gail
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Hi folks please can anyone tell me whats the best thing to sterilise our fresh water tank with. milton? steredent? im at work so i gotta b quick.
thx gail
thx gail
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Do you drink the water from your onboard tanks ???*It also has the advantage of no after taste.
Do you drink the water from your onboard tanks ???*
I'd have thought drinking water would be of the bottled variety - especially perhaps not knowing the provenance of the tap supply which fills your tanks in some instances.
*( Please forgive this pre-trainee MH owner's dumb questions ).
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I think people spend too much money on bottled water as they have been brainwashed into it by advertising, apart from that how do you know that's pure if its from a spring, and if as some people do you fill up bottles from site taps how do they always know bottles are clean they don't sterilise after every use, so what's the difference.
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I never drink bottled water, well if I had nothing else I would but give me good old fashioned tap stuff every time. Were thinking just flush the tank through with something very mild, oh and cheap.
Thanks to everyone for your help.:thumb:
Why do so many people think the tank needs steralising, the water from the tap has so many chemicals in it that the bugs don't stand a chance.
How many people have been up in the loft lately and looked in the cold water tank let alone cleaned it, I have seen many tanks without lids and with all sort of creatures including mice floating in them.
:Angry:As for bottled water, what a con:Angry:
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Hi TT ,Gypsylady IS CORRECT THAT THE TANKS IN YOUR LOFT FEED THE HOT-WATER SYSTEM and yes they sometimes loose there lids and get the odd rodent in That is why you should not fill the kettle from the HW tap -- In a old house -
Why do so many people think the tank needs steralising, the water from the tap has so many chemicals in it that the bugs don't stand a chance.
How many people have been up in the loft lately and looked in the cold water tank let alone cleaned it, I have seen many tanks without lids and with all sort of creatures including mice floating in them.
:Angry:As for bottled water, what a con:Angry:
The cold water usually comes directly to house taps from the mains. (Try turning off your main stop tap and try the taps)
Any 'cold water' tanks in lofts will be header tanks for the hot water system.
As to the 'van tanks.
We tried the water through the van when we first bought and OT thought there was a 'funny taste/smell'. He blames the plastic pipes and cleaning hasnt removed the faint taste.
I use the onboard tanks for everything except drinks, and we just refill 5ltr bottles from the taps for these.
OH uses the bottled water for tooth rinsing.
I think usually is the operative word here, I have spent the last 10 years fiddling with peoples pipes and yes in modern houses it is rare to find this, but as recently as yesterday I was in a 60s house with three bathrooms and two of these the cold water was fed from a galvanized tank with no lid. I have only once seen the cold in the kitchen fed like this, but people clean their teeth, and have a mouthful at night from the upstairs bathroom.
Terry there is no need to shout!!
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we use our tanks water for everything.
and using a bit of info from when i had fish tanks i try to fill the tank on a friday evening.
as when i kept fish they always said never top up the tank with fresh water on a weekend.
[HI]
as the water companies put more chlorine in for the weekends as they are having time off.
[/HI]besides we live in the van so its always in use and always has a clean supply going in every few days.
Well it has given me a laugh.
[HI]Extra chlorine in the water for the weekend:[/HI]Rofl1: And cold water from a tank in the loft
Do you really believe this?
Craig
Given me a laugh too... having worked in the industry ..
I've also said this many times about Milton and sterilising a fresh water system .. I would add that the same method is used in sterilising commercial fresh water systems in large buildings, office blocks, factories etc ..
I've copy pasted.. from a previous post ..
From Milton Fluid product information
NGREDIENTS
Sodium Chloride 16.5% w/v (salt)
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
Sodium Hypochloride 2% w/v (Bleach)
In other words, a salt solution containing common bleach
My question..
why do people buy it at ~ £1.50 per 500 ml when the active ingredient can be bought for £1.50 per gallon .. at about 5% w/v
I appreciate it is safer to use by the very nature of it being a weak solution .. important for mums who use it for baby sterilising etc .. but I'm intrigued why people buy it to chuck down a drain or clean a grey / black tank ?
The other use I see advocated ( for Milton ) is sterilizing fresh water tanks and pipework .. again why, when bleach in a weak solution does exactly the same job.
To sterilize a fresh water system ...
Quantities need to adjusted depending on tank size.. this is for a 50 - 70 gal tank
1. Add about 1 cup of bleach to holding tank and fill up with water
2. Pump through to each tap, including the shower head.
3. Leave for a 30 mins
4. Drain down tank, fill with fresh and pump through each tap until you can taste fresh water, do this twice.
It's a good idea to also sterilize your filling hose at the same time.. use a small funnel to add a small amount of bleach to the hose, fill up and leave for 30 mins then flush through.
Do this once per year or at start of season if van has been in storage.
Hi Jim, try Morry's @ 28p for 5ltrs-value bleach :thumb:AGREE with everything you have said in this post :thumb:
terry
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Good tips :thumb:Hi Jim just another couple of uses for it,I use it for spraying on my limestone wall and block paving to kill all the moss and green slime :thumb: plus stick a cupful of washing powder type liquid in the spray with it to remove black streaks off the van
terry