“Fresh” water

[Russellvh]

Being full time and changing Parks every couple of weeks, means I use several different hoses, as needed, for city water. I do try to drain as much as possible but I got to wondering how much mold etc. might be growing in the unused hoses between uses.

Do you do anything special to clean and / or dry your hoses when moving?

 

[Boat Bum]

I blow through one end until dry then coil and screw itself together. I never use city water hook up or drink the water onboard.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I use My own hose. The system you tap has enough free radicals to keep the hose clear of things growing in it.

How I handle the hose supprises some people. I maintain the free radicals by coiling the hose with water intact, screwing the ends together. This keeps spores from finding there way into an open plumbing circuit (hose).

 

[Phillbo]

If i know my drinking connection hose is going to be sitting a while I pour a little bleach in it and connect the ends. Next time it's used I just rinse it out we'll before connecting to the rv.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

If i know my drinking connection hose is going to be sitting a while I pour a little bleach in it and connect the ends. Next time it's used I just rinse it out we'll before connecting to the rv.

I do the same plus I flush the hose and park plumbing for about 10 seconds (or until cool water comes out if we are parked in the heat) before attaching it to the coach.

 

[Old one]

I connect my hose ends together for the above reason, and for another: Here in Florida "we have bugs we ain't never going to use", and don't want some setting up residence in the hoses.

 

[Russellvh]

Thanks for all the responses. I guess I’ll just keep coiling and connecting together when not using them and running some water through the hose(s) to be used each time I move before hooking up. Very much a “drink from the hose” generation and grew up eating what fell to the ground or floor as long as I don’t wait over 5 seconds.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

Thanks for all the responses. I guess I’ll just keep coiling and connecting together when not using them and running some water through the hose(s) to be used each time I move before hooking up. Very much a “drink from the hose” generation and grew up eating what fell to the ground or floor as long as I don’t wait over 5 seconds.

Just an FYI: When we arrive at a park that is new to us (in the US or Canada) we do a quickie test before connecting a hose. We take a large "clear" tumbler and fill it it water (after we have let the tap run for a bit). We do a visual to make sure it is clear. Then we do a smell and if it passes those two, a taste. If it passes, then we attach the hose.

This winter we plan to spend a lot of time in Mexico. We have three filters including a reverse osmoses before any think hits our tank plus we will be doing more comprehensive testing with

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We have, in all of our years of traveling, only found a few that we discovered to be unusable and they were all in rural Saskatchewan.