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Water for a cuppa ?

deadl0ck · 2008-04-10 10:22:06

Hi guys, So my first (very basic) question about our motorhome : Can we use the water from the water tank for making tea ? I know it will depend on the condition of the tank and pipes, but generally, if they are clean... Or should we have a good supply of bottled drinking water and use that in the kettle also ? Actually -…

10-04-2008 10:22am

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deadl0ck

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Hi guys,

So my first (very basic) question about our motorhome :

Can we use the water from the water tank for making tea ?
I know it will depend on the condition of the tank and pipes, but generally, if they are clean...
Or should we have a good supply of bottled drinking water and use that in the kettle also ?

Actually - if you had to - could you drink the water from the taps ?

Thanks !

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#2 10-04-2008 10:52am

sandyg

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Once you boil the water it should be fine for tea. We have a filter in our water system so we have no probs drinking the water direct from the tap. In our previous motorhome we just carried a few bottles of water for drinking and used the water from the tank for boiling the kettle water for tea etc.

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#3 10-04-2008 10:54am

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055207962&highlight=tank+cleaning

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#4 10-04-2008 1:48pm

deadl0ck

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Cool - thanks guys

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#5 10-04-2008 7:11pm

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Would never use water from the tank for anything other than washing.
We always bring bottle water for tea.:)

Bido:)

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#6 11-04-2008 8:22pm

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If you put miltons at a rate of a third to a half cap full per 100 litres into your water tank you should be safe. I stayed in my camper for three months till the end of December 2007 in wexford while waiting for a house sale to go through and i never had any problems:D. Just remember that the chlorine will eventually reduce to zero within 3 to 4 days and leave the water unprotected. that was not a problem with me as i had to fill the tank every four days anyway.

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#7 13-04-2008 1:41pm

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The answer to this question depands on how safe the water is where you fill up. I clean my system with milton and leave home with a full tank (we have our own well). This is used for drinking, tea making, teeth brushing until we run out. dishwashing is done in campers kitchen where possible. If we have to refill at a camp site we generally buy bottled water for drinking/teeth brushing, though there are a few places around the country we know we can get a safe refill. If we have refilled with unknown water, we reclean tanks before the next trip.

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