De-winterising

[pophops]

Would it generally be considered safe to turn the water back on in mid-March?

[Boat&Bikes]

Assuming in England then yes.

 

Ian.

[ditchcrawler]

Did mine yesterday, it will stay full now until November. (unless I run out)

[frangar]

If the tank was left with some water in over winter I'd be tempted to run some milton....or thin bleach...through it to sterilise then flush and refill.

 

Cheers

 

Gareth

[Col_T]

With apologies for barging in on someone else's thread . . . .

 

We drained the water system over winter and are planning to refill over Easter. The intention is to add Milton to sterilize / purify the water, but the question is at what concentration? We have a 150 gallon tank, and I was thinking of using 4 litres of Milton e.g. 30ml to 5 litres of water, which approximates to the dilution for sterilizing baby stuff - is that sufficient?

 

Presumably we should leave the mixed water for about 24 hours, drain and refill - though that does seem a little wasteful of water?

 

Colin T.

[Keeping Up]

With apologies for barging in on someone else's thread . . . .

We drained the water system over winter and are planning to refill over Easter. The intention is to add Milton to sterilize / purify the water, but the question is at what concentration? We have a 150 gallon tank, and I was thinking of using 4 litres of Milton e.g. 30ml to 5 litres of water, which approximates to the dilution for sterilizing baby stuff - is that sufficient?

Presumably we should leave the mixed water for about 24 hours, drain and refill - though that does seem a little wasteful of water?

Colin T.

I add just 1 litre of Miltons to my tank in the springtime, with the tank half-full (I leave it half full over winter rather than empty it, but I do empty all the pipes), and run each cold tap for a couple of minutes. I only leave it for an hour or two, then open the furthest hot tap to drain the tank through the whole system until empty and then re-fill. I've done it that way for 30 years and it seems to work for me without leaving the water tasting of steriliser.

[Col_T]

Thanks for that, Allan.

 

I guess you mean the hot tap farthest from the calorifier? Even so, your way sounds dead simple so that's what I'll do!

 

 

Best regards,

 

 

Colin T.

[ditchcrawler]

I hate to make these comments but 13 years on this boat and 8 on the last and we have never added anything to the water and never had a tummy problem. Now that could be the kiss of death but I have said it now.