Caravan Water Tanks

you can buy a lemon tasting ? cleaner for flushing the water tanks with dunno where you are but in melb carac in dande or some of the caravan places stock it but yes products are around

steve

You can buy tank clean from CAMEC or most caravan parts places, I believe the main ingredient may be bicarb soda ?
Oh yeah .. Bias boating and whitworths stock it too I think.

Hi Disco Driver
I would try some liquid sodium hypochlorite (chlorine). I am unsure of ratio but guesstimate maybe a quarter of a cup added to bucket of water. Pour it into tank then fill rest of tank to the with fresh water. Drain the tank and let it stand empty for day or two allowing the chlorine smell to clear. Top it with fresh water and see how it goes. If there is only a slight taste of chlorine to the water, it should be ok.
(certainly better than an "off" smell) If taste/smell too strong then maybe tank would need to flushed out a couple of times.
Cheers

You could try filling the Tank with water and adding a litre of Vinegar.

Tow the Van around the block a couple of time then flush the Tank out.

It worked for me.

Regards
japmel

disco driver
If your using a near new garden hose to fill it you will get an ant type taste in the water , I have a small water filter fitted inline between the tap and the Van, [ i am stationary but can be removed in same time it takes to roll up hose ] It is bore water where I am and not too bad for drinking but this filter just makes it taste a little better, I got it from Bunnings H/W and the inner filter is for taste only,If the issue was dirth water then all one does is change the inner filter,
On the other habd if the Tank is old and full of ancient mud, dead ants,and fungus then I would consider fitting a new one, most Caravan sales points will guide you in the right direction

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Hi Disco Driver

As G P JOE said, try Bicarb Soda, works all the time, even in plastic jerry cans.
that havent been used for a while.

Cheers
Daza

Hi disco driver,
We use a product sold at caravan shops called "tank clean". Basically it must be a bleach based product (smells like it anyway). We fill the tank with water and the tank clean leave it for the advised amount of time and then drain the tank. We pump the solution up through the taps to flush the lines as well. We then rinse several times before using. We do this after every winter when the van hasnt been used for 6 months or so.
Hope this helps!

Thanks for all the information.

I knew that someone out there would be willing and able to assist.

Disco

You could also put in a bottle of "Miltons" baby bottle cleaner,refill and let it sit. You will have to flush it a couple of times to get rid of the aftertaste but it works fine. I use it on my camelbak occasionally to keep the bugs at bay.

Hi Disco.

Any water tank even hoses used to fill fresh water tanks up should be super-chlorinated at a concentration of 50 ppm for a period of not less than 4 hours and then completely flushed out every 12 months.

Cheers
Rob