Size of fresh water tank

[Grandpere]

I have looked through my owner's manual but I cannot locate the size of the fresh water tank. Does anyone one you lovely people happen to know how many gallons the fresh water tank is on an 87 Southwind? All I can locate with a google search is newer MHs which shows 80-120 gallons. I need to know so I can do a disinfection of the water system.

[JnJnKatiebug]

If you want a simple way to find out how big your tank is use this to fill it up.

Water meter

[darsben]

robatthelake wrote:
You have a 90 gallon Fresh Water Tank a 40 Gal Black and a 60 Gallon Grey Tank. Those were the tank sizes on Our 1990 Southwind and Our Sons 1989 Pace Arrow!

To super sanitize isn't Rocket Science. Figure 1 Teaspoon per 5 Gallons so 90 gallons will take a little less than a Cup of Chlorox! Use a Cup to cover all the pipes Fill it leave for an Hour or overnight , I run several sink fulls of water into the Sinks and shower and don't forget the Toilet! Also be sure to run it through both Hot and Cold lines Then Drain everything and refill with known good water!

My 1990 Southwind 28 has the same tanks

[Grandpere]

Thank you for all your replies, I will go with the 90 gallon figure.

[bshpilot]

FIRE UP wrote:

bshpilot,
"220 Gallons"! What Sir, may I ask, in the world are you driving, a tanker truck? About 99.9% of the coaches made out there have around 100 gallons or less. Now, since coaches like Newells, Prevost's, and other serious top end units are way out of my league, I don't have a clue what kind of water capacity they have.
Scott

[FIRE_UP]

bshpilot wrote:

dave17352 wrote:
How about just fill it up a drain it into a five gallon bucket, counts the buckets and voila.

good lord that could take FOREVER ! I've got 220 gallons of fresh water on board (2x 110g)

bshpilot,
"220 Gallons"! What Sir, may I ask, in the world are you driving, a tanker truck? About 99.9% of the coaches made out there have around 100 gallons or less. Now, since coaches like Newells, Prevost's, and other serious top end units are way out of my league, I don't have a clue what kind of water capacity they have.
Scott

[robatthelake]

You have a 90 gallon Fresh Water Tank a 40 Gal Black and a 60 Gallon Grey Tank. Those were the tank sizes on Our 1990 Southwind and Our Sons 1989 Pace Arrow!

To super sanitize isn't Rocket Science. Figure 1 Teaspoon per 5 Gallons so 90 gallons will take a little less than a Cup of Chlorox! Use a Cup to cover all the pipes Fill it leave for an Hour or overnight , I run several sink fulls of water into the Sinks and shower and don't forget the Toilet! Also be sure to run it through both Hot and Cold lines Then Drain everything and refill with known good water!

[bshpilot]

dave17352 wrote:
How about just fill it up a drain it into a five gallon bucket, counts the buckets and voila.

good lord that could take FOREVER ! I've got 220 gallons of fresh water on board (2x 110g)

[dave17352]

How about just fill it up a drain it into a five gallon bucket, counts the buckets and voila.

[crasster]

You could always call the manufacturer and ask... Or do the rough method of seening exactly how long it take to fill a gallon of water... Then empty your tank, fill it up, and do the math.

[Dutch_12078]

If you can measure the tank dimensions, you can calculate the capacity.

[Peralko]

Our 91 Pace Arrow had a 80-gallon fresh water tank. I suspect yours is close to the same.

[bshpilot]

mine are under the bed.

the size is probably molded into the top of the tank...mine was a little hard to see so i laid a sheet of paper over it & rubbed a pencil over the page to get the relief imprint on the paper.