Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:23:31 -0600
Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cleaning the water holding tank?
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
Just forward of the L rear wheel, outside/underneath you'll find the drain
cap
Bob Stevens
http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
----Original Message Follows----
From: Johnny DeVilla <johnny@JDEVILLA.COM>
Reply-To: Johnny DeVilla <johnny@JDEVILLA.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Cleaning the water holding tank?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:18:31 -0700
I just recently got my pump up and running by installing a aux battery.
I very happy that this topic came up, cause this is my next chore on my
list
(after finding a suitable magnet for my beloved hula girl).
Is there a easy way to drain the water tank itself?
Johnny
81 Westy
On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 03:02 PM, Bob Stevens wrote:
>I've been on about 8 4-6 day raft trips down the Colorado through
>Cataract
>Canyon, from Moab to Hite Marina, and they always wash all the dishes
>and
>utensils in river water with chlorine bleach in it to disinfect and
>I've
>never seen anyone have any intestinal or other problems. In the proper
>dillution it is very safe and effective. I've also driven around home
>area
>with the tank 3/4 full with a couple tablespoons of bleach in it for a
>couple days, then rinsed it out thoroughtly. I usually use concentrated
>lemon juice for the last flush and rinse. Leaves no noticable scent or
>effects of the bleach. Pretty extensive threads on this topic in the
>archives. I'm not at home right now so don't have access to some of the
>procedures I've saved so I can't be very helpful right now.
>
>
>
>Bob Stevens
>'87 Syncro Westy
>http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
>
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
>Reply-To: Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Cleaning the water holding tank?
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 14:22:42 -0700
>
>Wow, thanks. All this time I've been worried about nuclear waste,
>botulism,
>and the venom from
>an Australian King Brown.
>
>Seriously, though, chlorine has been used for a long time to disinfect
>water, and it works just
>fine. It has proven to be very safe, no matter what the fearmongers
>would
>have you believe.
>If you prefer the H2O2, fine. It will work fine, too. Both are
>oxidizers
>and kill pathogens
>in pretty much the same way.
>
>However, my wife is an RN and a wound care specialist. She asks me to
>remind everyone to NEVER
>put hydrogen peroxide on a wound. It will greatly increase the time
>to heal
>and can lead to
>serious infections. Instead, just wash your cut or scrape with an
>antibacterial soap and then
>apply some antibiotic cream. Forget what your mother told you. We
>know
>better now.
>
>Bill in the Southwest
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ri" <ri@RASAPRABHU.ORG>
> >
> > Chlorine bleach is the nastiest, most toxic stuff in the world. We
> > recommend using a food grade hydrogen peroxide. It works much
>better, and
> > isn't caustic and environmentally destructive.
> >
> > Worked well for us! Just uses a little bit, be sure to follow the
> > directions on the bottle.
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.
>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
>
>
>
Johnny DeVilla
Home 323.257.1377
Cell 323 829.1399
IM Jdvlla
Email devilla@adelphia.net
_________________________________________________________________
STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
|