dpgllg
Mar 06, 2018Explorer
Fresh Water Tank Cleaning
Hello!
We went yesterday to inspect our 5th wheel RV stored underground in a limestone mine. I have to admit I was nervous because the humidity is elevated in the mine but it stays at a constant 54 degrees year round. There was no mold anywhere and other than a little dust the RV looked as good as when I parked it last October.
Well seeing the RV and seeing signs of Spring made me think about what I will need to do to prep it when I pull it out next month.
I want to clean out the fresh water system and was wonder since I have a rapid fresh water drain could I use my hot water tank wand and use that to do a good flush of my fresh water tank? My old 5th wheel required me to fill tank with mild bleach solution and then drain. The drain was small and took forever to drain everything. This rapid drain drains my tank in just a couple of minutes.
The fresh water and sanitation system is rather new to me (Nautalus P1 System) since we picked up the 5th wheel last June.
Photo of fresh water drain
I drained all holding tanks (put some water in black tank with tank treatment) and hot water heater prior to storing. I blew out the water lines including black tank flush with my compressor. I did not use any pink antifreeze as I stored prior to freezing temps and won't be pulling it out of the mine until the middle of next month.
With the Nautalus P1 system is there anything special I need to know?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Dave
We went yesterday to inspect our 5th wheel RV stored underground in a limestone mine. I have to admit I was nervous because the humidity is elevated in the mine but it stays at a constant 54 degrees year round. There was no mold anywhere and other than a little dust the RV looked as good as when I parked it last October.
Well seeing the RV and seeing signs of Spring made me think about what I will need to do to prep it when I pull it out next month.
I want to clean out the fresh water system and was wonder since I have a rapid fresh water drain could I use my hot water tank wand and use that to do a good flush of my fresh water tank? My old 5th wheel required me to fill tank with mild bleach solution and then drain. The drain was small and took forever to drain everything. This rapid drain drains my tank in just a couple of minutes.
The fresh water and sanitation system is rather new to me (Nautalus P1 System) since we picked up the 5th wheel last June.
Photo of fresh water drain
I drained all holding tanks (put some water in black tank with tank treatment) and hot water heater prior to storing. I blew out the water lines including black tank flush with my compressor. I did not use any pink antifreeze as I stored prior to freezing temps and won't be pulling it out of the mine until the middle of next month.
With the Nautalus P1 system is there anything special I need to know?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Dave