Thread: Water Tanks

All interesting replies.

Just for interests sake, I have a 65 litre galvanised water tank in my Defender which has water in it most of the time, only the amount varies. I have never had an issue with it. The tank is around 25 years old now too. Sometimes it's months between camping trips.

Same with the black plastic tank I had in my old camper, I'd just drain it occasionally and refill.

Originally Posted by bee utey

The stuff called "Milton" is sold at any chemist for sterilising baby bottles. Works well on water drums/tanks.

x3 this is the best and safe. Used by hospitals and safe for baby bottles etc.

We use bog standard pool chlorine at work to do exactly this.

We 'super chlorinate', go for a drive to shake it around.

Empty and flush up to three times to remove all chlorine.

Good to go.

Sodium metabisulfite is the stuff home brewers use for sanitising bottles.