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17/4/2008 at 10:40pm
 Location: South Wales (gods country)
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant monarch series 6
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Hi all,i have a 2004 Eldiss Sunseeker and the tap water tastes really chemically,i`ve contacted the previous owner who used the van only for his summer hols,he said he used milton cleaner in it and flushed it through every year but i`ve flushed the system through with just clean water 4 times now and its still no better,should i take the tank out or try water purifying tablets or any other ideas...thanks..Dave


17/4/2008 at 10:56pm
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Hi

I would try the tablets first, you might find the caravan places have some thing to help you also, would try this before taking tank out,

you dont by chance have a brother called richard do you.??  i know a D tyreman.



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17/4/2008 at 11:00pm
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thanks sparky.....no brother called richard sorry,tyreman is just my username(been a tyre fitter for a few years)


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Okey dokey...good luck with it, dont forget if you take out the tank, the pipes will still be coated with the milton.


18/4/2008 at 10:47pm
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hi tyreman

this is usually caused by a non foodgrade hose. it can take months before the taste disappears.

mike

 

 



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19/4/2008 at 12:28am
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I made the mistake of putting Milton in our tank and letting it stand for too long before flushing it through.  If you fill the tank with water and let it stand before flushing through, do this a few times.  Ours went after a few flushings through.  It might help to use warm water.

Like a lot of people, we do not use tap water for drinking now but fill a large water container straight from the tap and then put it through a filter.

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20/4/2008 at 7:24pm
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thanks  for your replies,i`ll certainly try the warm water theory and let you know

dave



27/4/2008 at 4:45pm
 Location: Colchester
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We had that problem too, but used puriclean purifying powder (2.99) and it worked a treat. Tried out the water this weekend and it was fine.

We did notice that even after we had pumped all of the water out, when we opened the big screw bit at the bottom there was some residual water left in the tank, so now we make sure we empty that out at the end of a trip to stop any water stagnating.



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28/4/2008 at 8:46pm
 Location: Durham
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We used powder and then tried tablets.

Could smell the chemicals when we ran the tap never mind taste it.

Coffee tasted Yeuk.

Then we tried flushing the blue filler pipe before filling the tank as standing water can lie in the pipe.

I've also reduced the powder down to practically nil.

Water smells better, can be used for teeth cleaning but we play safe and carry water bottles for drinking.

June


07/5/2008 at 10:00pm
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flushed the tank through with the hottest water that i could and we`ve used the van for the weekend and the water`s fine now,might be due to the fact that its being used a bit more as well...thanks all for you replies



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08/5/2008 at 8:16am
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forget all those tablets, get a water purifier, there are various version around, on the previous MH had one with a seperate tap so you had one tap for drinking water, on the new MH went for an in line filter straight after the pump, this way all taps provide pure clean drinking water, with out the plastic taste

Well worth the money




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