Spare Water Storage
What do you store you spare water in? Plastic jugs? Plastic tank, barrel etc? If you use a tank or barrel how do you get it out of there? Does it have an electric pump? I see some using the 50 gal...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
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Honestly? Pesticide tanks?
Even if you are not planning to drink the water from your RV fresh water tank do not use ANY vessel, tank, jug, barrel which is NOT rated as "potable", "food grade", "food safe" or safe for human consumption..
Even if those means are brand new, many of these tanks are not made from plastics which will be safe for human consumption. Those plastics often contain chemicals which can leach out into the water over time..
So to recap.. You WANT to buy and USE containers which are specifically labeled as "potable" or safe for human consumption.
Pesticide tanks do not meet this criteria.
Even if you don't plan to drink from your trailer water system, the NEXT OWNER just might and the chemicals that leach out could potentially harm the next owner and or family..
"food grade" and "potable" are only used when someone is willing to accept liability. I worked at a bucket manufacturer and all the buckets were made of the same material not all were "food grade" The single most important thing it to check the material they are made of most will be HDPE #2 plastic. If the tank is made of HDPE then you want to give them a good cleaning the die lube will not be food grade so you want to wash that off. that's my $0.02.
