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  1. 6th March 2011, 07:43 PM #11
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    scoop the innards from a pumpkin.
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  2. 6th March 2011, 09:18 PM #12
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    Do not use a garden hose to fill a water tank for drinking
    It doesn't mater how old the hose is you it will give a plastic
    tast to the water

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  3. 6th March 2011, 09:36 PM #13
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    Just flush it with hot water and maybe then with cold water. I flush the tank in the camper before filling it before each trip and its been fine. Keep it empty when not in use.
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  4. 7th March 2011, 02:23 AM #14
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    Check out Whitworth's Marine.They have plenty of products that take out the plastic taste that you describe.
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  5. 7th March 2011, 11:17 AM #15
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    So , what do you fill your water tanks with if not a garden hose?
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  6. 7th March 2011, 12:49 PM #16
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    Caravan shops or many hardware stores will sell food grade hose pipes.
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  7. 7th March 2011, 12:57 PM #17
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    Drinksafe Drinking Water Hose 12mm x 10m - Cyclone Industries Pty Ltd

    Here's a picture of the blue-coloured hose you can get these days.
    At any given point in time, somewhere in the world someone is working on a Land-Rover.
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    Always fill mine with the garden hose (nylex) and when we camp, we have kids coming up to drink the water it tastes so good! ..... and before anyone asks, we do NOT add anything to the water
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    We fill ours with a food grade hose, but for the first wee while there was a really plastic taste. We put a teaspoon of bicarb soda in the water and it soon cleared.
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  10. 8th March 2011, 03:31 PM #20
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    Fill it with beer that will fix it.

    As for filling with a garden hose, if you run and flush the old water out of the hose it will be ok. The hose that caravan shops sell is for when a caravan is connected to the tap and the water is then sitting in the hose for periods of time.

    I often drink straight from a hose when I have been using it to water or wash something and when finished have a big drink. I tastes fine.

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