Cindy,

When we bought our 20 year-old Victory Tug, the "water" in the tanks looked
something like chicken gravy. We pumped all that out, then scrubbed as much
of the inside of the tanks as we could reach. Then we filled the tanks with
a fairly stout solution of chlorine bleach and water. I don't recall the
proportions, but we weren't too concerned because we intended to pump the
tanks dry again. We left the stuff in there over night, and then pumped the
tanks dry and refilled them with plain water--twice. (We made sure we
pumped at lot of the water through the hot water faucets, to get the hot
water heater tank cleaned out, too.) We filled them one more time, assuming
the trace of chlorine couldn't be any more than you'd find in domestically
treated water. We've been happy ever since, but we make it a point NOT to
be stingy with our use of the boat's water. (A distinct turnaround from our
sailboat cruising days.) We want to keep pumping fresh water through the
system rapidly, to minimize the chance for beasties to grow in it. AND we
change the water filter fairly often, too.

Hope this helps.

Dick Behan
LNVT "Annie"


"Cindy Ballreich" wrote in message
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I've been doing a long overdue cleaning of our two stainless steel fresh
water tanks. All appears to be well with the tanks and I didn't find any
nasty surprises when I opened them up. I've cleaned out the small amount
of sediment that I found, and rinsed the tanks several times with fresh
water. Before I button them up, I'd like to do anything I can to remove
the last of the "tank taste". I'm concerned about using a chemical that
would cause problems with the water system or leave an unpleasant flavor
of it's own. I know that baking soda and hydrogen peroxide have been
discussed here before, but never quite in this context. If anyone
(especially Peggie Hall) would like to offer comments, I'd love to hear
them.

Thanks

Cindy


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