Sanitizing The Fresh Water System - Fleetwood 1996 Owner's Manual

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FRESH WATER SYSTEM
CAUTION·
Overfilling the fresh water tank from a pressurized
source will cause serious damage to the water tank
components or structural damage. Monitor water
tank filling continually.
Check the monitor panel often to determine when the tank is full. If water
is flowing from the air/overflow vent, your tank is overfilled. Tum the city
water supply valve OFF to stop filling. Tum the WATER TANK BYPASS
valve to the right (clockwise) to close it.
You can now disconnect and store the city water supply hose.
SANITIZING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM
Sanitize the fresh water tank and piping approximately every three months,
and whenever the motor home sits for a prolonged period. This will discourage
the growth of ba¢leria and other organisms that can contaminate the water
supply.
Sanitizing or winterizing the fresh water system requires four major steps:
• Getting the sanitize/winterize solution into the water tank
• Filling the water tank with water
• Pumping the solution through the system
• Draining/flushing the system
The procedure is the same for both sanitizing and winterizing, although the
solution used is different. To winterize, you will need an approved RV water
system antifreeze. To sanitize, prepare the following solution:
1/4-CUp household liquid chlorine bleach (5% sodium
hypochlorite) to one gallon of water for each 15 gallons .
of tank capacity. For a 1 DO-gallon tank, 6 2
Js
gallons of
solution is required (the total amount of chlorine bleach
for a 1 DO-gallon tank is 1 2
Js
cups.)
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