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Originally posted by MGmobile:
Bill...thanks for the excel file. Interesting info.

Re: Soap...Yes, a Dr. Bronners fan myself! Do you use it for dishes, laundry, bath, all-in-one! Praise God!

We use it for everything except brushing teeth, although they say you can do that, too. Started when backpacking because it was, at that time, the kindest to the land.

Bill,
You say to always store the fresh water tank empty. Does this mean after every trip? What if it is just sitting for a week or two? I usually leave the tank with what water is left in it when I park it until I get ready to leave for the next trip. Then I empty the water storage tank, partially fill it, empty it again and then fill it for the trip. We do not usually use the water for drinking, but have not found any foul orders or funky looking water. But as I am a new RV'er, I would like to do it correctly.
Bruce

anybody have any thoughts on how to add chlorine mix to water tank that is filled only from a standard hose connection? I think there must also be a check valve to pass through? I guess I could try adding mix to an empty hose then connect up to water pressure...

Bob, your method or a pump as used in winterizing are the only ways I am aware of filling these types. Ours is like yours.

The method of pouring it directly into the hose works great. Check the 2nd post on this subject.

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Originally posted by Bruce & Kathleen:
Bill,
You say to always store the fresh water tank empty. Does this mean after every trip? I would like to do it correctly.
Bruce

There is no such thing as "correctly". We each have to reach our own balance of effort and reward, a la' Jeremy Bentham. I arrived at my way when I had a fiver that was permanently left in a park on the Colorado river with temps up to 130 degrees outside, hotter inside. In addition, the water was a little suspect there. When I started draining my tanks after each trip, our problems went away. My employer had airplanes visiting third world countries with water supplies of doubtful provenance, which necessitated serious draining and purging. These are worst case examples. I choose to be on the safe side of things, but the RV world is full of others who are not as fastidious, and seem to suffer no ill effects. In my own case, I suffered no ill effects prior to being a water sanitation Nazi, but my youngest son had fewer incidences of "not feeling well" after I instituted more rigorous water purifying measures.

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What if it is just sitting for a week or two?

That is where the vodka comes in.

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We do not usually use the water for drinking,

Neither do we. All our drinking water is double filtered and carried in jugs. We even make our own soda water, preferring not to trust the bottlers.

I would say go for it. If all you do is cook, wash and brush teeth, you need not be as fussy about the water. What is right for one family is not right for another. There are a lot of variables.

I figured out how to flush my tank(s). Seems there's a fresh water drain valve, and a hot water drain valve right off the water pump in the back. I flushed em out, then put in some food grade H2o2 (hydrogen peroxide) and filled it back up again. I also have a Brita on-tap filter, so we'll see how it goes. I'll probably buy drinking water anyway, but do you realize that you absorb more water from bathing/showering than from drinking?