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03-05-2021, 01:46 PM #11
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03-06-2021, 07:57 AM #12
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BTW - one can usually skip the vinegar step by:
1. Not overdosing. The usual Health Dept. standard is 1/8th cup per 15 gal. BUT - you have to let is soak for 6-8 hrs. It is permissible to go as high as 1/4 cup, to hit the 3 hrs GD recommends. But then flushing will take more water. Note too that GD recommends pre-diluting before putting in the tank, primarily to avoid skin irritation, less chance of damage to any rubber seals, and reduce bleaching possibilities if there is a spill. Just don't exceed that level.
2. NEVER use scented, gel, or other varieties marketed for use in home laundry. Use only plain, cheap, bleach. A jug that has been opened can be ineffective after a time. I usually buy a new quart every spring.
2. Yes, fill your previously empty water heater with the solution, too. Lots of nasty's like the warm safe environment.....(one source of the dreaded sulfur smelling hot water).
3. After time is up, pull the drain plug and drain the heater first, along with the rest of the system. Make sure to get everything drained - shower hoses, toilet, low points, outside hose connection points, etc. Close it all up, and just fill the heater. Drain just the heater again.
4. Then proceed with flushing the rest of the system. It won't take a lot, as it all has been pretty well drained off already.
BTW - the used bleach water is perfectly safe for driveways, grass, etc. It starts off about the same level as swimming pool water, and the bleach itself gets used up doing its job.
A strong bleach smell in a pool or out of your faucet is the result of combining with organics in the water - so it has done it's job. In a swimming pool, that actually means MORE bleach is needed to keep the concentration high enough to fight future contamination. So a strong smelling pool is actually still dirty! But for your faucet, not anything to worry about.
And...most "city water" is treated to ensure that the "bleach" (chorine) is pretty used up by the time it makes it to a tap. There may be a bit, depending on how far away from the treatment plant you are, but never enough to assume it will prevent things from growing by itself.2017 Imagine 2670MK
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03-09-2021, 05:47 AM #13
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How do you get bleach into your fresh water tank. When filling my fresh water tank with water i use the power fill setting. Not sure how to get bleach to flow to the fresh water tank.
When winterizing all the lines i use a short homemade hose directly from the antifreeze container hooked up to the nautilus system and get it through every line with the pump pulling the antifreeze from the jug.
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03-09-2021, 08:48 AM #14
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I put in the hose you power fill with. Fill tank say 1/3. turn off water and partially drain fill hose leaving the end connected to the trailer. Then use a funnel and fill you filling hose with the correct amount of bleach, reconnect and continue your power fill.
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03-09-2021, 10:01 AM #16
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Thanks. so I can power fill my fresh water tank with the pump from basically any water source?
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03-09-2021, 10:16 AM #17
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On a Solitude, there is a sanitize setting on the nautilus panel. This allows you to pump water from a bucket (i hold onto an empty antifeeze jug to "predilute" bleach as Sande005 mentioned above) into the freshwater tank. I would not want to "fill" the freshwater tank doing a gallon of water at a time, but yes, I can pump water from "any" source (one close enough for a short hose to connect) into my fresh tank.
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03-09-2021, 10:46 AM #18
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One word of advice... Don't make our mistake. My wife always buys the "un-scented" bleach. That doesn't help determine when the pipes are full at all! DO NOT buy un-scented bleach!
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