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w.o.y
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Topic: Sanitising Water system Posted: 11 May 2019 at 9:23am |
I have forgotten how much chlorine to use to sanitise my R77 R-Pod fresh water system. Want to do it today so hopefully someone familiar with this will send a reply .
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Awchief
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 11:03am |
Opinions may very but I use 1/4 cup bleach.
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lostagain
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 11:06am |
This is what the all knowing Google says: To sanitize the water system use a quarter cup of household bleach for every fifteen gallons of water your fresh water tank holds. Mix the bleach, with water, into a one-gallon container and pour it into the fresh water holding tank. Fill the fresh water tank almost completely full of potable water.
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w.o.y
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 11:20am |
Originally posted by lostagain
This is what the all knowing Google says: To sanitize the water system use a quarter cup of household bleach for every fifteen gallons of water your fresh water tank holds. Mix the bleach, with water, into a one-gallon container and pour it into the fresh water holding tank. Fill the fresh water tank almost completely full of potable water. |
Thanks a bunch for that . I am thinking my RP177 holds about 17 gallons including the hot water tank so 1/4 cup should be about right unless I hear differently from someone .
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lostagain
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 11:23am |
I could be wrong, but don't all r-Pods have 30 gal. fresh water tanks?
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Happy Tripping
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 11:58am |
Originally posted by Awchief
Opinions may very but I use 1/4 cup bleach. |
The reason for this variance is that time of exposure plays a big part. Lesser amounts of bleach simply require, within reason, increased length of time for the bleach to do it's thing.
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w.o.y
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 12:11pm |
Tanks guys. I have quarter cup in there now and will see if I can find the right number of gallons it holds
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Billy Bob
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 12:25pm |
pretty positive you have a 30 gallon fresh water tank like all the rest of us unless your pod was modified with a different smaller fresh water tank
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w.o.y
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 1:15pm |
Thanks for the replies. Now I will see if I can find the right number of l gallons for my particular model.
EDIT I tried to answer with this same message a couple times from my tablet in the coffee shop on my tablet. It wouldn't let me send it. Warning comes up . It said spamming is not allowed so can't post . . I wonder what that was all about . Works good on my PC . . . .lol . . .
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Tars Tarkas
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Posted: 11 May 2019 at 2:05pm |
I'll join the others in being shocked if you have anything other than a 30 gallon fresh water tank. As someone else said, time is a factor in the equation. Half a cup of bleach in 30 gallons for 4 hours I think. A cup up bleach for an hour maybe.
The "spam" thing happens, in my experience, when you have a slow connection and try to re-post a message that seems like it didn't post but it did.
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