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osage
Senior Member Joined: 13 Mar 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 146 |
Topic: sanatize Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 10:10pm |
I can't remember if it is 1 or 2 cups of bleach to sanatize the water tank?
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ArenaBlanca
Senior Member Joined: 07 Sep 2016 Location: Alamogordo, NM Online Status: Offline Posts: 158 |
Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 11:47pm |
I have always had good results with just 1/2 cup of bleach and then fill the tank, flush the lines, drain everything , and then refill.
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ToolmanJohn
Senior Member Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
Posted: 01 May 2017 at 5:10am |
It won't hurt either way. It just stays overnight anyway, then gets flushed the following day.
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Leo B
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Posted: 01 May 2017 at 5:26am |
Ditto!!
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:39am |
across all systems, 1/4 cup per 15 gallons of holding tank. 6 hour dwell time.
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Rustler
Senior Member Joined: 07 May 2016 Location: S. Oregon Coast Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Posted: 07 May 2017 at 3:11am |
Is it necessary to sanitize the fresh water system after flushing out all the red winter anti-freeze? I just ran city water through all faucets until running clear, then quite a bit more. Then I ran the pump the same way pulling water from the fresh water tank quite some time after running clear. I left the antifreeze in the toilet bowl since we never use it - always use campground toilet facilities. Any harm in that?
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Russ
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StephenH
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Posted: 07 May 2017 at 2:00pm |
If you are going to use your water system for drinking, brushing teeth, etc. you should sanitize it. If you don't use the toilet bowl, you could certainly leave the antifreeze in it. However, part of sanitizing is to flush the chlorine solution through all the water lines, to include the one for the flush valve. It would dilute the antifreeze in the bowl, but that would not be a bad thing.
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StephenH
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 07 May 2017 at 4:30pm |
Yes, because the holding tank wasn't filled with anti freeze, nor the water heater.. Those areas could both still be harboring bacteria.. But I do believe that the anti freeze goes a long way towards sanitizing. Being mostly alcohol.. |
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