Sanitizing 2022 Solitude

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Rob

[FT4NOW]

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I see what you’re saying now. Apologies for my misunderstanding. However, there is a second step to sanitizing that involves operating all faucets in dry camp mode to get the bleach solution through all hoses and fixtures using the water pump. I think this is where the instructions may be missing a step to turn the water heater to bypass when in dry camp mode so you can sanitize all lines without the solution going through the water heater. Does that make sense?

I think it makes sense what you're saying. I wonder if we have different versions of the manual. I just typed Nautilus P4 manual in Google and downloaded it from BANDBMOLDERS, which is the manufacturer. Looking through what I found, the instructions stop after you've filled the FW tank and then disconnected the hose which was connected to bleach solution. Now immediately after the sanitize section is the dry camping section, but it doesn't say to switch right away, you would want to dump the solution and run FW through the tank multiple times.

Are you going off the GD manual or the P4 manual?

[KChalfant]

I think it makes sense what you're saying. I wonder if we have different versions of the manual. I just typed Nautilus P4 manual in Google and downloaded it from BANDBMOLDERS, which is the manufacturer. Looking through what I found, the instructions stop after you've filled the FW tank and then disconnected the hose which was connected to bleach solution. Now immediately after the sanitize section is the dry camping section, but it doesn't say to switch right away, you would want to dump the solution and run FW through the tank multiple times.

Are you going off the GD manual or the P4 manual?

The P4 manual is in the GD manual I received. The Sanitizing section of the GD manual refers to the P4 manual in a few places.

[FT4NOW]

The P4 manual is in the GD manual I received. The Sanitizing section of the GD manual refers to the P4 manual in a few places.

I gotcha. Well, if you're concerned about the water heater and want to sanitize the fixture lines I would make sure the red valve is in the bypass position, and then you won't need to worry about getting bleach solution in the water heater, and obviously some of the hot water lines.

[KChalfant]

I gotcha. Well, if you're concerned about the water heater and want to sanitize the fixture lines I would make sure the red valve is in the bypass position, and then you won't need to worry about getting bleach solution in the water heater, and obviously some of the hot water lines.

Perfect. Thanks so much for the help, and your patience. It’s a bit overwhelming figuring all this out.

[FT4NOW]

Perfect. Thanks so much for the help, and your patience. It’s a bit overwhelming figuring all this out.

No worries, we were all in your shoes at some point. You won't be thanking this forum with all the money it will make you spend after seeing new mods or ideas. [emoji6]

[ajg617]

I think it makes sense what you're saying. I wonder if we have different versions of the manual. I just typed Nautilus P4 manual in Google and downloaded it from BANDBMOLDERS, which is the manufacturer. Looking through what I found, the instructions stop after you've filled the FW tank and then disconnected the hose which was connected to bleach solution. Now immediately after the sanitize section is the dry camping section, but it doesn't say to switch right away, you would want to dump the solution and run FW through the tank multiple times.

Are you going off the GD manual or the P4 manual?

The instructions are definitely not clear and my Solitude manual has the B&BMolders manual as an insert. I did this a couple of times last year (and have a tank water heater). I drained the hot water heater and left the anode out (also removed filter cartridge). On power fill fresh water tank, no water went into the hot water tank - water went directly into the fresh water tank. Despite what's been said, the instruction manual for the Suburban SW12DEL actually says to use household bleach mixture to eliminate odors in the hot water system. Changing Lanes video says don't do it and they switch to winterize to get the chlorinated water into the lines and faucets but not in the hot water heater.

[FT4NOW]

The instructions are definitely not clear and my Solitude manual has the B&BMolders manual as an insert. I did this a couple of times last year (and have a tank water heater). I drained the hot water heater and left the anode out (also removed filter cartridge). On power fill fresh water tank, no water went into the hot water tank - water went directly into the fresh water tank. Despite what's been said, the instruction manual for the Suburban SW12DEL actually says to use household bleach mixture to eliminate odors in the hot water system. Changing Lanes video says don't do it and they switch to winterize to get the chlorinated water into the lines and faucets but not in the hot water heater.

Can't really be surprised when you have a bunch of different components from different manufacturers that integrate together, but thr manuals are not written to align with each other. Seems perfect for the RV industry. If only there was some organization that was in charge of standards for these things...


At the end of the day, you just need to do what you think is best for your situation.