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PLUMBING SYSTEM
SANITIZING THE PLUMBING SYSTEM
When to sanitize:
 When your RV is new.
 At the beginning and end of each season.
 When the water system becomes contaminated or every three months of use.
How to Sanitize
1. Turn water heater power OFF. Both switches: (electric & LP gas). Set the valves to
SANITIZE as indicated on the utility center label. (Setting these valves bypasses the
water heater automatically.)
2. Level the recreation vehicle and drain the fresh water system. (see Draining the Fresh
Water System).
3. Close the low point drain valves and the fresh water tank drain valve.
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4. Prepare a chlorine solution using 1/4 cup of household bleach (sodium hypochlorite
solution) to one gallon (3.785 liters) of water in a container. Prepare one gallon of
solution for every 15 gallons of tank capacity. This will result in a residual chlorine
concentration of 50 ppm in the water system.
If a 100-ppm concentration is required as discussed in step 12, use ½ cup of household
bleach with one gallon of water to prepare the chlorine solution. One gallon of the
solution should be used for each 15 gallons of tank capacity.
5. Put the sanitizer solution in the fresh water tank; attach a hose to the city water
connection inlet. Insert the other end of the hose into a container holding the chlorine
solution. Do not use your non-toxic drinking water hose. Turn the pump switch
ON. The solution will be drawn into the fresh water tank. Turn the pump OFF when
solution has been drawn into the tank. To aid in siphoning, set the container on a surface
approximately (2) feet off the ground. The drain valves must be turned OFF.
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water until the tank is full. Keep the valves set on SANITIZE. Leave the hose attached
to the city water connection inlet; place other end of hose in a container of fresh water.
Turn the pump ON. Fresh water will be siphoned into the tank. Turn pump OFF when
tank is full. Disconnect the hose from utility center.
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Refer to Uni-Dock Utility Center for setting details
and color key