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Old 05-22-2018, 03:52 AM   #9
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Let me explain a little better. Its a featherlight trailer designed for a race team (hauling cars). Not a regular RV. However, it has a bathroom with a toilet and shower and a sink. It does have things like a refrigerator, AC units, generator, hot water tank, etc.

I'm unsure of the color of the water, but I do know it came from a truck stop. I don't know which one but it would have had to have been in lower part of michigan, either near the ohio border or just inside of ohio, since they have only been to columbus and norwalk for a race, and are planning to go back to norwalk again in a few weeks.

The issue is the sheer size of this thing makes it only suitable for truck stops. If you have ever driven past a nascar trailer or something of that size, you know what I mean. It has a upper level with storage and lounge, a lower level which pretty much is the workshop of sorts after the car is out, and a middle area that is accessed via stairs on the way to the lounge, that has the bathroom in one part and an office in another.

Typically stored at his "shop", there is no water hookup there. I also did not realize that there might be some confusion as to what type of water to put into it. So thats how the non-potable water ended up there.

I'm not sure that the water is indeed some reclaimed sewer water or something, but I know there is a concern about it, and I think that's when someone told them to add some bleach to it.

Frankly, I think there is/was some confusion as to sterilization of the tank using bleach, and sterilization of this non-potable water.

Removing or replacing the tank isn't an option, well I guess it is always an option, but I can assure you, unless it breaks from a leak, it isn't going to happen. To me, the best option after that would be to dump the tank, fill with fresh water and some bleach like I would normally do when opening up my trailer after the winter, run it through the lines, and then let it sit overnight, dump and refill.

Sitting overnight is going to be the real problem, because this thing doesn't move unless its going to or from the race track. The best I can hope for is that they dump and refill with potable at a minimum. Maybe I can talk them into letting it sit with bleach at the next race for the 3 or 4 days they are there and then dumping and refilling on the way home.

But the real issue is just finding somewhere to stop to get the potable water. Its not like you can just pop over to the local state park with a semi lol.
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