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Topic: cleaning the fresh water tank
Posted By: swanson
Subject: cleaning the fresh water tank
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2025 at 12:01pm
how much vinegar do I use to add to the fresh water tank to make the water taste good again



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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2025 at 2:00pm
Hello Swanson,

Welcome to the forum. Since I have no idea of your tank's condition, I can't say for certain.

Have you sanitized the tank after dewinterizing? If not, then for a 30 gallon tank, you will need plain (no cleaning additives) bleach. Recommendations vary but 3/4 cup for a 30 gallon tank should be fine. Fill the tank part way, add the bleach diluted with water, and finish filling the tank. Run the faucets (don't forget outside shower/spray port) until you smell bleach. Shut the faucets off and top off the tank. Then let it sit for at least 8 hours.

Then drain the tank and use the low point drains to drain the bleach-water out of the system. Close the valves and fill the tank with fresh water. Flush all the lines with the fresh water. You may need to drain and repeat. Then the tank and lines will be sanitized. Once this is done, if there is still a taste of chlorine, you could use either vinegar or (my preference) baking soda to help remove any residual taste. It doesn't take much.




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Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2025 at 2:14pm
StephenH - good advice on sanitizing tank first before using your concoction to rid the tank of the bleach taste.  We use a mixture of 1 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup baking soda, and 1/2 cup lemon juice in 5 gallons of water in the FW tank.  Let sit for 5 minutes and then run your cold water lines until tank is empty.  This has worked for us to rid that bleach taste in the water.  Yes, we use the FW tank for drinking.

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