In 2004 we took possession of a new Bailey Ranger 470/4.
From day 1 we had trouble with a nasty taste and smell in the fresh water system.
Being new to caravanning at that time we assumed that it was something that we were doing wrong, or admitting to do at all.
We went back to our suppliers who were very helpful but baffled as to a cure for the problem. As a trial they fitted an inline filter in the system (as the Ranger does not have any filtration fitted) but this did little to help the situation.
We had already taken advice from more experienced caravaners and purified the system with 'Purachem and/or Milton, following the instructions to the letter and flushing the system afterwards.
It was usually fine for that evening but when opening the tap the next morning the smell and taste had returned.
In January this year we were fortunate enough to take possession of a new Bailey Pageant series 6 and found that we have the same problem again.
To prove that we were not getting paranoid about things we invited other people to smell and taste the water. The look on their faces gave us the answer.
My sister and her husband, who have been caravanning for 25 years are baffled by all this and swapped their Aquaroll with ours to at leaste to prove the Aquaroll was not at fault. They used our Aquaroll and had no problem.
After a few hours with my sisters Aqua roll connected the water was again tainted, so we came to the conclusion that the fault does not lie with the Aqua roll.
I contacted Bailey's to see if they could shed any light on the problem, or indeed suggest something else to try, but there answer was to replace the whole water system, including the hot water tank. This seemed to me, and my supplier to be a bit drastic for a brand new caravan.
Can you see anything that we are doing wrong, or suggest anything else we could try?
We are now having to use bottled water, which is proving not only expensive, but inconvenient and spoiling the enjoyment of our new van.
From day 1 we had trouble with a nasty taste and smell in the fresh water system.
Being new to caravanning at that time we assumed that it was something that we were doing wrong, or admitting to do at all.
We went back to our suppliers who were very helpful but baffled as to a cure for the problem. As a trial they fitted an inline filter in the system (as the Ranger does not have any filtration fitted) but this did little to help the situation.
We had already taken advice from more experienced caravaners and purified the system with 'Purachem and/or Milton, following the instructions to the letter and flushing the system afterwards.
It was usually fine for that evening but when opening the tap the next morning the smell and taste had returned.
In January this year we were fortunate enough to take possession of a new Bailey Pageant series 6 and found that we have the same problem again.
To prove that we were not getting paranoid about things we invited other people to smell and taste the water. The look on their faces gave us the answer.
My sister and her husband, who have been caravanning for 25 years are baffled by all this and swapped their Aquaroll with ours to at leaste to prove the Aquaroll was not at fault. They used our Aquaroll and had no problem.
After a few hours with my sisters Aqua roll connected the water was again tainted, so we came to the conclusion that the fault does not lie with the Aqua roll.
I contacted Bailey's to see if they could shed any light on the problem, or indeed suggest something else to try, but there answer was to replace the whole water system, including the hot water tank. This seemed to me, and my supplier to be a bit drastic for a brand new caravan.
Can you see anything that we are doing wrong, or suggest anything else we could try?
We are now having to use bottled water, which is proving not only expensive, but inconvenient and spoiling the enjoyment of our new van.
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