Motorhome water system

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edited May 2022 in Motorhomes #1

Bought our first Motorhome last month. I have been told to sterilise the water system but I can’t find out the capacity of the system on our 2010 Elddis Autoquest 130. I have scoured the manual but it only tells me the waste tank capacity (45 litres). Anyone help me please so I can calculate how much to mix up. 
Thanks

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  • SteveL
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    edited May 2022 #2

    Are you able to fill the fresh water with a watering can, rather than a hose. If so you can measure it.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2022 #3

    You can find most things online. It’s 45 litres according to this on a 2007 model. That's unusual as MHs generally have a bigger fresh tank than waste tank.


    https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/motorhomes/buyers-guide/motorhomes/details/130/10854

     

  • ScreenName13E00D2154
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    edited May 2022 #4

    I will have a go at filling it up from empty -try and work out how many containers it takes to fill it. 
    I did try to search online but didn’t find an answer. 
    This discussion group is really helpful though. 

  • Bakers2
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    edited May 2022 #5

    Hello and welcome

    Just a word of warning regarding sterilising. There is at least one thread on here, possibly more!, I'd rather look for a needle in haystack than search this site - but Google could be your friend, I'm a bit time limited at present.....

    Some sterilisation can damage heating and filters. 

    Do you really need go sterilise? We never did ours, I don't do indoors either!

    If you're worried about the water from the taps you can boil it before use, even for teeth brushing. We never had a problem our motorhome was 3 years old when we got it.  You can just fill up with fresh water and run all the taps to flush it through. You could even keep the hose on as you do. We are lucky enough to have plentiful cheap safe water on tap. I don't advocate wasting water, you could direct the 'used' water onto growing plants....

     

  • brue
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    edited May 2022 #6

    We use puriclean which is non corrosive and there maybe advice on their web site or elsewhere so that you can make a "good guess" about the amount needed.

  • Kasspa
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    edited May 2022 #7

    I would suggest your fresh water tank is slightly more than your 45 litre waste.

    My waste is 105, fresh is 120 & I reckon the other 15 is factored in for the toilet holding tank.

    If you calculated 60 litres, regardless if it was slightly more I'm sure the solution would do some good.....

    As has been mentioned previously, use Puriclean as other sterilizing agents can harm hot water elements/boilers.

     

    hth

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