How often do you clean your freshwater tank?

 .... so its pretty old now - like us!

TF

Would it last THAT long ........ 

Write your comments here...Ouch Molly ,that has cut me and TF to the quick! 

 .... so its pretty old now - like us!

TF

Would it last THAT long ........ 

Write your comments here...Ouch Molly ,that has cut me and TF to the quick! 

For those who religiously clean out their tank, I will leave you with this thought.

How often do you clean out your household loft water tank?

peedee

The storage tank in my loft feeds only the hot water system. All cold taps are connected directly to the main supply. We don't drink water from the loft storage tank which only supplies the hot taps and the shower.

For years we used Milton or supermarket variations, to clean our water system through via the Aquaroll, once a year at the beginning of each season. Reading CT we realised this wasn't a good idea and switched to Puriclean. However we had noticd a horrible bleachy taint to the water - we always use water straight from the van system. The Aquarolls seemed to be the culprit. After much research we gave the Aquarolls a good soaking in bicarbonate of soda, good rinse out - job done, lovely water.  We then just flushed the system through with clean water. This is what we shall do in future. This year we plan to start using the on- board water tank for the first time. We'll flush it through with Puriclean & then lots of fresh clean water. The Aquarolls will then be soaked in bicarbonate of soda & rinsed. There must be something in the composition of Aquarolls that don't like Miton or Puriclean type cleaners, we never had this problem with the old white water containers. The manufacturers of Aquarolls recommend bicarbonate of soda for cleaning out. We've never used bottled water, and dont  intend to! 

For those who religiously clean out their tank, I will leave you with this thought.

How often do you clean out your household loft water tank?

peedee

The storage tank in my loft feeds only the hot water system. All cold taps are connected directly to the main supply. We don't drink water from the loft storage tank which only supplies the hot taps and the shower.

Write your comments here...I don't even have loft storage as we had mains fed water direct to the combi and have mains presure.

As for the on board tank I too find Miton an issue but regular flushing with clean water during the season and a deep clean pre season with a similar cleaning agent also striping shower heads and clean with a de-scaler will keep things tickyty boo :-)

For years we used Milton or supermarket variations, to clean our water system through via the Aquaroll, once a year at the beginning of each season. Reading CT we realised this wasn't a good idea and switched to Puriclean. However we had noticd a horrible bleachy taint to the water - we always use water straight from the van system. The Aquarolls seemed to be the culprit. After much research we gave the Aquarolls a good soaking in bicarbonate of soda, good rinse out - job done, lovely water.  We then just flushed the system through with clean water. This is what we shall do in future. This year we plan to start using the on- board water tank for the first time. We'll flush it through with Puriclean & then lots of fresh clean water. The Aquarolls will then be soaked in bicarbonate of soda & rinsed. There must be something in the composition of Aquarolls that don't like Miton or Puriclean type cleaners, we never had this problem with the old white water containers. The manufacturers of Aquarolls recommend bicarbonate of soda for cleaning out. We've never used bottled water, and dont  intend to! 

What dilution of Bicarb do you use in your Aquaroll?

Not a motor home, but a caravan...I use Milton and sterilise twice a year..At the start of the season and last thing before laying up. ...Fill Aquaroll with sterilise mix but only draw up water through the cold tap system....Don't use the hot tap as you don't want to fill hot water tank with Milton which is basically a bleach and would harm the tank inside...Leave filled cold water system for 24hours, drain of and rinse through thoroughly twice with fresh water.

if youre using you van constantly, i dont really see a reason to clean the water system....our tap water contains chlorine..

for those who wish to do so, Truma produce a product called Aquastar which can help and is non corrosive to stainless steel boilers... 

So the answer to the OP is, use the M/H regularly  and you won't need to clean it out 

So the answer to the OP is, use the M/H regularly  and you won't need to clean it out 

Well, it certainly helps to use kit that needs to be used....

helps avoid 'sleepy van syndrome' and the law of 'use it or lose it'....