To Drain or not to Drain

[djnedd]

So it is mid May and spring is finally peeking his nose out here in the upper mid-west.

I was de-winterizing and prepping the TT for the season. Flushed the pink stuff and filled the freshwater system with bleach water to sanitize my system.

Now I have to put the TT back into storage for about a month before I can use it next. This question crossed my mind. What do you think?

Should I store the TT with bleach water in the system or drain it and store it dry?

Thanks
DanN

[Tequila]

It is not good to use bleach. Most people overdose it. The only time I do it is after leaving Mexico, I put a fairly concentrated dose in, Run the taps through the hot water tank & faucets for a couple of minutes, drive for an hour then drain and refill. That is only once a year, and a precaution before drinking anything out of it in future. Apart from that I use hydrogen peroxide to sanitize them. 4 oz per tank of 4% is about correct for most fresh water tanks. Only other time I will put nay bleach in is it the water from the hot water tank is smelly. Best to minimize the use of it.

[Marauderer]

X5, Leave it dry

[Boband4]

X4, leave it dry

[Caveman_Charlie]

I agree , store it dry. I would not be to worried about re-sanitizing it though. But, that's just me.

I've been out camping 3 times already and I'm at your same latitude.

[fla-gypsy]

Dump and store dry

[gbopp]

Drain the bleach, rinse the system and store dry.

Sanitize again when you get the RV out of storage.

There's no way I would leave bleach in the system that long.

[brirene]

midnightsadie wrote:
I,M for dry bleach could do strange things to plastic. flush it out , blow it out and pray winters over.

X3. Too long to leave the bleach in the system.

[RJCorazza]

I would definetly NOT leave a sanitizing concentration of bleach in the system. I do leave fresh water with 2-4 ppm chlorine in my system for a month or so between uses in season.

[midnightsadie]

I,M for dry bleach could do strange things to plastic. flush it out , blow it out and pray winters over.

[69_Avion]

djnedd wrote:
So it is mid May and spring is finally peeking his nose out here in the upper mid-west.

I was de-winterizing and prepping the TT for the season. Flushed the pink stuff and filled the freshwater system with bleach water to sanitize my system.

Now I have to put the TT back into storage for about a month before I can use it next. This question crossed my mind. What do you think?

Should I store the TT with bleach water in the system or drain it and store it dry?

Thanks
DanN

I store my trailers dry.