Fresh Water System Sanitizer

[snowedin]

Received this RV Inline Sanitizer today, haven’t tried it yet but looks like it should work. Just add 8 oz for every 40 gallons of fresh water when filling the fresh water tank, then turn on faucets until bleach is smelled, let sit for 12 hours, and then later flush system with fresh water. Camping World has it as does Amazon. There is a YouTube video showing it’s use also. Simple and at $28 it’s overpriced but if it works I won’t complain. www.rvinlinesanitizer.com

[CarnationSailor]

Bumpyroad wrote:

CarnationSailor wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:

enblethen wrote:
Video I looked at shows using the winterizing port. That does get to the tank.

I believe you are mistaken about that. When winterizing, you should set the valves so that the antifreeze does not go into the fresh water tank. You do NOT want antifreeze in the fresh water tank. It would take forever to get out. The fresh water tank is "winterized" by simply draining it through the low point drain.

You DO want to sanitize the tank and all the lines. So the sanitizing additives, what ever it is, should be put in through the port that fills the tank, and then pumped through the water system.

I agree with everything except not putting anti-freeze in the fresh water tank. A previous trailer of mine did not have a winterizing port so I would pour the antifreeze into the fresh water tank and use the pump to distribute it throughtout the system. I never had a problem flushing it out in the spring when I sanitized the system.

putting a couple of gallons of AF in the fresh water tank is a terrible waste of money and effort to clean it out. a little bit of water on the bottom of the tank isn't going to hurt anything.
bumpy

I didn't put the AF in the fresh water tank to keep it from freezing. I put it there because that was the only way I could distribute it throughout the pipes using the water pump. As I said before, that trailer did NOT have a winterizing port.

And it took no extra effort to flush it out in the Spring other than what I would otherwise do to sanitize the fresh water tank and water pipes.

[kellem]

Westcoasting wrote:
Has anyone ever gotten sick from the fresh water system? After 32 years of not doing it I’m not about to start anytime soon.

Never gotten sick but have experienced the very foul odor created by bacteria in the water system, more prone to happen when trailer has sat in warmer weather.

What we've done the past couple of years is drain the system between trips and always fill fresh water tank ( 60 gal ) before departure.

I would still recommend sanitizing as it's extremely easy preventative maintenance.

[Westcoasting]

Has anyone ever gotten sick from the fresh water system? After 32 years of not doing it I’m not about to start anytime soon.

[Bumpyroad]

CarnationSailor wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:

enblethen wrote:
Video I looked at shows using the winterizing port. That does get to the tank.

I believe you are mistaken about that. When winterizing, you should set the valves so that the antifreeze does not go into the fresh water tank. You do NOT want antifreeze in the fresh water tank. It would take forever to get out. The fresh water tank is "winterized" by simply draining it through the low point drain.

You DO want to sanitize the tank and all the lines. So the sanitizing additives, what ever it is, should be put in through the port that fills the tank, and then pumped through the water system.

I agree with everything except not putting anti-freeze in the fresh water tank. A previous trailer of mine did not have a winterizing port so I would pour the antifreeze into the fresh water tank and use the pump to distribute it throughtout the system. I never had a problem flushing it out in the spring when I sanitized the system.

putting a couple of gallons of AF in the fresh water tank is a terrible waste of money and effort to clean it out. a little bit of water on the bottom of the tank isn't going to hurt anything.
bumpy

[Lynnmor]

CarnationSailor wrote:

I agree with everything except not putting anti-freeze in the fresh water tank. A previous trailer of mine did not have a winterizing port so I would pour the antifreeze into the fresh water tank and use the pump to distribute it throughtout the system. I never had a problem flushing it out in the spring when I sanitized the system.

You did have a winterizing port, they made these things for years.

[jdc1]

Sounds like the same guy that pays to have nitrogen put in his tires.

[CarnationSailor]

coolmom42 wrote:

enblethen wrote:
Video I looked at shows using the winterizing port. That does get to the tank.

I believe you are mistaken about that. When winterizing, you should set the valves so that the antifreeze does not go into the fresh water tank. You do NOT want antifreeze in the fresh water tank. It would take forever to get out. The fresh water tank is "winterized" by simply draining it through the low point drain.

You DO want to sanitize the tank and all the lines. So the sanitizing additives, what ever it is, should be put in through the port that fills the tank, and then pumped through the water system.

I agree with everything except not putting anti-freeze in the fresh water tank. A previous trailer of mine did not have a winterizing port so I would pour the antifreeze into the fresh water tank and use the pump to distribute it throughtout the system. I never had a problem flushing it out in the spring when I sanitized the system.

[Bumpyroad]

enblethen wrote:
My last sentence has a missing "Not" in it. Should read "That does "NOT" get to the tank."

I would suggest editing the post to correct it and to avoid confusion.
bumpy

[enblethen]

My last sentence has a missing "Not" in it. Should read "That does "NOT" get to the tank."

[coolmom42]

enblethen wrote:
Video I looked at shows using the winterizing port. That does get to the tank.

I believe you are mistaken about that. When winterizing, you should set the valves so that the antifreeze does not go into the fresh water tank. You do NOT want antifreeze in the fresh water tank. It would take forever to get out. The fresh water tank is "winterized" by simply draining it through the low point drain.

You DO want to sanitize the tank and all the lines. So the sanitizing additives, what ever it is, should be put in through the port that fills the tank, and then pumped through the water system.

[snowedin]

Tough Crowd I guess but it is what it is. A funnel and short section of hose or some similar method of pouring bleach into the fresh water tank,and then filling the fresh water tank accomplishes the same thing as this Inline Sanitizer. Had hoped that it would have had a way of metering the bleach slowly to insure that the bleach is more evenly distributed but it's a straight shot through the Sanitizer so looks like the bleach would pretty much blast right though.

[gbopp]

kellem wrote:
This is a tough crowd but happen to agree.

Sometimes you need to call it like you see it. 😉

[kellem]

This is a tough crowd but happen to agree.
Just dump some bleach in the fresh and later....run it out.

I'm amazed at the gimmicks.

[enblethen]

Video I looked at shows using the winterizing port. That does "NOT" get to the tank.