~ “White H 2 O Hose / Fresh Water Tank
NFG here; happy befuddled owner of a ‘new’ 97 RT (still looking for the manuals RT references in the “Owners Manual”). :h I have read a good bit on the different types of hose used to fill the f...
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I carry 3 hoses. One that is 10' long which is what I use 85% of the time and is easy to take out and put away after use. It works to get water at any full hookup campsite and most dump stations where there is potable water available. If the 10' is not long enough I get out the 25' that is a white semi-flat hose that does not kink like the fabric ones.
The third 25' long hose is one of the fabric type that rolls up to be very compact but is a pain to use as it kinks very easily. If I am stopping off at a friend's house I will use the two 25' and sometimes the 10' to reach from an outside spigot to the camper.
I carry a small funnel with a short piece of plastic hose to use to add bleach to the fresh water tank which in turn shocks any bacteria in the hot water tank. The hot water tank never gets exposed to air and so anerobic bacteria can quickly grow and produce water with a nasty sulphur smell. It only takes a single teaspon of household bleach for every 10 gallons of fresh water to treat it.
Part of the problem is that even with draining the hot water tank there is a lot of water stays in the tank unless you use air pressure to blow it out. With the 6 and 10 gallon Atwood tanks simply removing the drain plug will leave 2 quarts of water sitting inside the hot water tank.
The third 25' long hose is one of the fabric type that rolls up to be very compact but is a pain to use as it kinks very easily. If I am stopping off at a friend's house I will use the two 25' and sometimes the 10' to reach from an outside spigot to the camper.
I carry a small funnel with a short piece of plastic hose to use to add bleach to the fresh water tank which in turn shocks any bacteria in the hot water tank. The hot water tank never gets exposed to air and so anerobic bacteria can quickly grow and produce water with a nasty sulphur smell. It only takes a single teaspon of household bleach for every 10 gallons of fresh water to treat it.
Part of the problem is that even with draining the hot water tank there is a lot of water stays in the tank unless you use air pressure to blow it out. With the 6 and 10 gallon Atwood tanks simply removing the drain plug will leave 2 quarts of water sitting inside the hot water tank.
