Why is the water sterilised
Caravan water sterilisation
hi everybody welcome back now a few
videos ago I did a video on how to drain
down your Caravan in that video I used a
bit of kit called the flow and it uses
air to push out the water out of the
taps now in that video I mentioned that
I was going to sterilize at the carand
pipework and indeed I am and I've had
lots of questions about the best way and
the best products to use about
sterilizing the taps and the pipes and
the aqua rolls etc the whole water
system in fact so I thought today well
why don't I show you how we're going to
sterilize the water system ready for
another cleaner season now this is the
end of the season admittedly but we
don't really stop we carry on
caravanning right throughout the winter
so this is as good as time as any to
sterilize the water system in fact we do
it twice a year we do it at the end of
the summer beginning of autumn and we
also do it in the spring time as well so
we do it twice a year and it keeps the
pipe work nice and clean now unlike many
people I have seen we actually use our
water system we actually drink from our
taps I see no reason not to it just
makes it far more convenient to be
honest with you and we've had no
problems with it we don't get any nasty
taste we've certainly never caught any
bugs from our water system so it means
that whatever we're doing seems to be
doing ok seems to be doing the right way
and yes that's us all sorted so first of
all let's go through some of the
products that we use to sterilize the
system there is two of trains of thought
here when dealing with sterilization
some people will say use Milton because
there's a sterilizing fluid and other
people will say use pure clean now
there's a really good argument as to
which one you should be using the
argument ultimately is you should be
using pure clean where Milton actually
can be corrosive to metal surfaces even
so so on the back of the packet Milton
works best when it's operating on a
clean surface so it's ideal for
sterilizing baby bottles or home brewing
equipment the other thing it will not do
is it will not remove
known as biofilm if you go home and you
put your finger inside a hosepipe for
instance you can sometimes feel it's a
bit slimy
well that is biofilm and this will not
remove it pure clean however is
specifically designed to do that eat
both sterilized is and it cleans and
it's designed for water tanks as well so
this is the product that we use and this
is the one we've been using now for
three years or since we've been
caravanning we've not had any problems
with it let me show you how we use it so
the very first step we need to do is we
need to fill our aqua rope we're going
to be sterilizing the equal role the
pump that pipework the taps we're gonna
be sterilizing a whole freshwater system
so the first thing to do is fill out
equal role right the way up and then
we're going to put the pure clean
straight into the water
now what I tend to do here is I fill the
Aqua role up about half way and the
chemicals in and then fill it right the
way to the top what dosage you need to
use well it's quite simple it's one
teaspoon per four and a half liters of
liquid so for a full role you look in
between eight and nine teaspoons
personally we go for the eighth teaspoon
dosage and that seems to work absolutely
fine so once it's all mixed up
give that Corolla a good shake and leave
it to rest for a couple of minutes for
it to start dissolving and acting inside
the echo role now the next step you need
to do is you need to also connect the
echo roll up as if you are going to fill
up the caravan water from dry but here's
a crucial step if you have a filter like
a charcoal based filter we have one here
we've got a true Matt ultra flow and my
house the charcoal based water filter
drop out any filters take them out from
the system because this stuff will make
the filters break down so with the water
hooked up to the caravan the filter
dropped out the next step we need to do
is pour water through the taps so make
sure that the drain down tap is closed
make sure your taps are closed make sure
you shower is closed as well and then as
per normal just prime all the taps is if
you had just arrived on site so that you
have water throughout the system if
you've got a hot water tank make sure
that's nice and full as well but don't
switch on the hot
to leave it cold that'll be absolutely
fine start to then use the water through
the system so pull some water through
the taps one by one so that everything
is nice and wet and then very simply
we're going to let the system sit now
the instructions on the packet here
actually say soak between 1 and 12 hours
we personally leave it for four and
we've not had any problems with that
what that gives us is enough time to run
around and do some jobs around the
outside for instance cleaning the
caravan down or if you'll have to glue
the roof clean the roof that gives you
enough time to leave everything to soak
now once you've let the system rest now
is the time we need to start flushing
through so what we do is we use up the
entire aqua roll through the taps so I
use it through the kitchen tap the
bathroom tap and the shower we're
pulling all the water through all the
taps just to pull out any biofilm
so once the aqua roll is all used up
what we need to do is refill the aqua
roll once again now we're going to
repeat this process two or three times
it depends on how dirty the water was
originally how long you left it and I'll
see how long you need to leave it
standing for once you have pushed
through two aqua rolls worth of water
about 80 liters it's now time to see how
the water tastes so the first thing to
do is just voice up a small glass have a
smell see if it smells a little bit
chemically if it does you'll probably
need to put more water through the
system
so another two ocurro's worth of water
will be fine if it smells perfectly fine
have a small taste see if you've got any
acrid taste there as well if that's all
okay then your completely sterilized and
you're all ready if not like I said put
more water through the system now
another great thing about doing it this
way is that you can actually sterilize
down your waste pipes as well because
you're pulling water through your taps
you can push it through your wastewater
system as well and it may be a good idea
to connect up your waste master or waste
containers as well that way you can
clean out the inside of those at the
same time so once you are all clean and
you're all sorted obviously the next
thing we need to do is to drain down the
system once again and as I said at the
beginning this video I showed a video on
how to drain
water system completely do that and
you'll be absolutely fine and then of
course not forgetting to replace any
water softeners or water filters we keep
one of these in the caravan at all times
just in case we need to replace it but
with this at the system when you're
sterilizing it you'll have no issues at
all so replace a brand new one of these
after sterilization and you're good to
go for the season ahead so that's it
from us this week so in conclusion it's
pure clean it's not Milton replace your
filters use lots of water in doing so
and you'll have no problems at all and
hopefully you'll be able to use your
taps in your Caravan like we've been
doing for the past three years and you
won't need to buy any bottled water any
thoughts or any comments that you may
have let me know put them down below so
that's it from us thanks for watching
guys we'll see you next week
take care now bye bye
