Caravan water sterilisation
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- A clean water supply is essential in a caravan, and here are some tips on getting it right.
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Excellent video. Clear, concise, authoritative.
Hello
I’m new to caravans, I’ve taken the plunge and bought a 2014 swift challenger 580 se
as my first ever van (yes I know it’s a lot of money if I don’t like it) this has been mentioned by my wife many times but I wanted a van with a luxury feel like a nice hotel room 😂
The reason I’m contacting you is to thank you for all your hints and tips I find them brilliant and very useful as I know or didn’t know the first thing about any of it until I came across your channel so it’s just a thank you really for giving up your time to educate the people like me at the start of what I hope will be an amazing time
Keep up the great work 👍👍
As new caravaners your always our first port of call.! Thanks again for a detailed and easy to follow lesson.
Thank you so much for your videos Dan and Family. They are all very useful for everyone in the Caravanning and Motorhome world. We have had our van for nearly a year now and we have learnt so much from you.
As a new caravan novice (Just Bought Bailey 500/5 August 2020) I watched all your videos before buying, including your tips on buying, and I can genuinely say, thoroughly enjoyed all your videos and now I have a caravan, I shall keep revisiting, to ensure your shared knowledge is stored within my mind and I will continue to learn. Thank You
Excellent Dan, giving our 2 year old Cara a Puriclean this Sunday when arrive on site. Thought I’d try it once a year Max.
(Our previous Cara Alpine2 had new 2007-19 never cleaned this way with the water always being fine and clean, clear and have always drank only its water from the taps with zero trouble. Bottled water has been clearly shown to be less healthy than our U.K. tap water so that really is a waste of money, time and environmentally damaging with its huge use of plastics! We call Evian niavE buyers!)
Hi Dan, Great advice as always, I do exactly the same as you except that I sterilize the aquaroll and then pour it away as I do not see the need to put the water that has been in the aquaroll through the caravan water system, I simply refill the aquaroll with a fresh solution and then sterilize the caravan water system. Keep up the excellent videos.
Most impressed by your presentation....very professionally done I thought. Big thumbs up.
I'm not a "caravanner"...(Not a fan of them at all to be honest....Sorry. ) But I recently bought a used motor-home in the shape of a Mercedes.
Being totally ignorant at the time (And still learning!) I filled the water tank and set off into the sunset...... 24 hours later.... I am a few toilet rolls short of a football game.
Wow..... I have traveled the world in my years...and never suffered that much........ Delhi Belly? Yes please.... Much preferable.....It was quite traumatic!
I tried to buy some sterilization stuff...but was greeted with blank looks. (I'm in South America) so I went route one: Bleach. Emptied the tank ...put in half a litre of bleach/Cloro .
Filled the tank.
Bled all the water lines: Sink. Shower. Boiler. WC..... left it 24 hours..... Then drained and refilled the tank via the same ways..... No smell of bleach. I think that has done the business.
Fingers crossed. (I have lived here 21 years...rural..... I pump my own water....never had a problem, stomach wise....until I bought this van: Wow! Taught me a serious lesson. Be aware!)
We are beginners (1 season so far) Your videos are very helpful . Thank you. Keep them coming.👍
Loving your videos....been thrown in at the deepend (father-in-law bought a £15000 caravan after deciding campin wasn't for him) watching your videos has taught us so much....keep up the amazing job :-)
Dan, this is a timely video for me. The water system on our Lunar is a complete unknown (it should be fine if the condition of the rest of the caravan is anything to go by) so it would be worth sterilising the whole system just to be on the safe side. The caravan is stored at a friend's house 10 minutes away from home so I could easily do this where the caravan is.
Great video as ever.
Just starting out in the world of vanning and I am finding all of these 'how to' videos extremely informative, so thank you Dan.
I would say it's in the top ten pop pickers :)
I am returning to caravanning after 15 years, your videos are invaluable. Thanks very much!
A video I always refer to each year to remind me . Thank u mate 👍
Thanks for your tips on this video. I found the information helpful and managed to clean my system through with PuriClean, leaving it overnight. Grateful for your content.
Perfect timing for us! 😊
We are going to sterilise our water system, to avoid possible upset stomaches etc, but I haven't had a chance to research the whys and wherefores yet...now I don't have to! I was thinking 'Milton', but now I can see why not to use it. Looks like it's Puriclean for us then! Thanks for a VERY helpful video Dan...was nice meeting you and Angela at the storage place last Sunday. 😊 👍
Hi Dan, been watching your tips since we got our first caravan In March 2024, a baiely pegasus grande se turin. Were using it on seasonal pitch. This vid is great as we are complete noobs, and must admit, we didn't sterlise our water system. Will do now. Were in cornwall and there is quite a bit of lime scale in the kettle, which made me think the trauma boiler will need descaling at some point. Have you done a tutorial on this, if not , will you. Thanks again.
Another useful video Dan, just doing ours ready for the off on the 12/04, stay safe 🍻
If you have an inline water filter just make a section of pipe the same length as the filter and pop the filter out replacing with the pipe for the sterilisation process. drop it back in after. That way you can do a couple of cleans a year without having to pod out for new filters when they are still good.
Lovely channel for newbies like myself. Easy to understand. Keep up the good work👍
Informative video as ever. We stopped drinking from the caravan water system when we bought a new, Bailey Pegasus, as the water tastes so plasticky, despite cleaning the system.
Great vid. Never understood folk who buy all the bells and whistles in a caravan then do not use them. One warden we know says there are two basic types, those who go camping/caravanning/motorhoming and campers/caravanners/motorhomers. The first group need site facilities. The second have what they need onboard. My lad works in the water industry and loves folk that use Milton, keeps him in work ;-)
This video was just in time as we will be doing out system next weekend and wasn't sure how to go about running the puriclean. We also have Aquatabs that we drop in our water to make sure is safe to drink.
Great advise. Never thought Milton was an issue before but will not use that in future. Thanks
Thanks. I've been caravanning for over 40 years and never done this! After all, you don't do it in the house, do you? Still, I'm gonna do it now as the 'van has been standing for 13 months through lockdown. Your instructions were very clear.
your house is a sealed system, stagnant water is not sitting breeding when not in use some very nasty bugs breed in water good call do it twice a year
Hello Dan, thanks very much for all of your videos, I am taking copious notes so that when I take delivery of our caravan next year I stand some chance of getting most things right!
Can I clarify the use of Milton Sterilising fluid for the toilet in the 'Removing Black Bits' video, given the big thumbs up for Puriclean here please?
Also noting that this video was filmed after the other, thanks Dan!
Hi, yes sure. The Milton does a far better job of dissolving larger lumps, so is better for that job. In fact you could use puriclean, but will need to do it 3 times to get same results. 👍
Excellent Dan and thanks for the response, particularly given that this is quite an old video! Congratulations on the new van, I saw the latest video yesterday, looking forward to hearing all about it!@@TheTrudgians
Hi Dan
We drink water straight from tap too, as long as everything is cleansed regularly it should be fine.
I can't believe the amount of people on our site who leave their water containers out when they are not staying in their van?
I've seen some nasty looking algea forming in some water containers 😝
We use the aquaroll mains adaptor and always rinse out our container and store it and the pipe inside the van when not there.
As you say sterilize twice a year and replace filter and there's no problem.
Thank you for the tip, as I've been using milton for years and never been really happy with the results.
Another old but good content .thanks just done mine
Another very good instructional video. Thanks
Thanks Dan I will do my water system this weekend.
Thank you for the videos Dan they are fantastic and much needed as we are of next week for the first time in the new van and need to sort it all out on site so i know its up to scratch. I have a 2013 Bailey Olympus 530/4 and have been told there is no filter onboard like yours to worry about. However i thought there was a filter in the water pump that goes into the aquaroll, does this need to be removed before the process. Thanks again for all the videos have been steadily going through them and the shopping list is getting bigger and bigger ha ha. Take care
Hi Dan good video, hope you and you're family are well. Newbie question, do you ever descale your water heater, especially if its a used van so have no history of it.
great vids
ste
Hi Dan,loving all your videos,they have been a great help,started caravanning recently,there is a lot to learn on these modern vans,on the subject of using puraclean you mention removing filters,do you mean the one on the Truma pick up pipe,or is there another inside the van?I know there is a small inline strainer next to pump!my van is 2017 swift celebration twin axle,hope this makes sense ,cheers Michael.
Had to look up the MSDS sheet and from what I can tell it is basically chlorine and bicarbonate of soda. I have used chlorine and then bicarbonate of soda, the chlorine does most of the sanitizing the bicarbonate does a bit more and kills the taste of the chlorine. ALL water into our teardrop is filtered the same as our home system. With the exception that if I am concerned I add a third NBC (nuclear biological and chemical) filter.
Great as usual Dan and helpful to a new caravanner like myself heading into first winter season.
Any thoughts of video on winter care of battery ?
Trickle chargers? Leave on charge or not?
Remove from van or leave in etc .
Keep up great work !
solar panel if in storage. EHU if at home. if you have an alarm/tracker you need battery connected.
MrSnookerballs thanks for that, van kept in secure storage and my alarm needs new battery to get working again. I’ve taken battery home and connected to a 1.5A trickle charger
My caravan is in storage and go over once a week, so I'll need to take the water with me in the two aqua rolls I have , so I've sterilised the aquarolls at home and I'm going to take them over, so can I fill the system and leave the water in the pipes for a week, then I can go again a take clean water to fush it through, what is the maximum length of time would you say I can leave the chemicals in the system?
Thanks for the vlog, we have some puraclean so now I know how to use it I better start. Thanks hope Chloe is ok 😁
Hi Dan. You do exactly what we do and like you we have never had a problem using our water. We also have a Lunar and I noticed that your drain down tap works the opposite way to ours. Ours is upright to let the water out and flat in use. How odd is that? Anyway, another good informative video. Steve.
I have just sterilised our water system as you have advised. The only issue I came across was when I had turned on the hot side of the tap to run the water through it was piping hot! Now i had made sure the water temp was turned off and only had the warm air running as it was a pretty cold night. I have run through two barrels of clean fresh water but no more hot water coming through. Strange? Have you had any ghosts in the system or have I perhaps done something I shouldn't have? Just to be clear, ran both hot and cold water taps to start off with as usual, only the hot tank was turned off. Great vid as always.
great video, very useful for newbie caravaners like us.
Just to confirm something. You lifted the yellow drain valve up to pull water through the system. I checked on Google and everywhere I looked said up was to drain and down to fill. Can you confirm please? Thanks
On this vblog you show the yellow drain valve in the incorrect position for filling up and also draining the system.
To fill up make sure the valve is pushed in line with the pipes, not pointing upwards, to drain down system make sure valve is pointing upwards.
Just a small point but important.
Overall, impressive vblogs, thank you. 😃
Ha, got to include 1 mistake to keep everyone on their toes... ;-)
Hi - great video as all your videos are. I have the truma mains water kit. Essentially a long hose that connects to a mains water tap one end and has the trigger bit that fits the side of the caravan. How would you recommend I sterilise this pipe ie how to get it filled with water and puriclean solution?
Hi great video again. I have just bought my first caravan a Fleetwood 2005 Volante. do I have a filter? if so where abouts would it be. thanks keep up the good work I've learnt a lot from your videos
Is this purely for drinking from the caravan? In Spain we would always use bottled anyway so I assume this doesn´t need doing?
Could do with Mr T on live chat right now as about to use puriclean but stuck regards filter 🙄
Can I just check? So Milton doesn’t get rid of bio film and yet in your video to get rid of black bits I’m the toilet, you recommend it? Or should we Puri clean in the toilet as well? Thanks soo much we really enjoy your videos which have helped us a lot and we always come to your channel first when needing advise 👍
Hi Amanda, So for fresh water use Puriclean, that will sterilise and remove bio film from pipe work. For the toilet flush where sterilisation isn't required, use Milton which will break down the large clumps and black bits from the flush system.
Very helpful as usual. Thankyou. What would you recommend on a fully serviced site? We will need to clean the pipe work which runs from the tap to the Aquaroll so how would you approach this job?
So, for a serviced pitch hose What i tend to do is fill the bath at home with Puriclean solution and dunk the hose in that, making sure there are no air gaps, its a bit difficult, but it does clean the hose. Then to wash out, I simply connect it to an external tap and run it for 10 mins.
Hope that helps.
@@TheTrudgiansThank you very much.
Hi Dan. Just got a question for you regarding the water filter. We have a Lunar Clubman SB (2012 Model Year), purchased second-hand last year. Where would I look to see if there is a filter fitted in our water system? Also we keep our van on our driveway and don't have a convenient drain to drain the water away. Any suggestions as to what to do with the 'waste' water while sterelizing and flushing through?
Thanks for the video, your tips and tricks have been a real help to us in our 1st year of caravaning.
Jonathan.
Hi Dan, great vlog as always. This maybe a stupid question but, would you sterilise water system in a new van before first trip out? Just wondering if it’s a routine process by manufacturer before shipping to dealer?
Thanks in advance, Roger
HI Roger, great question. Im not aware if the manufacturers or dealers would do this prior to collection of a new caravan. I think of it like this : you would always clean a brand new kettle, and boil water in it a couple of times before you drink from it - so I would assume to do the same for the caravan. After all, it wouldn't hurt to clean the pipes etc.
Hope that helps
Dan
Great advice. I usually do this after I arrive on site at the beginning of the season and about half way through the season too. Quick question, my "new to me" van has the same pump as yours. Does your one reach the very bottom of the aqua roll. Mine does not and I'm wondering if this is by design so it doesn't pull anything through that's settled on the bottom if the aqua roll.
Thanks for the video. I’ve bought some and will give it a go this weekend. Is there any benefit to putting it in the toilet cistern? I seem to remember people talking about black bits building up and if that is the case will this stop it? Thanks in advance.
Hi loving your videos, but I am new to caravaning and I am really confused regarding the drain down switch. When puricleaning should it be up or down. And when draining the system down should it be up or down. When using the aqua roll on site again what position should it be in sorry if I sound thick. But really confused.we have a 2008 lunar clubman es
Yes I was confused about this part too. The drain down switch was down when flushing through but then noticed the taps were then turned on to allow water to flow.
I can’t find the drain down switch and I’m attempting to clean the pipes this afternoon!
Haven’t used our caravan switch. Could do with some help re the hot water tank.
Where is your filter located?
Hi, for the aqua source clear filter is there a pipe fitting that will allow the filter to be dropped out? Thanks for the videos 👍
Hi there, interesting for sure.
Would you use this once a year in the toilet? Thank you.
Good helpful video.Thanks for sharing.
Top advice thank you just been on amazon to order best regards Mike
When you set up the water system is the drain down tap closed in the up or down position as it appears to be different on one of your previous clips.
I thought exactly the same 👍
Hi Dan, its kris 2e0kkb,, thanks for the video, they are all very informative, this one a great deal more as we all no water has to be spot on. 73's kris.
As always a very informative video. Being new to it all these have been brilliant, thanks
Thanks for that informative video once again. Where do you fit the water filter please Dan?
see claire johns question
Thank you so much that has helped me
I used this product and suffered blocked taps from crystallized product. I was very careful to dissolve it fully too.
Fantastic video! bravo! more like this perfect!
Like your advice Dan. What are your thoughts around sterilising on board water tanks please ?
I would say the same as anything else as long as you rinse well afterwards. never affected mine.
Hi Dan how can I stop the water heater heating up to flush puriclean though the system I got a Luna Quasar524 on panel it doesn’t say off
Brilliant! Thank you so much 😊
Does Puriclean tackle Legionnaires disease?
Great tutorial, but make sure the drain tap is CLOSED and not ‘open’ as on this video 👍 ( an oversight I’m sure 😁 )
Hi Dan, love your videos, just one question if I may, when drawing in water from your aqua roll to sterilise your system, you say that your water should be cold, how do you stop the water heater from heating up water when it fills up, is there a way of stopping the water heater from heating up the water!.
yeah don't have you're water heater on!
Great video thank you.
Hi Dan,
I just bought a 560 swift challenger with build in 90 liter tanks. How do I get the puriclean in to the fixated tank?
Great informative video as always
Hi do you only do it yearly.
Hi Dan, we only got our 2nd hand caravan last year. How do you know if your system has a charcol filter or would you remove any filter from the system also do you need to drain down the system if it's at the start of the season and your about to use it straight away? Thanks
On my caravan there’s a blue cap under the water inlet valve, if you unscrew that there should be a filter which you can replace, I think most filters will be charcoal
@@MD-gc4xq Thanks David 👍
Hi, should i use this on my Campervan water system as well? If so, not sure if there is a filter somewhere in the system.
Hi how do I know if I've got a water filter please
Hi Dan where s the water filter and what does it look like on lunar caravan
A couple of video ideas for you . Why don't you take the caravan to an empty car park and teach people how to Manoeuvre the caravan. (Over head drone shots would be amazing). Also show people how to hitch the caravan safely so they don't damage there cars. Two vital things fresh caravaners worry about. If you had a drone you could give aerial views of camp sites which would be incredible.
Buddy's Insight he’s already done a hitching up video
Oliver Cox Has he oh I didn't see that.
Nicholas Barnes I am sure that “Dan The Caravan Man” would get special clearance lol😇
Brilliant video can I ask the filter is that the one in the aqua roll or is there another?
Hi, it really depends on your caravan. The pump that submerges in the aqua roll early has a filter, but may have a gauze to prevent bits from passing into pump. However, your caravan may have an additional filter- like that shown in this video. My current van does not have any in line filters.
Hope that helps.
@TheTrudgians thanks for your reply I have only bought the caravan and still to do the hand over so I can check with the dealer looking forward to your next video 👍👍
Hi Dan the filter broke and all the black stuff went into system and blocked it .we unblocked it but now have a leak on 1 of the John guest bits any advice would be helpfull
How do I sterilise the hose which I use from the tap straight to my caravan as I don’t use an aqua roll? Cheers
Hi David. I’ve filled the bath at home in the past with the sterilising solution in it. I make sure the hose is filled with solution and I leave it to soak over night. Then run fresh water through from an external tap.
@@TheTrudgians brilliant never thought of that, thanks for taking time out to reply
Where are the filters please
What about the hot side. Do you do anything to sterilise it?
Yes, use exactly the same stuff - just don’t switch on the heating or hot water. The hot water tank and pipe work will all be sterilised.
And so I removed the filter and all the water came rushing out. :(
Hi I have a sprite major 6 td , anyone know where my water filter is , thanks Chris
Great advice but where about's is the water filter situated??
should be just above the water inlet under the dial with dates on
MrSnookerballs thank you, we will look in to this next time we go to the van, we're newbies to caravanning and have literally just had it serviced so feel we need to check this out, thanks again 🙂
This will vary depending upon you particular make and model of caravan. Best to consult your manual. Alternatively, you could just trace the water lines from where the water inlet is.
We’re are your filters
On this caravan, the filter was on the outside. In my current caravan - there are no filters.
Have been told that Milton will eat your heating element in the van so never use it.
Hi. Do we need to sterilise the new caravan water system or is it safe to use right away?
Also we have a used aqua roll, main adapter kit with food grade pipe how do we sterilise that please?
Thanks for the help
Syn
Morning, great questions.
We did sterilise the new caravan, because it was newly manufactured and we just wanted to remove any trace of impurities in the water system.
as for hose (the type used for serviced pitches) and the float valve, we fill a large bucket with water with PuriClean, and submerge the hose in the solution. we tend to pour water through the hose to ensure its filled and leave it to soak, submerged in the bucket.
Then simply run fresh water through to rinse.
Hope that helps.
@@TheTrudgians wonderful I guess I better chop chop.
Thank you for your time and help. Love your videos and have made our first caravan purchase considerably less stressful. There were few updates which you said you are going to video on what happens after you put your deposit down for a new caravan till you collect on the day and what to expect, have missed it or you didn't get chance to make it? Cheers
Hi Dan you may have a influx of subscribers as on facebook I'm part of a group called clever caravanning ideas and one topic is about this. So I have I hope if the admin don't block it told people to view your site
I’m now going to need another video to show me how to remove the filter 😂
i would never ever drink from my aqua roll
what about bleach
Dan, I am sure everyone wants to know how the young lady is doing after her accident. update please.
hgreat tips keep up good work
How do I find my water filter in the caravan, we have a swift 635 challenger
Diane Humphries hi did you find the filter?
Hello, you'll very likely find it at the end of the external pipe you put in your aqua roll/external water tank and connect to your van. It's usually the bulge at the end that goes into the aqua roll. I hope this helps.
Hi, I need to do this to my “new to me caravan” as I don’t know when it was last done. It does have a inline filter under the sink which I will also change as I don’t know how old it is. Can I sterilise the system with the old filter in place, then put a new filter in once it’s all been sterilised? Thanks
Hi Andrew, yes you can. sterilise with it in place, its likly to be a charcoal filter so the sterilisation fluid will effectively destroy it - you will need to flush it a bit more than usual as you will see tiny black bits of the filter coming through. Once the new filter is in place, flush again and you will be fine.
Dont throw the old filter away, if it is an inline one. Try your hardest to empty the filter of the inner workings to have a completely empty housing that you can fit back in place for future sterilisation of the water system.
Hope that helps.
Dan
@@TheTrudgians that’s lovely, thanks for your help 👍