What do others use...?????????

[Sloantedious]

It appears Puriclean contains a 'chlorine based bleaching agent' according to the Material Safety Data Sheet - so it seems to be chlorine with added chemicals to make it into a powder or tablet. Why use this expensive method when you can buy bleach at 49p a large bottle? Off the shelf supermarket bleach is usually only about 5% active chlorine. So to disinfect your tank, just dilute the bleach with water in the tank so it is 50 parts per million (ppm) and leave for a few hours. It will kill off any bacteria. Make sure you flush out a few times with fresh water to remove residual chlorine and you should be good to go! With a 100 litre tank you will need about 65 ml of household bleach. Tanks do need cleaning - like any water system they grow bacteria.

 

[Sloantedious]

Sorry - should be 100ml of bleach per 100 litres!

 

[Brains]

We drain everything at the end of every trip and leave all drains open.

Puriclean (never Milton) at the start of every season

 

[SuperMike]

In eleven years we have never used nuffink.

 

[OldWomble]

We put 4 aqua tabs in and fill the tank to the brim at the start of every trip. Nothing else. Works for us!

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[Snapper]

Never put chemicals in the fresh water tank in over 50years travelling in a Moho. Never had a problem.

 

[Dipper65]

VWP winemaking cleanser/steriliser once a year, I flush it through the taps into the grey tank which cleans and deodorises that too, jobs a good'un!

 

[Pusscat]

We have borehole water at home from the garden, untreated. That goes in the tank and is used for everything including drinking. I usually empty the tank and then refill with fresh before going on a trip…

 

[Sloantedious]

For those who are concerned about what they put in their tanks! Milton is sodium hypochlorite by a fancy name - it is 5% chlorine - so the same as household bleach! Lots of stuff gets sold with fancy brand names at high cost when it just good old chlorine.

 

[tonyidle]

I used what Lenny advised food quality citric acid.
don’t do what I did I put too much in and it took 4 rinses to clear the lemon taste.

I use a gallon of white vinegar & a fair amount of water. Run through hot & cold systems, leave overnight, then drain & flush with a fair amount of water. I don't know if it kills bugs but it doesn't half shift the limescale from the boiler . We've always used tank water for everything.

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