Disinfecting water lines

[klr650goldwing]

Are there issues using a fresh water source and a fresh water hose to flush the black tank in a Solitude 369RL? Do we need to be concerned about any bacteria going from the black tank itself up to the connection point of the garden hose that we use? We don't really want to do this at a dump station.

[ford_truck_guy]

I really do think there is any chance of contamination... BUT still use a separate black hose for that..

The way I see it, If I cannot afford a second ( black ) hose, I probably shouldn't be RV'ing...

[RandACampin]

How is bacteria going to go against the flow of water and into your hose?

[schlep1967]

B.O. Plenty wrote:
I don't know what difference it makes. No matter which hose you use, they are both connected to same spigot for the water supply. What am I missing here?

B.O.

The difference is normally 10 to 20 feet of hose. The female end of the hose never comes in contact with the connection to the sewer flush. If you use the same hose the male end of the hose moves from the sewer flush connection to the fresh water connection. Much more likely to transfer contaminates.

One thing I did to my black water flush system was add another check valve right at the hose connection. My original setup had a check valve installed near the tank. When I would disconnect the hose, I would get a small amount of back flow. I know this was water that never made it into the tank or even past the original check valve about 10 feet away. But I still didn't want it flowing into my wet bay.

[blofgren]

klr650goldwing wrote:
Okay thanks BUT. So if I take my black hose and hook it to the fresh water spigot at my campsite and hook THE OTHER END to the black tank sanitizer on my trailer and flush the black tank, then, in that event, the next guy to camp in this camp site, who hooks up his white fresh water hose to the fresh water spigot will have no ill effects. RIGHT?

Correct.

[Splashers3]

We use 2 separate hoses also....white & green. Sometimes I hook the splitter up, but not usually.

[humblerb]

I start with a regulator connected to the water supply.
Then I install a splitter valve.
On one side of the splitter, I install a water filter and white fresh water hose, which I then connect to the fressh water supply on the camper.
The other side of the splitter, I connect a green water hose (no significance to green other than it is not white or blue drinking water hoses). Then put a spray nozzle on the green.
Leave the green side of the splitter off until I need some water outside or until breaking camp.

[B_O__Plenty]

I don't know what difference it makes. No matter which hose you use, they are both connected to same spigot for the water supply. What am I missing here?

B.O.

[klr650goldwing]

Okay thanks BUT. So if I take my black hose and hook it to the fresh water spigot at my campsite and hook THE OTHER END to the black tank sanitizer on my trailer and flush the black tank, then, in that event, the next guy to camp in this camp site, who hooks up his white fresh water hose to the fresh water spigot will have no ill effects. RIGHT?

[mooky_stinks]

I have 2 separate hoses BUT, I've been known to use my freshwater hose if my rinser hose won't reach. Don't tell my wife!

[prstlk]

Back flow valve will solve any issues. I use a seperate hose for for flush and clean up. This is why when you pull up to a dump station the water source always has a sign Non Potable Water. The water is the same they just don't want somebody back flowing into a water hose and using that hose to fill the fresh water tanks. YUCK
JMHO

[Bumpyroad]

all those toys and you don't want to spring for a $10 hose?
bumpy

[wgriswold]

For many years I managed a chemistry lab and safety was a priority. The best practice is procedures where an accident cannot occur rather than procedures that depend on people or inanimate objects behaving properly.

So, I always use two hoses one for drinking water and the other for other things.

[wildtoad]

I too use separate hoses. While the actual chances of contamination are slim, I’d rather not recycle what I already put down the black tank. 😉

[wing_zealot]

I use the same hose. Whatever may come up that flushing pipe, and past the backflow preventer, onto the connection (which would be zero), will be flushed away as soon as i turn on the water to flush the tank. But That's Just Me, YOMV.