Where's this brown water come from?
After dumping the black tank at the camp site, I disconnected the city water and flush the tank through the sani-flush. I then asked DW to turn on the pump to add water & chemical into the toilet. Sh...
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Hi Tom, always seems to be something unexpected!!
So no water whatsoever in the tank from another source other than from home? Was the FW completely empty before filling or could there have any water sitting in it for a while? When was the last time you used the FW tank?
If you filled up at home on municipal water, Vancouver's water is quality stuff... It has low mineral content and the only thing in it should be chlorine and not a whole lot like in some places in the US. Won't have something like iron for ex. which is brownish and leaves stains in toilets but doesn't really color the water.
Is it a cloudy brownish color from turbidity level? Could the tank have had some fine silt/sediment sitting on the bottom before filling? If you hold a clear glass of water up to the light, what does it look like? Is it a more transparent chemical looking color?
What filter is it and how old? A sediment cartridge or something else? Did you sanitize your FW tank before filling at home? Does it have an odor? If you run a faucet, does the water stay the same consistent color? What does the filter screen at the pump look like? Before you drain the tank, perhaps save some in a bottle in case you want to investigate further at home?
Hard to do unless at home, but you could always install a filter after the pump
So no water whatsoever in the tank from another source other than from home? Was the FW completely empty before filling or could there have any water sitting in it for a while? When was the last time you used the FW tank?
If you filled up at home on municipal water, Vancouver's water is quality stuff... It has low mineral content and the only thing in it should be chlorine and not a whole lot like in some places in the US. Won't have something like iron for ex. which is brownish and leaves stains in toilets but doesn't really color the water.
Is it a cloudy brownish color from turbidity level? Could the tank have had some fine silt/sediment sitting on the bottom before filling? If you hold a clear glass of water up to the light, what does it look like? Is it a more transparent chemical looking color?
What filter is it and how old? A sediment cartridge or something else? Did you sanitize your FW tank before filling at home? Does it have an odor? If you run a faucet, does the water stay the same consistent color? What does the filter screen at the pump look like? Before you drain the tank, perhaps save some in a bottle in case you want to investigate further at home?
Hard to do unless at home, but you could always install a filter after the pump
