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Arch Hoagland · 10-05-2015, 10:38 PM

What is drinking water freshener?

chboone · 10-05-2015, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by legryz

Another picture of the water tank access and the plug. I had to cut the cover off because the bed frame was over part of the edge also looks like the hole needs to be enlarged to really have good access to the plug.

Wish I had that in my Dolphin it has 90 gal fresh water capicity with two tanks side by side. When I drain my tanks it takes a while to refill. Fresh water goes to one tank then flows to the other tank by a small line between the two. The small line takes a while to equalize from one to the other.

rgand · 10-05-2015, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Arch Hoagland

What is drinking water freshener?

It keeps algae from growing in your system.

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rgand · 10-05-2015, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chboone

Wish I had that in my Dolphin it has 90 gal fresh water capicity with two tanks side by side. When I drain my tanks it takes a while to refill. Fresh water goes to one tank then flows to the other tank by a small line between the two. The small line takes a while to equalize from one to the other.

I wonder if I have two tanks in mine, too. I filled it the other day and the indicator only showed 2/3. It has 80 gal capacity.

chboone · 10-06-2015, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rgand

I wonder if I have two tanks in mine, too. I filled it the other day and the indicator only showed 2/3. It has 80 gal capacity.

Possible, wait for five or ten minutes and try filling the tank more. I usually need to do that three or four time to completely fill both tanks. Took me a few times to figure out why my tanks never showed full until I stated doing that.

rgand · 10-07-2015, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by chboone

Possible, wait for five or ten minutes and try filling the tank more. I usually need to do that three or four time to completely fill both tanks. Took me a few times to figure out why my tanks never showed full until I stated doing that.

After reading your other post, I did just that and was able to get the full indicator to light up. I also ran the last couple times with the water going in at a slower rate. I'm not sure if I have two tanks or just need to get air out of the system. Regardless of why, it does the trick. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

bigdog · 10-09-2015, 04:53 PM

I just remove my inline filter from the hose and run regular city water from the house which has chlorine in it into the on board water tank. No need to add anything else. Let it slosh around a bit and then drain it. If it's gonna be awhile before I'm using the MH or in summer, I leave it in till it's used. I try to keep 10-15 gallons in the tank when traveling to use. The one time I ran with a dry tank, we had a small fire on the road and the foam insulation needed water to cool down which I didn't have, so had to use 409,windex,etc and they worked.
We live in Silverdale Wa, home of the best water in the US. Tested and proved.

rgand · 10-09-2015, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdog

I just remove my inline filter from the hose and run regular city water from the house which has chlorine in it into the on board water tank. No need to add anything else. Let it slosh around a bit and then drain it. If it's gonna be awhile before I'm using the MH or in summer, I leave it in till it's used. I try to keep 10-15 gallons in the tank when traveling to use. The one time I ran with a dry tank, we had a small fire on the road and the foam insulation needed water to cool down which I didn't have, so had to use 409,windex,etc and they worked.
We live in Silverdale Wa, home of the best water in the US. Tested and proved.

Thanks for your input.

nothermark · 10-09-2015, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by rgand

I have an 2003 Dolphin 6342 and can't figure out how to get drinking water freshener into the holding tank. My Winnebago had a gravity water fill hatch on the passenger side. I can't find anything like that on this RV.

I tried to get it in through the winterization inlet but couldn't figure that out either. The instructions next to the valves don't get the job done. It says to turn the left valve horizontal and the right one vertical then turn the pump on. OK, it wouldn't draw anything in from the container I had. Yes, I had a hose down in the container but the pump wouldn't run. The pump does work to run sinks or use the potty but not that inlet.

Anyone have the answer for this?

Thanks, Robert

Did you go in and have someone turn on a faucet? The pressure sensor is on the output of the pump. The inlet you are using is on the inlet side of the pump. The pressure sensor needs low pressure to turn on the pump. ;-) You will need the same trick to winterize.

rgand · 10-09-2015, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nothermark

Did you go in and have someone turn on a faucet? The pressure sensor is on the output of the pump. The inlet you are using is on the inlet side of the pump. The pressure sensor needs low pressure to turn on the pump. ;-) You will need the same trick to winterize.

Thanks for the input. Chboone's post explains how to make it work from the input panel. I tried that and it did the trick.