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britmama 
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Joined: 30 May 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
 Topic: Non-potable water in drinking water tank!Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 9:38am |
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Just want to make sure of something: will letting bleach water sit in the water heater for several hours damage it or the anode rod (if there is one in the RP177)?
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 10:09am |
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There is no 'drinking water' tank on an r-pod...unless you installed one.
There IS a freshwater tank....but your 'drinking' water should be in sealed bottles or jugs or totes, or after a 'drinking water' filter attached ahead of (or directly at) the faucet. There are also countertop water filters that can make a quart or a gallon of drinking water after you pour in the quote 'freshwater'. Yes I am aware that others will not see it this way.
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3220 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 10:40am |
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After sanitizing the FW tank we do like "pod people" by using 1st rinse with baking soda followed by a second rinse with lemon juice. That was the ticket to rid the FW tank of that nasty bleach taste after sanitizing. Yes, still alive after 10 years drinking out of the FW tank, isn't that what it is supposed to be for, after all it is called the FRESH water tank. And no, we do not use filters or anything of that sort either, our well water is really good stuff.
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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britmama
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Joined: 30 May 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 12:03pm |
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One further question: I filled the freshwater tank with bleach solution, turned on the pump and then turned on each faucet in turn. I let the water run for several minutes through each faucet and I am not smelling any bleach, only antifreeze still. How many rinses should it take for the antifreeze smell to go away?
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StephenH
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Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 12:33pm |
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That is where the baking soda after the bleach sanitizing will help. It may take a bit though. Did you flush out the antifreeze first? If you added bleach, you should smell it at the faucets. You may need to cup your hand and let the water flow over it to concentrate the bleach smell a little.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3220 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 1:06pm |
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What we did was 1 cup baking soda and 5 gallons in the FW tank. I had the valves set to winterization so I didn't have to run this through the hot water lines, don't drink from them anyway. Ran through cold water lines only bathroom and kitchen sink until tank was dry. Second step was 2 cups lemon juice in 5 gallons water in FW tank, repeat the process. Took care of the 'bleach smell.'
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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britmama
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Joined: 30 May 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 1:27pm |
I did add bleach and I did cup my hand over the flowing water right next to my nose. No bleach smell whatsoever, just antifreeze. I added 1/2 cup of bleach to my 36 gallon freshwater tank. Should I repeat the whole process, filling the tank with bleach water again, but this time adding more bleach?
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 2:58pm |
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Yes pour in bleach then baking soda and then drink the stuff. Never mind all the black mold and algae growing in the top inside surfaces of a warm moist dark tank last summer, and the summer before that...and loose particulate matter that has been sloshing around in the bottom of the fresh tank, from years of previous fillings by other owners who may or may not have been filling the tank from sterile and filtered potable water hose with 100% safe water obtained from safe water sources at campground dump stations (NO!) or friendly little RV parks where dogs like to lick from the spigots... Yuck. It's the unknowns in life that can get ya...or not...as we have recently all been made aware of. Carry on...just don't ask me over for a glass of iced tea.  |
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GlueGuy
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Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2629 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 4:39pm |
30 gallons is one heck of a lot of beer, but I like the idea!
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RoverPod
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Posted: 02 Jun 2021 at 6:12pm |
Watch John Marucci's video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqlqgaH7nus
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Non-potable water in drinking water tank!