cleaning drinking water tanks
Submitted: Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 22:35
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scottyJ
Hi, looking for ideas on how to clean a drinking
water tank under a caravan that has had water siitting in it for at least 6 months?
Reply By: Member - bungarra (WA) - Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 22:40
Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 22:40
chuck a few teaspoons of carb soda in and slosh it around........might have to take it for a drive to do that I guess...flush throughly afterwards
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 22:54
Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 22:54
Just undo the bung and drain it , stick the hose in let it run for 4 minutes .that's all I do and much to some's displeasure ...I'm not dead yet..
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Follow Up By: Member - David P (VIC) - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:27
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:27
.....but we're working on it......TIC...silverback.. (-: :-)
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:38
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:38
Thanks ya asshole ....TIC
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Follow Up By: Member - David P (VIC) - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 14:38
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 14:38
oops, forgot it wasnt Friday...... :))....silverback
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Reply By: hazo - Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 23:02
Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 23:02
Empty tank(s) then refill with fresh water, add half a cup of plain bleach (white king or similar) go in van and open each tap in turn till you can smell the bleach, then close tap . Do this to all outlets!
Then fill tank up to brim again, leave overnight ,then empty out tank again and flush with fresh water run all taps till no bleach can be smelled then re fill tank and water will be fine.
We had "gardia" bug in our tank from some suspicious
water supply in
Broome, It nearly killed my wife and she spent a week in bed, and this how we were told to clean out tanks and hoses etc.
Never had any problems since and we prepare our tanks this way every year now.
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Follow Up By: scottyJ - Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 23:24
Saturday, Apr 12, 2008 at 23:24
Thanks for your response, bleach sounds like a good idea for sure.
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Reply By: mattie - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 07:21
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 07:21
Hi Scotty
go to a
home brew
shop and buy some keg and line cleaner and follow the instructions, this will dissolve everthing then rinse.
MATTIE
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Follow Up By: Sand Man (SA) - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 09:59
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 09:59
I'm not sure about this Mattie.
I tried this and was advised by the store owner that the line cleaner actually needs a continous flow to work it's wonders.
I settled on Milton's Baby Bottle wash from the supermarket because it gives you the amount to use per litre of water.
From memory, 50ml per litre.
Swimming pool chlorine (liquid) is cheaper again, but is harder to work out the quantity needed to disinfect a
water tank.
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Reply By: mattie - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 07:24
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 07:24
Scotty
make sure it is a caustic solution some shops will try to sell a metaphosphate or pink stain one product is Yuns keg and line cleaner
Mattie
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:23
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:23
Easy get some Tank Kleener from Camec or camping shops and follow the instructioons
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Reply By: scottyJ - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 13:38
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 13:38
Thanks all for your suggestions on cleaning water tanks. Ta
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Follow Up By: T-Ribby - Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 15:18
Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 at 15:18
and once your tank is clean and refilled with water, you could always drop in water purifying tabs avail from your local pharmacy, or even better still run your drinking water through a filter
unit - both will take care of dicy h2o.
cheers
T.R.
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