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Any suggestions anyone ?

I have taken our new Pathfinder away now on three occasions and have had the same problem with the taste of the water. At first I put it down to the area we were camping in but I now realize this was not the case. We have not been drinking the water from the tap directly but have been putting it in the kettle and boiling it for tea which ends up having a bad taste.I did also try drinking the water direct from the tap and it still had a distinctive taste.

Should I be adding purification tablets or could the taste be because the unit is new ?

Regards ..............Marcus 

Vince & Geoff - Many thanks for the advice - I'll try flushing through with the bicarbonate of soda as you suggest and see if that makes a difference,

Cheers ..................Marcus

Hi,

we found this and now always have a small container of water that we use to fill the kettle/ water filter etc as it gets filled more regular than the aqua roll the water is fresher.

we also use the aqua roll for water to the taps for washing.

we flush our pipes and containers out with puriclean  and we never have any problems using the water from the system.

regards als

Try taking some water from home once you have cleaned your pipes because site water oftern tasted awful.

Failing that we always use supermarket mineral water because it;s so cheap now and you never get a bad cuppa..so it takes the guessing out of it.

Martin.

I had a folding camper with an immersed pump (filter is on the cartridge that you drop into the water-carrier) for some years (and will have another one at the end of this year - finally talked other half into a Pathfinder YAY!!!) and always cleaned the system with Milton or some other baby bottle steriliser.  I used to make up a full aqua-roll of solution (as per instructions on bottle, then draw enough through for the pipe to be full.  I then went away and left it for an hour or two before fully rinsing the aquaroll and drawing 2 full barrels through the system to rinse it out.  As I used the trailer every weekend of the season, I usually only had to do this at the beginning of the season.

Other than cleaning/flushing the system, make sure you keep the open top of the aquaroll covered to stop creepy-crawlies getting in - the filter stops them getting into the pipes, but you really don't want them swimming about in your water anyway!  Remember no to seal the top when you cover it though - air needs to get in for the water to get out.

Happy camping

Quote: Originally posted by Scampi on 05/08/2004

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I had a folding camper with an immersed pump (filter is on the cartridge that you drop into the water-carrier) for some years (and will have another one at the end of this year - finally talked other half into a Pathfinder YAY!!!) and always cleaned the system with Milton or some other baby bottle steriliser.  I used to make up a full aqua-roll of solution (as per instructions on bottle, then draw enough through for the pipe to be full.  I then went away and left it for an hour or two before fully rinsing the aquaroll and drawing 2 full barrels through the system to rinse it out.  As I used the trailer every weekend of the season, I usually only had to do this at the beginning of the season.

Other than cleaning/flushing the system, make sure you keep the open top of the aquaroll covered to stop creepy-crawlies getting in - the filter stops them getting into the pipes, but you really don't want them swimming about in your water anyway!  Remember no to seal the top when you cover it though - air needs to get in for the water to get out.

Happy camping

 

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That is exactly what we do and it seems to work fine.

Just a couple of things to add to what has already been said.

You are draining the water each and every time you leave site.  If not this water may start to cause problems if left in the pipes for an extended time.

I certaily agree that garden hose pipe is not food grade and should not be used.  However I am not sure that just becasue a pipe is a certain colour it is or is not food grade.  I am sure we used to have clear food grade pipe for the beer to the pumps in a previous life.

New aqua rolls have been know to taint water. Miltons etc has resolved this previously.  If you have a filter fitted and it has not been changed in ages this could be part of the problem. They should be changed yearly.

Let us know how you get on.

Thanks again for all for your replies.

In answer to wlee, The Pathfinder is brand new as is the aquaroll. At home we drink water from a well (rural Ireland) so I suppose I should expect some difference.When I put the bottled water from the supermarket straight into the kettle it was fine.

I'm away again tomorrow so I'll definately get flushing. The point about the Chlorine was very interesting .........maybe I've just got used to drinking water from the well for too long ?

Marcus