Water tank woes

Keeping tanks full, and letting no light in has been explained to me before on several occasions. On the farm, we always had the tanks covered, although we had several other reasons to do so as well.

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Originally Posted by Ean Austral

I learnt long ago from our boats being tied up for months at a time during our coded season , that when we left tanks empty they would sweat and that would cause mould to grow inside the tanks, we would have to open thenm, get inside and clean then each year. Keeping them full during those times found we open them every 3 yrs for survey and they are a lot cleaner inside.

This is why mine are always filled when we park up the camper when it's not being used.

Cheers Ean

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That makes sense up there where even silica crystals would go mouldy... :D

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Originally Posted by Homestar

That makes sense up there where even silica crystals would go mouldy... :D

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Would??? - DO! :(

you may need to flow purge the tank.

put a fill of miltons in it and then hook up a cheap pump and let it circulate the full tank (from outlet back to the filler) for 24 hours.

flush with fresh water and repeat.

flush with fresh water, fill and see what it tastes like.

in most cases where plastic tanks taste funny after they've been given a clean out its actually the filler pipes and discharge pipes that are flavoring the water.

if the miltons only makes a slight improvement hit the thing with a good chlorine dose then flush drain and do the miltons thing.