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07-05-2020, 10:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Germantown, Maryland
Posts: 160
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How do you use your water tanks
When you are stationary for 3 or 4 weeks do you rotate fresh water thru your tanks? Do you drain and refill with fresh before moving to your next location? I'm wondering how long non-chlorinated water takes to get "stale" especially with temps in the 80s and 90s.
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07-05-2020, 10:28 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Central, Arkansas
Posts: 11,202
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I typically fill the tank and use it till it runs low then fill it again. I get better pressure from the pump than through the pressure regulator. It also gives me an easy way to turn the water off when we leave the coach.
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Cummins ISC 350HP Allison 3000 6 speed
2020 Chevy Equinox Premier 2.0t 9 speed AWD
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07-05-2020, 10:57 AM
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Registered User
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Blairsville, GA & WPB, FL
Posts: 3,993
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You worry too much. In 50 years of RVing we drink the water from the tank... city water or well water. For 3 months during the winter we use the water out of the tank when the water is off in the park... could be 3 months “old” and use it to get home. I do drain the tank while in the MH bay and will refill when leaving on a trip. Will run the new water through the system after replacing the filters with new... no extra chlorine added and have never ”sanitized” a system.
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07-05-2020, 12:37 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
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We keep the freshwater tank full all the time. We have a high-quality water filter under the sink with separate faucet that we use for all consumable needs, so we don't worry about how fresh it is. If we're not doing much traveling I try to drain and refill it maybe every three months.
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2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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07-05-2020, 03:07 PM
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Senior Member
Entegra Owners Club
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Location: Cape Cod, MA
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I like to keep the tank filled with water from a trusted source. Usually we use the campground's water.
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Cape Cod, MA
2017 Entegra Aspire RBQ & Silverado Crew or GC
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07-05-2020, 03:19 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Jacksonville, Fl
Posts: 3,542
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We ALWAYS work out of the onboard water tank, refilling when we need to. And yes, always refill before leaving, we travel with a full water tank.
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07-07-2020, 12:45 PM
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Senior Member
American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 480
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We use the fresh water tank as pressure is much better. I refill it when dumping the gray and black water tanks. Usually every two days. Our fresh holds 120 gallons. Gray is 70 gallons. Black is 40 gallons.
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07-07-2020, 12:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas
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We fill it on first trip of the year, refill it if it gets under half full through the season and pull the drain on the way home from last trip of the year.
We live in the country where the power in past times has been iffy. The MH is always full of fuel and water just in case we need it as a life boat.
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07-07-2020, 12:53 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 15,749
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Only use city water to fill the tank as needed. This way easy to turn off the water via pump switch at night or when away. Minimizes plumbing surprizes.
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2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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07-07-2020, 02:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
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I've been fulltime dry camping for over a month now while working on the coach outside of a local Lowes - moving to a truck stop at night and filling the water from their city connection as needed.
Normally I just fill from a city source and use what's in the tank for washing / cooking etc. If I'm in one place with a hookup for extended periods, then the tank might make icecubes in the fridge too. But when stored and winter is coming, I just pull the drains on the tank and lines, and open all the faucets. Never done anything more than that in many years, never an issue.
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