water lines in the winter bad tatste
Over the years i have used Rv antifreeze but it as seems to have left a bad taste in the water lines and a lite smell. Is this normal?? So we carry bottle water to drink. Any comments would be welco...
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There are a couple different "flavors" of RV antifreeze. I am not sure who makes what but there is one that makes me sick smelling it. VERY sweet and a flavor added that I cannot identify that gives me a headache even if it is just in the drain traps.
Once winter is over I add a half tank of fresh water to the water tank (I do not add any antifreeze to the tank so no having to get this out), then I pump that through the system to clean out the lines. Then I add a cup or two of bleach and fill up the tank to the overflow and pump this through the lines then leave it sit for a day or two. Then I drain all the water out and flush with fresh water, when I no longer smell bleach I open the hot water bypass valves.
Between leaving the system over the winter in the freezing cold and the bleach every spring the system is drinkable. Then I only fill up where I know that the water is good. I also keep water in the fridge as I like cold water but will take that out of the RV tank without a problem.
Once winter is over I add a half tank of fresh water to the water tank (I do not add any antifreeze to the tank so no having to get this out), then I pump that through the system to clean out the lines. Then I add a cup or two of bleach and fill up the tank to the overflow and pump this through the lines then leave it sit for a day or two. Then I drain all the water out and flush with fresh water, when I no longer smell bleach I open the hot water bypass valves.
Between leaving the system over the winter in the freezing cold and the bleach every spring the system is drinkable. Then I only fill up where I know that the water is good. I also keep water in the fridge as I like cold water but will take that out of the RV tank without a problem.
