>From my archives, I think this was Roger Spence's remedy. We clean the water tanks twice a year with a solution of lemon juice and baking soda in the water (lots of foaming up and hissing), bounce around for about 1/2 hour, and empty the tanks. Keeps everything sweet, without the Clorox taste Assuming that you have a plastic tank, with reinforced walls at the tank cleanout plug; and that you'll be at a dock with good water provisions.
The clean out procedure is with a small wet brush inside the tank connected to an extension device (I use firm coat hangers taped to the brush in a wet tank) (a bit of water in the bottom) to scrub down the tank walls as best you can, while manipulating the angle of the extension (coat hanger) to get to the walls as best you can. Pump the tank dry, and whatever guck you accumulated should be near the drain ( the boats water feed tube). Remove it with a sponge, paper towel, whatever. Now a garden hose with a pressure fitting can be inserted into the primarily cleaned tank, and a high pressure spray can first help clean the bottom and lower parts, then as the water rises, your spray will be directed at the higher walls, top. Pump the tank dry and remove whatever guck is near the drain (water feed fitting). Replace the cleanout plug, using the plumbers teflon tape to seal the threads, taking care not to cross thread the soft plastic. With the loose guck you removed, now clean-out any in-line filters that are in the fresh water system, to capture the rest of the guck. Now, pour about 1/2 a large box of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda in the deck tank fill. Fill the tank about 1/2 full with fresh water. Pour 1/2 of a large bottle of Concentrated Lemon Juice, like ReaLemon, into the thrudeck fitting, and stand back! The Lemon Juice will react with the baking soda and create a volcano of foam coming out the deck fitting! This is good foam that will touch every corner and crevice of your tank to kill whatever slime is living there. Close the deck fitting, clean the deck, and go sailing or motoring, to get some wave action inside the tank. About three hours later, back at the dock, pump the lemon/baking soda mixture through your fresh water system; fill the tank again, and pump it through again. Now, clean out your pump guard strainers, replace your in-line carbon filter, whatever. Your water tank will have killed the nasties, and the new fresh water will taste: "Well clean; kinda fruity with not too much nose; flinty but robust; I can taste the blackberries:" but somehow, it doesn't have that Chlorine aftertaste!! After you drain the chlorine water mixture, fill the tank again but this time add a cup of vinegar. Run it through the lines and top up the tank again. Let it sit another 24 hours and drain. This will get rid of the chlorine smell and taste. The water will be as clean, tasty (or tasteless) and safe to drink as you put in. I added a combination ceramic, activated charcoal water filter at the sink and use this for drinking water. Charcoal removes Chlorine. Bill Coleman C&C 39 -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dave Lane via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 12:14 PM To: via CnC-List Subject: Stus-List Skanky hot water Hi, On our 29-2, the hot water has been skanky (technical work for "it smells some") for years and I'd like to do something about if finally. The fresh water system is fine. It's a cube shaped 5 gallon unit that pre-dates our ownership of the boat. It is dual electric and engine hot water heated. Any suggestions on how I can flush it? Javex maybe? Clearly I don't want to do anything to wreck the cold water system. --- Dave 83 C&C 29-2 St Margaret Sailing Club, NS _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
