After a good night of sleep (and no traipsing across a cold, rainy driveway to use the bathroom), I knew I had to sanitize the tanks.
I’m glad I waited for daylight. I opened the drain underneath the tank, opened all the faucets and had one of the kids keep flushing the toilet while I turned on the water pump to drain the chlorinated water. That filled the gray water tank to 2/3rd full and the black water tank to a third.
Since I still had to rinse the system, I decided to run only a small amount through the faucets (to make sure no chlorine remained in the pipes) and send the rest through the outside shower and drain. I also made sure to drain the hot water tank (depressurizing it first) between each session. The rinse cycle just drained onto the ground aided by the water pump. Then I refilled the fresh water tank and installed our Pur water filter on the kitchen faucet.
All the kids celebrated by drinking a glass of purified water!
Dewinterizing and sanitizing the system is a straightforward process and very easy for a new RV owner to do. Though I’m glad I had videos and manuals to guide me.
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