or small muni system, then I think you are taking a BIG risk. Get a clear, clean gallon jug; fill it with water; let it sit at room temperature for about 10 days. The result might amaze you.

Your forgetting about the water tower. It is not pressurized.

Story was back in the day one of my local small towns had trouble a problem with pigeons living inside the water tower. Nothing like that happens anymore of course.

I do mine once a year in the spring.

I do use pink antifreeze to keep my pipes from freezing in the winter so in the spring I run some chlorine and baking soda through the whole system.

I don't often drink from the tank but, I have and other people have with no problems.

Never, use it like it's meant to be used.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Triker33 wrote:
In 13 years of full time use I have never sanitized the fresh water tank.
And I do drink water from it when it is used.

X2

Only time I have ever sanitized is when I purchased a used unit or when I got a load of untreated well water.

Otherwise.......why?

Do you sanitize your S&B water system???

Fresh water tank....has fresh water in it....which is used to wash/shower/cook/drink

Why doesn't RVng have to be complicated..........H

X3, I sanitize every time I fill up my tank with potable water, I never fill up from the dump station. We have drank and cook from ours for decades.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Do you sanitize your S&B water system???

Fresh water tank....has fresh water in it....which is used to wash/shower/cook/drink

Well for one thing, it is vented to the atmosphere and some of the time there is a BIG air space in the tank. Neither of those situations exists in a modern pressurized system.

If you always fill from a trusted system that has residual chlorine in it at the tap you should be fine.....but I personally won't be taking the chance.

If you usually fill from a non-chlorinated source, like an untreated well or small muni system, then I think you are taking a BIG risk. Get a clear, clean gallon jug; fill it with water; let it sit at room temperature for about 10 days. The result might amaze you.

I have never sanitized the water tank and we do drink and cook with the water. We did stay at a park that had city water that may have had chlorine in it, does that count?

We use ours every month, drink tap water, and don't bother to sanitize since the first time when we took delivery.

I do fully drain it every now and then on the drive home if the level is low enough.

Once in 12 years. I notice no difference.

I guess I need to rethink my sanitization plan. A box of Imodium is really reasonably priced if you shop around. :E :W