Just one comment. You say you do it at the beginning of every season. If I remember right the manual suggests doing it before every trip or if it exceeds two weeks. If you think about it, bacteria breed incredibly quickly, you want to knock them down if its been a while since you used it. After every trip I completely drain the system. During the prep for the trip I sanitize the system, I'll then decide if I want to travel with empty or full tanks as appropriate for the trip. Here's one more tip. A full water tank can take hours to empty completely. If you aren't that patient, you can use the water pump to pump the water out and into the grey tank. Since its just water, you can leave the grey tank open if you want. I find it takes a lot less time to empty the tank this way.
Greetings! We are new T@B 400 owners. Your videos have influenced our decision making process. They are now invaluable as we prepare for our first season of camper travels. Thank you
Mary Rhona Thank you Mary! Welcome to our channel and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions. We’re like a small community all willing to help each other out.
Excellent video and explanation! I did ours when we first got our 400. The only thing I did somewhat differently was that after waiting a few hours, I ran water through both sinks, the toilet, and the shower until most of the fresh tank had emptied into the gray and black tanks, eyeballing the water levels until they were each about 3/4 full. I realize there’s no real need to sanitize anything but the fresh water tank, but the idea of putting a stop to any bacteria growing in the other tanks appealed to me. Once everything was drained, I repeated the process with plain water. I’m happy to read that Alde says it’s ok to not bypass the water heater, as I forgot, but I’ll bypass it next time.
Perfect timing with this video. I was just getting ready to satanize our fresh water tank on our Tab 320 today....and then I saw your step by step video on your process. Followed your step by step process and got it all done ✅ Thank you my friend.
Thanks for another great tutorial! We've been on the road, Drove to Texas in late April, then on to White Rock mtn in Arkansas to a lodge, left the Tab at a RV park, then on to Ashville. Now home, leaving for the Firefly Festival in Tionesta Pa on June 21!
Super! As this is only our 2nd year of owning an RV, I'm not sure if we would've remembered to do this...your easy step by step tutorial is much appreciated. Thanks Patrick! Safe and happy travels - it's time to start our Summer Of Someday #ondowntheroad!~💜
I went camping two weeks ago with my friend Elaine. As we have external tanks, Elaine went to refill the aqua roll. There was a discrepancy between the fresh water tap and the aqua roll. Elaine found the “hose” to help fill it up. It was only on my fourth cup of tea she told me she had put the hose back. I asked where it was and of course realisation hit me😱😱😱😱😱 Elaine had used the GREY water hose to help fill our fresh water!!! Good job we boiled the water first. Took me two hours to re set the whole thing. Moral - don’t let the ladies fill up the tanks!! Well at least not Elaine!!
Just the way I do it and I do drink the water from the RV fresh water tank. I also use Camco Water Freshener as a water additive when filling up the fresh water tank.
Another great video, if I may suggest a few things, always use unscented bleach and always use freshly purchased bleach. Bleach has only a 3% concentration and ages very fast depending on where its stored and if the container is tightly sealed. I enjoy your instructional videos there always great! Happy trails!
New subscriber here. I picked up my 320 S a few days ago, and am a little overwhelmed right now (this is my first RV) Even though your 400 has quite a few differences this video does help, so thank you!
Welcome to the NuCamp Family! You will find that there are lots of NuCamp owners willing to help out. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. You are going to love your trailer.
I almost had it right. I’ve not been leaving the bleach water in long enough and forgot about the outdoor shower. I funnel the bleach through the hose, then connect to the hose bib in order to sanitize the fresh water hose. A Camco water tank filler with shutoff valve works great when filling the fresh tank too.
Very Good, also have you considered or do you use a Whole House or Pre-filter on your fresh fill. We follow LJMJ and they use the Acuva (we have one but not the camper yet!) and they actually drink from their Fresh Water Tank. Soon, Very SOON! :-)
I had a carrer working in a states drinking water program and the standard is 5% solution and let it sit for 24 hours. You need to bypass the hotwater heater because the bleach is corrosive and never have the hot water heater turned on!!! If you fill the tank all the way up you disinfect the tanks too. Romove or by pass any water filters with activated carbon because you will either remove the bleach or damage the carbon.
Hello Patrick. Thank you again for your videos. Extremely helpful. Question, how long should it take to fill the Fresh Water Tank? Minutes or hours? I was in the process of sanitizing my fresh water tank & plumbing but my inside monitor still read Empty after some 20 minutes. Cracked the Fresh Water Drain Valve & water did flow so thinking it just takes quite a while to fill the tank. Thanks
We did this last trip. I think I put in too much bleach. We drained the fresh water tank but it still smells like bleach for our first fresh water fill.
You might have some air in the lines and typically it will work itself out by just letting it try to pull water up. Also, there is a little screw on filter at the pump that can possible get clogged so you might check it. Also, try drawing water from different locations such as kitchen, bath, outdoor shower and see if any of them sound like they are trying to bring water up. Usually you will get a sputtering sound
Scott Denhof I bypass the water heater however Spencer from Alde told me it would not hurt the system if I didn’t. He said Alde believes you don’t have to sanitize the water heater because they say it gets hot enough to sanitize itself.
+Terry Van Domelen We are able to dump our tanks into our home septic tank. As far as low point drains going into rhe ground, I’m personally not concerned at my house on our stone driveway. It’s a very diluted mixture and my guess is less harmful than if we wash our cars or trailer in the driveway.
Great.. love your videos. Just looked like you were in a campsite. My wife would be on me so fast if I did something anti environmental. Btw, going to NuCamp? We had to cancel. Sigh...
@@TerryV06 Thank you! People see our backyard and often wonder why we ever leave! LOL. Yes....we will head over on Monday. Sorry to hear you had to cancel
I just did our new 400. I put hot water in bypass mode, urban legend or maybe fact says to keep bleach out of Alde, comments? I also read in NuCamp manual that minimum three hours, so that is what I did to expedite process, it was getting dark. Otherwise my procedure looked just like yours, 1st time ever doing it too.
I actually called Alde about this and they told me that it wouldn't hurt the water heater if I wanted to run it through it. I think doing what you feel most comfortable with is best. I have done both ways before.
Well if Alde says, it doesn't hurt, then that is what I will probably do in future, it isn't so much about what I feel is right, but about doing damage to the Alde based on an apparent urban legend. I am good either way as long as it doesn't damage the inner workings of the Alde.@@TravelswithDelaney
Shelby H. Griggs I’m going to talk to the Alde rep next week at uCamp if he’s there. The lady I talked to at Alde said that the bleach water wasn’t mixing with the glycol so it wouldn’t be an issue.
@@TravelswithDelaney I think the concern was more about the bleach reacting with metals in the boiler, copper, aluminum, stainless or whatever is internal and maybe solder if that is used? Maybe just the Internet overreacting, however, clarification on that from Alde would be good. Look forward to the answer after Ucamp!
Just one comment. You say you do it at the beginning of every season. If I remember right the manual suggests doing it before every trip or if it exceeds two weeks. If you think about it, bacteria breed incredibly quickly, you want to knock them down if its been a while since you used it.
After every trip I completely drain the system. During the prep for the trip I sanitize the system, I'll then decide if I want to travel with empty or full tanks as appropriate for the trip.
Here's one more tip. A full water tank can take hours to empty completely. If you aren't that patient, you can use the water pump to pump the water out and into the grey tank. Since its just water, you can leave the grey tank open if you want. I find it takes a lot less time to empty the tank this way.
Robert Panick Great tips! Thank you.
Greetings! We are new T@B 400 owners. Your videos have influenced our decision making process. They are now invaluable as we prepare for our first season of camper travels. Thank you
Mary Rhona Thank you Mary! Welcome to our channel and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions. We’re like a small community all willing to help each other out.
Excellent video and explanation! I did ours when we first got our 400. The only thing I did somewhat differently was that after waiting a few hours, I ran water through both sinks, the toilet, and the shower until most of the fresh tank had emptied into the gray and black tanks, eyeballing the water levels until they were each about 3/4 full. I realize there’s no real need to sanitize anything but the fresh water tank, but the idea of putting a stop to any bacteria growing in the other tanks appealed to me. Once everything was drained, I repeated the process
with plain water. I’m happy to read that Alde says it’s ok to not bypass the water heater, as I forgot, but I’ll bypass it next time.
Great idea!!!
Thanks, Patrick! This assures us we are doing the sanitizing the right way!
Thank you!
Please accept, yet another, HUGE Thank You. You've covered another topic that I've always wondered about.
Thank you! I just thought others might be curious how I do it.
Perfect timing with this video. I was just getting ready to satanize our fresh water tank on our Tab 320 today....and then I saw your step by step video on your process. Followed your step by step process and got it all done ✅ Thank you my friend.
Alberto Parra Super excited to see you guys next week! Can’t wait to hear about all of your trips.
Good Morning, Your bleach ratio to fresh water is absolutely correct. Process is well explained. Great video.
Regards, ~~ Karen
Thank you!
So much awesomeness! Wyoming is gorgeous.
As always, another great video to ad to my Tab 400 library!😊
Thank you Sarah! See you next week in Sugarcreek!
Thanks for another great tutorial! We've been on the road, Drove to Texas in late April, then on to White Rock mtn in Arkansas to a lodge, left the Tab at a RV park, then on to Ashville. Now home, leaving for the Firefly Festival in Tionesta Pa on June 21!
carolyn taylor You’ve been doing some traveling! Those sound like an amazing trip. Have fun on your next trip.
Awesome ! I’ll try that in the spring. Thanks for the info and the great step by step video.
Thank you!
Super! As this is only our 2nd year of owning an RV, I'm not sure if we would've remembered to do this...your easy step by step tutorial is much appreciated. Thanks Patrick!
Safe and happy travels - it's time to start our Summer Of Someday #ondowntheroad!~💜
See you in Iowa soon! Woo Woo!!
Thank you for your video. My husband and I are are doing this tomorrow.
I went camping two weeks ago with my friend Elaine. As we have external tanks, Elaine went to refill the aqua roll. There was a discrepancy between the fresh water tap and the aqua roll. Elaine found the “hose” to help fill it up. It was only on my fourth cup of tea she told me she had put the hose back. I asked where it was and of course realisation hit me😱😱😱😱😱 Elaine had used the GREY water hose to help fill our fresh water!!! Good job we boiled the water first. Took me two hours to re set the whole thing. Moral - don’t let the ladies fill up the tanks!! Well at least not Elaine!!
What a great story and learning experience! Thanks for sharing.
Good job 👍🏻. Thanks for this useful video.
Just the way I do it and I do drink the water from the RV fresh water tank. I also use Camco Water Freshener as a water additive when filling up the fresh water tank.
I’ll have to check out the additive. I don’t know that I’ve seen that before
Another great video, if I may suggest a few things, always use unscented bleach and always use freshly purchased bleach. Bleach has only a 3% concentration and ages very fast depending on where its stored and if the container is tightly sealed. I enjoy your instructional videos there always great! Happy trails!
Excellent tips! Thank you for sharing.
All great info. and easy thing for us to forget. Thanks for the info.
Thank you Joe!
New subscriber here. I picked up my 320 S a few days ago, and am a little overwhelmed right now (this is my first RV) Even though your 400 has quite a few differences this video does help, so thank you!
Welcome to the NuCamp Family! You will find that there are lots of NuCamp owners willing to help out. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. You are going to love your trailer.
Great info Patrick! Thanks for sharing. 👍😎
Thank you Michael and Tiffany!
I almost had it right. I’ve not been leaving the bleach water in long enough and forgot about the outdoor shower. I funnel the bleach through the hose, then connect to the hose bib in order to sanitize the fresh water hose. A Camco water tank filler with shutoff valve works great when filling the fresh tank too.
Thank you Ryan! That's a great idea to sanitize the fresh water hose as well.
Very helpful, thanks.
Thank you!
Good informative video guys! Thanks for putting it together.
Thank you!
Great step by step info! My fresh water tank is smaller so I will make adjustments accordingly.
How many gallons is your fresh water tank?
20 gallons.
We need to do this!! Thank you for the how-to video!!
Excellent video. Thanks
Thank you Scott!
Good info
Thank you Karen
I saw someone had a 90 degree funnel to make it easier to fill.
Very Good, also have you considered or do you use a Whole House or Pre-filter on your fresh fill. We follow LJMJ and they use the Acuva (we have one but not the camper yet!) and they actually drink from their Fresh Water Tank. Soon, Very SOON! :-)
I typically use an inline filter on our city water hookup n
@@TravelswithDelaney Very Good, would do the same. At home we Distill our water, not sure if the Acuva will do it on the road but will be a start! THX
I had a carrer working in a states drinking water program and the standard is 5% solution and let it sit for 24 hours. You need to bypass the hotwater heater because the bleach is corrosive and never have the hot water heater turned on!!! If you fill the tank all the way up you disinfect the tanks too. Romove or by pass any water filters with activated carbon because you will either remove the bleach or damage the carbon.
Thank you Eric! Good useful information for all
Hello Patrick. Thank you again for your videos. Extremely helpful. Question, how long should it take to fill the Fresh Water Tank? Minutes or hours? I was in the process of sanitizing my fresh water tank & plumbing but my inside monitor still read Empty after some 20 minutes. Cracked the Fresh Water Drain Valve & water did flow so thinking it just takes quite a while to fill the tank. Thanks
It really all depends on how big your fresh water tank is. Ours is 30 gallons and can take 15 minutes or more to fill.depending on water pressure.
We did this last trip. I think I put in too much bleach. We drained the fresh water tank but it still smells like bleach for our first fresh water fill.
+April Marie It should go away over time.
Hey Patrick I just sanitized the tab 400 solutions in the tank and water pump is on but the water is not pumping through the pipes any solution TIA?
You might have some air in the lines and typically it will work itself out by just letting it try to pull water up. Also, there is a little screw on filter at the pump that can possible get clogged so you might check it. Also, try drawing water from different locations such as kitchen, bath, outdoor shower and see if any of them sound like they are trying to bring water up. Usually you will get a sputtering sound
I have a Tab 400 aswell.......what do you have the water heater setting when bleach is in the system?
Scott Denhof I bypass the water heater however Spencer from Alde told me it would not hurt the system if I didn’t. He said Alde believes you don’t have to sanitize the water heater because they say it gets hot enough to sanitize itself.
So this would also flush the gray tank?
In a sense since you’d be running some of it into the grey tank when you bring it through the water lines
Okay, you didn’t put in filtered water. Now I understand why you don’t drink the water from your tank.
Debra VanSandt I actually have a water filter installed at the start of our hose. We just prefer jug or bottle water when traveling.
Are there any concerns about where you are dumping your bleach water?
+Terry Van Domelen We are able to dump our tanks into our home septic tank. As far as low point drains going into rhe ground, I’m personally not concerned at my house on our stone driveway. It’s a very diluted mixture and my guess is less harmful than if we wash our cars or trailer in the driveway.
Great.. love your videos. Just looked like you were in a campsite. My wife would be on me so fast if I did something anti environmental. Btw, going to NuCamp? We had to cancel. Sigh...
@@TerryV06 Thank you! People see our backyard and often wonder why we ever leave! LOL. Yes....we will head over on Monday. Sorry to hear you had to cancel
Well, I heard they are scheduled for catastrophic downpours and the campsites will all be completely underwater...... (just kidding)
T@b's float right? LOL
Do you bypass the hot water heater ?
Joe Croteau I have done it both ways actually. I called Alde and they told me it was ok if I wanted to run the bleach water through the water heater b
@@TravelswithDelaney Awesome thank you for some great info....
I just did our new 400. I put hot water in bypass mode, urban legend or maybe fact says to keep bleach out of Alde, comments? I also read in NuCamp manual that minimum three hours, so that is what I did to expedite process, it was getting dark. Otherwise my procedure looked just like yours, 1st time ever doing it too.
I actually called Alde about this and they told me that it wouldn't hurt the water heater if I wanted to run it through it. I think doing what you feel most comfortable with is best. I have done both ways before.
Well if Alde says, it doesn't hurt, then that is what I will probably do in future, it isn't so much about what I feel is right, but about doing damage to the Alde based on an apparent urban legend. I am good either way as long as it doesn't damage the inner workings of the Alde.@@TravelswithDelaney
Shelby H. Griggs I’m going to talk to the Alde rep next week at uCamp if he’s there. The lady I talked to at Alde said that the bleach water wasn’t mixing with the glycol so it wouldn’t be an issue.
@@TravelswithDelaney I think the concern was more about the bleach reacting with metals in the boiler, copper, aluminum, stainless or whatever is internal and maybe solder if that is used? Maybe just the Internet overreacting, however, clarification on that from Alde would be good. Look forward to the answer after Ucamp!
Shelby H. Griggs I will keep you posted