HOW TO SANITIZE A RV WATER SYSTEM (Using the Grand Design Nautilus System)
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- How to sanitize your camper fresh water system? As full time RVers it’s a question that comes up often. In this video we take you through the proper steps to sanitize your RV fresh water tank and plumbing system using the Nautilus P1 System.
Sanitizing your RV water lines and fresh water tank is important to kill bacteria and germs that can build up inside there, wether you live the full time RV life or your just a weekend warrior. I’ll show you the proper bleach to water sanitize ratio to use and how to properly get the sanitize solution into your RV fresh water tank using the Nautilus System while bypassing your RV water heater. This is just another important part of yearly RV maintenance that should get done.
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Thanks! If you like those outtakes you’ll love this video of ours. Full video of our bloopers. It’s pretty funny
@@WhyWait I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks.
As full-timers we often forget about our water system. It’s something that you should care for on a regular basis. Great video!
Thank you, it’s definitely easy to overlook like you said.
Another great video Chris! Thanks for the mention. Thumbnail looks great too. Keep the videos coming my friend!
Thanks bud, glad at least somebody is watching lately 😂😂
@@WhyWait everybody is slow right now. It will pick up.
First timer here....amazingly helpful video! Thank you TONS! :) Liked and subscribed.
Appreciate it 👍🏼 Lots of maintenance, how to videos, DIY and stuff like that on our channel.
@@WhyWait I've been watching them ALL. I have a Grand Design as well so it's super easy to follow your instructions. :)
Just found your channel, Thanks! We just bought our first 5th Wheel and it's great to see the quick how to's.
Awesome, congrats! Yeah we have lots of useful videos on preventive maintenance, DIY projects, repairs, storage ideas and much more. Thanks for watching. 👍🏼
Thank you for the helpful videos! We just descaled our hot water heater last week with help from your video, and plan to sanitize our fresh water tank within the next couple of days.
Sure thing! Glad they helped you out. Just reminded me it’s about time to do my water lines again too.
We did not know about sanitizing the water hose too! Thanks for sharing! ~ Shion and Matthew
Definitely, it’s a good way to take care of the outside hose for sure. 👍🏼
That was a nice thorough tutorial. But it also makes me pretty glad that I don't have to worry about that stuff LOL. Great video!
Thank you, yeah, it’s always some kind of something to keep up with on these things. Appreciate you watching.
Thank you for educating us! I really appreciate your videos.
Sure thing! Definitely appreciate you watching 😁😁
We just had a video today about stinky water. So funny that you did this one. Great information. 👍
That’s how it seems to go. I just made this video and my buddy made the same video a week before and I had no idea. Oh well, plenty of views to go around.
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Yeah I prob need to do that sometime... I also don’t drink out of mine. Just use to shower and flush. Good info!
Yeah it’s not to big of a deal and It’s not just about the tank either though, it’s good to get all the lines & your outdoor hose sanitized. 👍🏼
JUst discovered your channel , what a great informative vidéo !
Thank you for all the détails that makes a big difference in the way to understand all the steps. Great !
Awesome. Appreciate you stopping by and checking it out and I’m glad it could help! 👍🏼
Liked and subscribed!
Great video as always and such a good reminder! Thanks for the tip! Look forward to seeing your video on the pump as well!
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Great video 👍
Appreciate that. You commenting on this just reminded me it’s about that time of year I do this again 👍🏼 Thanks for watching
Good information. It’s good to keep everything great and clean. We will be doing ours soon as well.
Gotta keep that water nice n clean for a certain little somebody right 😉👍🏼
Awesome video! I don't have a nautilus, but we do have an 80 gal fresh tank, so the measurements will help! Thanks for the info
Sure thing. Just remember to dilute the bleach before pouring it into your tank. 👍🏼
Good information. Thank you for sharing this video.
Thank you! Definitely appreciate you stopping by and watching 👍🏼
Super helpful, thank you!
You're welcome! Glad it helped out 👍🏼
Good information!
Thanks. Since we full time and do drink from our faucet keeping things sanitized is important. We also have a good video on the upgraded filters we use. Thanks for watching!
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Great advice. We use bleach or a bleach substitute to freshen and disenfect our fresh water system. Ours just looks a lot different from yours because of our system.
I bet. No matter how it gets done it’s all the same principle right 👍🏼
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Brilliant idea on sanitizing your fresh water hose. How often do you sanitize your system?
Thanks. We do ours once a year and it’s mainly just to keep the lines sanitized. We really don’t use our fresh water tank too much. Appreciate you watching 👍🏼
Very informative great work
Thank you! Appreciate you watching 👍🏼
Thanks so much for taking the time to show us this. Curious... when sanitizing the water hose wouldn't I have to leave the nozzle open until all the air is out and water runs out, then close the nozzle?
Yes, That’s probably best James. Here’s a hose I use now and it’s braided stainless steel, don’t have to worry about the sun causes mold or mildew because it’s UV resistant!
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Appreciate the video. What about fridge water and ice maker? Maybe turn off yea?
Yeah I don’t have that so I can’t speak on it but definitely don’t want bleach cubes! 😬
Hey Chris,
Gary here from the UK. Great videos and advice. Keep them coming RV buddy. I have a Rockwood 5th wheel using a Nautilus P4 system which seems to be working in normal operation (water flowing to the shower & faucets ok), 9:16 but if I put in to Sanitise mode the pump keeps running but no sanitising fluid is sucked from the bucket. Any ideas ? I suspect it might be something to do with the check valve on the City Water connection and associated pressure.
Kind Regards,
Gary
Rockwood 2889WS.
Check this out for your pump. See if it helps. Usually an easy fix 👍🏼
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Love the video. Very helpful.
What model of filter do you have mounted.?I want that instead of using in-line. Also I only have room for single stage like yours.
Thanks. So check this out. Here’s a link to my video all about our water filters, how many we run and what kind and why. Plus a discount code on them. Hope it helps.
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Is there any chance of bleach staying in the drops to the low point drains? Should you open the low point drains at the same time as you open the fresh water tank drain? And also open low point drains when you start to flush system with fresh water.
Here’s the new way and safest way to sanitize. Great product 👍🏼
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Thanks for the video! I assume when power filling to top the tank off after adding the bleach solution, you leave the water heater bypass valve off?
Sure thing. Yup, just bypass that water heater Now I do have another video that shows you have to use a distilled white vinegar solution to clean your water heater and descale it really good. 👍🏼
Great job, really enjoy your videos. The fresh water dump valve come with the RV or did you add. Can you tell me the value manufacturer?
It did come with our camper as a standard option. I thought all RVs had those 🤷🏻♂️😂 I’m away from our RV but I’ll try to look it up for you when I can 👍🏼 Thanks for watching, appreciate the support!
Thank you, I put the bleach in my water filter canister. Really like the way you sanitize the hose.
When you took the filter out of the canister, could you simply add bleach into the empty canister and re attach it? Would that work?
You could I suppose but I wouldn’t recommend it. Your fresh water tank and lines are made of materials that could be damaged by pure bleach. Pure bleach could be corrosive to some plastics straight up. Even on campers that don’t have the nautilus panel where you you can add water straight to the water tank and you could dump the bleach straight in using a funnel it’s still recommended to dilute it first. 👍🏼Appreciate you stopping by and watching.
If my 5th wheel has tankless hot water AND the Nautilus system, do I need to switch the red bypass lever anyways?
Sorry can’t help you Randy, I don’t know anything about the tankless systems and how they are plumbed. Don’t even know if bleach is even bad for those or not. Wish I could help.
I have a fogatti tankless water heater and no bypass on front or rear of heater so does that mean I don't need to bypass the heater?
Sorry, I’ve never had a tankless water heater and have no clue how those operate when it comes to them being in a RV.
What is the point of pumping out the entire fresh water tank(into holding tanks) after the water and bleach solution has been in there for 8-12 hours? Could you not just dump the fresh tank ,drain low point drains, refill fresh tank with fresh water(add vinegar to help with to remove bleach taste). Pump fresh water through lines to get bleach water out. This would reduce the amount of bleach water in your holding tanks. I would think bleach in holding tanks would mess with the Microbiology of the holding tanks.
It’s such a small ratio that it doesn’t mess with anything. And yes you can totally just dump the tank which I’ve done before but some people get upset about that just because they are concerned about the grass and crap.
They actually make these sani system water packs now that you can use and pump through the system! Much better. You can find them on Amazon.
Don’t have sophisticated system like yours. We use a product called “Clobber”. Add water pour it in turn on faucets to pull through. Add to toilet. It creates a gas that gets to every nook and cranny. Let sit 30 minutes. Drain. Run some water through to rinse. Completely disinfected. (They also have a product for ice machines (full of bacteria).
Sounds cool 👍🏼
I just purchased a new Rv. Should I do this even though it’s new?
I’m going to say no. If you purchased it from somebody and it’s only new to you then yes! Lol
But straight from the factory I would just flush everything real good. This mainly to clean out any mildew/moldy areas that might have built up in the tank or lines from being wet so long. I do recommend getting the proper water filters and not just a basic inline charcoal filter that filters nothing but grit basically. Check this out if your interested.
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@@WhyWait I purchased the clear2o 2 piece inline. We camp for 60-70 days between Memorial Day and Columbus Day. I figure I will bump up the system when we go full time.
I have the P4 but there is no pump switch. There’s a place for it but no switch. Turning the water pump on from inside the trailer does the same thing right?
Yup it should 👍🏼 If you only have one switch that should be the one to power the pump.
My system doesn't have the black valve. Do you open this valve when you are on city/shore water?
Sorry confused what your are exactly asking about. Are you saying your RV doesn’t have a black tank valve to empty your blank tank???
No. My Nautilus system doesn't have a black colored valve. There are only 4 valves: white, green, red and blue. @@WhyWait
@@rdance3 oh interesting. Yeah I can’t speak on that since I don’t know about that style RV nautilus system. My black knob is the one that allows basically city water into the RV or any thing I want to hook up and siphon in. Only time that knob is closed is if I’m dry camping off my fresh tank.