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    Sanitize water lines.

    What is the correct % of water and bleach to sanitize the water lines ?
    I want to get it right this year, so I do not taste bleach for a month .
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    Quote Originally Posted by grumpypapa View Post
    What is the correct % of water and bleach to sanitize the water lines ?
    I want to get it right this year, so I do not taste bleach for a month .
    1/4 cup of bleach per 20 gallons of water in the holding tank and heater. Run it to the faucets until you smell bleach. Let it sit for 4-5 hours, and drain. Fill the holding tank and water heater with regular water and drain, 3 times. Then 1 cup of vinegar per 5 gallons of water in both the holding tank and water heater; run it out to the facets. Drive it around for a bit to agitate the water then let it sit for 24 hours. Drain and flush 3 times.


    Edit: Ouch! I thought my memory was better than that... It's NOT 1/2 a cup for 5 gallons, it's 1/4 cup for 20 gallons... I corrected my post above. Here is the link I reference when I sanitize my system: https://www.sanidumps.com/sanitizerv...atersystem.php

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    Thank you everyone for the great info. I now know how to get the bleach/chlorine into the tank.
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    The goal is your fresh water tank.

    Assuming your rig is much like mine, the easy way is to mix some into a jug or bucket. Then use the Sanitize setting on the Nautilus panel. I keep a 4' section of hose without one end to suck up whatever is going into my tank. Anti-freeze, bleach mix, or simply fresh water in a bucket! We run out of fresh long before our other tanks are full.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gilyoyo View Post
    Thank you everyone for the great info. I now know how to get the bleach/chlorine into the tank.
    What year, make and model trailer do you have. Your answer makes a difference to accurately answer your question
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    Quote Originally Posted by MoonShadow_1911 View Post
    1/4 cup of bleach per 20 gallons of water in the holding tank and heater. Run it to the faucets until you smell bleach. Let it sit for 4-5 hours, and drain. Fill the holding tank and water heater with regular water and drain, 3 times. Then 1 cup of vinegar per 5 gallons of water in both the holding tank and water heater; run it out to the facets. Drive it around for a bit to agitate the water then let it sit for 24 hours. Drain and flush 3 times.


    Edit: Ouch! I thought my memory was better than that... It's NOT 1/2 a cup for 5 gallons, it's 1/4 cup for 20 gallons... I corrected my post above. Here is the link I reference when I sanitize my system: https://www.sanidumps.com/sanitizerv...atersystem.php

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    Interesting: my Solitude manual says 1/4 cup of bleach per gallon water.


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    Quote Originally Posted by wannabervin View Post
    Interesting: my Solitude manual says 1/4 cup of bleach per gallon water.


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    For purifying water, in a survival situation, it's 8 drops of bleach per gallon, cap it, let it sit for 30 minutes, then open it and let it sit for 1 hour. I would think the manual is a typo, otherwise, you would be putting in 12.5 gallons of bleach for a 50 gallon fresh tank. That just doesn't sound right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoonShadow_1911 View Post
    For purifying water, in a survival situation, it's 8 drops of bleach per gallon, cap it, let it sit for 30 minutes, then open it and let it sit for 1 hour. I would think the manual is a typo, otherwise, you would be putting in 12.5 gallons of bleach for a 50 gallon fresh tank. That just doesn't sound right.

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    Manual is not a typo. The manual further states to prepare 1 gal of the solution for each 15 gal capacity of the tank. For our 45 gal tank, that’s a whole 3/4 cup of bleach.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Chewwi View Post
    Manual is not a typo. The manual further states to prepare 1 gal of the solution for each 15 gal capacity of the tank. For our 45 gal tank, that’s a whole 3/4 cup of bleach.


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    Ah, so the rest of the story! 1/4 cup for 15 gallons is fine.

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    Since we are on well water at home - no chlorine, I always add 1 or 2 oz of bleach when I add water to fresh water tank. Only carry about 25 gallons of water in tank for flushing commode when traveling. We buy bottled spring water for drinking and cooking as some of city water at campsites it's that good. Last campground the city water had so much chlorine it had strong odor, ok for showers and washing dishes but not for drinking.

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