Bill&Pam
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We use the RO water out of the machines located outside grocery and convenience stores for all our drinking water including coffee. So our fresh water tank is only used for toilet, sinks, and shower. We are wondering if anyone has ever added Calgon to the fresh tank so showers could be taken with soft water.
We are also planning to add Calgon to our holding tanks as we hear it does a good job of cleaning them. Does anyone know what the ratio is for adding to holding tanks?
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swebber
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How do you brush your teeth ? Do you run the faucet while brushing...I believe if you ran your faucet at least once while the pump was running for showering or the toilet flushing you would then send Calgon tainted water thru the faucets.
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skipnchar
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I wouldn't do it but then I wouldn't haul around 50 gallons of water I couldn't drink either.
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skipnchar wrote:I wouldn't do it but then I wouldn't haul around 50 gallons of water I couldn't drink either.
My sentiments exactly.
I wouldn't want to wash and rinse my dishes in Calgon treated water, either.
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No sense in fouling your potable water tank.
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Bill&Pam
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Hmmm, well, I know nothing about the ingredients of Calgon. But I understand it is used to 'soften' water.
I also know people drink and wash dishes with water that goes thru their household water softeners.
But apparently we're talking about two completely different ways to soften water.
BTW, skipnchar, we carry 100 gallons of water that we don't drink - although we could. We prefer to carry 12 gallons of RO water for drinking purposes.
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Bill&Pam
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BTW, DianneOK, I think it is a fulltiming subject since we take ALL our showers in our fulltime rig and would like to have softened water. I wanted to hear from other fulltimers that might have the same wants and that is why I posted there.
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texasrvr
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I would not recommend putting any kind of chemical in my fresh water tank. I sanitize it in spring but make sure the whole system is flushed clean. I'll take a case of bottled water for coffee and drinking and get more if needed when I shop for grub. As far as water softeners they use salt which most of us older folks need to stay away from. No matter how much you flush out the resin bed there is still a residue of salt in the water.
You can use a good quality filter on your hose when you fill up that will get most of the funny stuff out of the water that you put in your tank. Just make sure you get a new one once in a while. Usually the city water inlet is separate from the tank so when you hook up your hose to this inlet you won't be putting water into the tank but go directly to the water system after your pump. So a hose filter is still the way to go.
My wife is finicky about the soap she uses and uses Dove in the squeeze bottle which works well in most all water conditions.
A lot of the new upper end RVs have canister filters built into their water systems and I have seen doubles hooked in series to clean the water. Might be good but they are another special maintenance item to cope with. Not to mention the filters probably cost $$$...
Another issue is contaminated water spigots. Carry a spray bottle with a bleach solution and spray the threads and inside the spigot and then run some water before hooking up.
A good filter will also filter out junk like listera which can get you pretty ill.
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I'm so fussy about my water tank. I took it out and had fittings put on the bottom so when i drained it all of the water would go out not leaving that 1 1/2 inches in the bottom.
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