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Jul 24, 2013

Question about fresh water tank sanitization

Hi all, I was planning on heading out on a trip a few days ago so I sanitized my fresh water tank, but my wife and I got bad coughs and colds. We are delaying leaving for about a week. My question is, if I sanitized the fresh water tank about a week ago, and it has been left dry, is it safe to just fill it with water and head out or do I have to sanitize it again? Thanks
  • The baking soda will neutralize the chlorine and eliminate any smell or taste of chlorine.

    I always put in a small box of baking soda in a gallon of water to dissolve it. pour into fresh water tank with several gallons of fresh water and drive around the block a few times to allow it to slosh all in the side of the tank. I then run all faucets and then empty the tank and rinse out one more time.

    Completely eliminates the chlorine.

    Ron
  • Yeah I usually just rinse the bleach solution with fresh water then refill the tank again.
  • No I didn't put baking soda in it. I've never done that. Is that something that you always do after sanitizing? Do you do that by adding a water solution of baking soda to the tank and then you flush it out with fresh water before you add you drinking water to the tank?
  • Fill and flush a few times, fresh water.....have fun....
  • After you sanitized it, did you put some baking soda mixture in there to remove the chlorine smell?

    Ron