bid_time wrote:
copeland343 wrote:
Think about this. When was the last time you sanitized you water lines and water heater tank at your house? Not saying you don't need to sanitize,just that it might be overdone a little. If you ever seen the stuff that comes out of a fire hydrant you might not drink or bath in it. What might grow in you tank is nothing compared to what is in your house water system. Yes, you need to clean your tank and lines when you first get your RV, after that your RV system is a lot cleaner than a lot of city water systems.
You are wrong in so many ways that it would take 3 pages to explain it all to you so you could understand it. Just suffice it to say that what you see coming out of a fire hydrant is bacteria free. And by the very nature it is a fire hydrant (with an opening 50 times bigger than the one for your house), it is used to flush the rust out of the main so it doesn't get in your house. the growing conditions necessary to grow bacteria, aren't present in an operating water main; the same can not be said for your water tank (which is open to air).
You would be ill advised to not sanitize your RV fresh water system at least at the beginning of the year, depending on your use. That would make any efforts at keeping it sanitized over the winter a moot point.
And I always thought that fire hudrants were used for fighting fires. Learn somethng new every day.
