Puryifying the water system

[Mike_374409781]

Just what is the best way to clean and purify the Aquaroll and the vans water system ? Some people say use Milton, some say sodium metabisulphate, and some even say use bleach. I don't want funny tasting cups of tea for the rest of 2009, nor do I wish to damage any of the vans equipment..Could I have a definitive answer from somebody please ?

 

[colin-yorkshire]

sorry mike there isn't one, if you search through the achives or forum search you will find dozens of posts and hundreds of contributions on the subject with vastly differing views.

there will probably be a few more along in a minute or two.

personally we do not drink the water out of the van supply so I don't bother doing the van at all I don't even have a filtre exept on the pump but prefer to drain down throughly and leave the system cmpletely dry (taps and drain open ) all the time because microbes only grow in damp stagnent water if the system is dry there is nowhere for them to breed (this is the reason I do not have a filtre) the aqua roll and wase hog however do get a clean in a mild solution of milton and a rinse at the end of the season before storing and a really good rinse through before the first trip.

colin

 

[Jennifer2]

we use Puriclean, at least twice a year. will not harm the system.

we do not have a filter either, never have. we use the van water for everything, never had a problem yet.

 

[JohnM20]

Hi Mike

When we were at the Chatsworth site last weekend there was a water engineer doing a routine disinfection of the water system in the toilet block. Whilst chatting to him I said I was about to sterilise my system in the caravan, it being the first trip out this year. He asked me what I used and told him Milton. He said we use ???? (a chemical name that I can't remember) to sterilise the site's water system and said that it was completely safe and had no taste. His implication was that it would be better to use than Milton for the caravan. Perhaps someone from the Caravan Club or another water engineer could advise us what this mystery substance is and whether it would be a better alternative to Milton and similar products.

Regards

John M

 

[JTQ]

The problem most of us have is with the Truma water heater. If you read their instructions for sterilising it it says not to use "chlorine" based products. This is because the boiler is made of stainless steel. So Milton is out unless you want to go directly against Truma's instructions.

The only product they approve is Certisil Argento, which has active silver ions, and is chlorine free.