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Before beginning your shower be sure the water heater is lit. Adjust
the faucet for temperature before entering the tub or shower. When
shower is completed be sure to turn water off at the faucet.
Used water will drain through the plumbing pipes into the gray water
holding tank. Remember capacities of your water heater and gray
water holding tank. Long showers in a recreational vehicle are NOT
suggested due to the amount of water that is available. To conserve
water, wet down, and turn water off while you soap up, then rinse.
Sanitizing and Filling the Potable Water System
For your safety, you should sanitize your potable water system when
your recreational vehicle is new or when it has been sitting unused
for a period of time and it may have become contaminated.
Prepare a chlorine solution using 1/4 cup of bleach (5% sodium
hypochlorite solution) to one gallon of water. Prepare one gallon of
this solution for each 15 gallon capacity of the tank. As designed
and constructed, this method will sanitize the plumbing system.
For Gravity Fill Storage Tanks:
1. Close all the drains: tank, low-point drains, and have by-pass
closed to water heater.
2. Open lid on gravity fill and pour above content into tank. A
funnel may assist your efforts or be required.
3. You may wish to add additional water for circulation
4. Open all faucets to allow air to escape.
5. Turn on water pump to deliver water solution through coach
water lines.
6. Close faucets when air ceases to bubble out.
7. Allow solution remain tank and system for 3 hours.
8. Drain solution and flush as desired with fresh water.
Drainage (Fresh Water)
All permanent fresh water tanks can be drained. Three types of
drains are used, (1) a push/pull (shown), (2) a turn valve with open/
close position, and (3) a cap attached to a plastic fitting below the
trailer. An open end wrench, one inch nut size, is required to loosen
the cap.
To drain the supply lines and the entire system, you need to follow
the steps listed below. Locate the valve placed at the floor level or
close to the floor, found under the dinette, storage cabinet, and sofa.
These valves will be at the “lowest” point of the water lines.
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