FRESHWATER FILLING HOSE CLEANING.

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Afternoon all. What do people do regarding cleaning there filling hoses, we have a flat one and some bits of normal type we use, and noticed even the flat one had some water in from several months ago. I'm thinking fill a container with aqua sol/our and pump it through the hoses?

Any thoughts welcome🙂👍
 
I have a flat hose and to clean it I mix some Miltons solution then fill with a tap connector on a funnel (hold the other end up with a double connector on, then remove the funnel once full and click it into the double connector then leave for 5 hours. Then repeat with Zoflora then rinse through.

I do similar with the whale hose and container filler.
 
Thanks Boris. So join the hose in a loop with the connectors and the Milton inside for the prescribed amount of time. Sounds like a good idea. 🙂👍
 
Apart from occasionally running water through the hose before placing it in the filler, I've never done any hose cleaning routine. Didn't even know it was a thing. Mind you, I rarely drink water from the tank.
 
It depends on your usage I guess, I avoid sites and do a lot of motorsport events.

As an example the water ran out at Brands Hatch this weekend, when it got sorted the water was blue and smelt for about 2 hours (didn’t effect me as my tank and portable 25l container were full) but even if you use sites and your hose sits for a time I’d clean it personally.
 
I used a 10 meter length blue food grade pipe with a Hozelok fitting on one end and replaced it every year.

We drank water straight from the tank which was cleaned with Puriclean twice a year and are still here to tell the story.

I considered it to be part of the yearly maintenance expenditure
 
Never bothered cleaning hoses or watering cans or tanks.
Grew up in an era when hygiene was just a word, we played in the dirt, threw cow pats and chalky dog turds at each other and bath night was a once a week affair. Being the youngest of 4, I had the dubious pleasure of bathing in the dirty water of my siblings. Tin bath in front of the fire and carbolic soap was the order of the day.
As a consequence of such a 'luxurious' lifestyle I am not prone to stomach bugs, dengy fever or the like.
Being in the late autumn of my life, I envisage a heart attack rather than my life force being blasted from my backside like a water canon.
 
izwozral said:
Never bothered cleaning hoses or watering cans or tanks.
Grew up in an era when hygiene was just a word, we played in the dirt, threw cow pats and chalky dog turds at each other and bath night was a once a week affair. Being the youngest of 4, I had the dubious pleasure of bathing in the dirty water of my siblings. Tin bath in front of the fire and carbolic soap was the order of the day.
As a consequence of such a 'luxurious' lifestyle I am not prone to stomach bugs, dengy fever or the like.
Being in the late autumn of my life, I envisage a heart attack rather than my life force being blasted from my backside like a water canon.
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Explains everything
 
izwozral said:
Never bothered cleaning hoses or watering cans or tanks.
Grew up in an era when hygiene was just a word, we played in the dirt, threw cow pats and chalky dog turds at each other and bath night was a once a week affair. Being the youngest of 4, I had the dubious pleasure of bathing in the dirty water of my siblings. Tin bath in front of the fire and carbolic soap was the order of the day.
As a consequence of such a 'luxurious' lifestyle I am not prone to stomach bugs, dengy fever or the like.
Being in the late autumn of my life, I envisage a heart attack rather than my life force being blasted from my backside like a water canon.
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You're fine Ral because any bacteria with an ounce of common sense would run a mile when they see what they are about to infect o_O :eek:

Oops sorry ................................................ wrong thread :rolleyes:
 
My food grade hose is probably about 15 years old. Its semi transparent. Its pretty disgusting on the inside now so I guess they do get a bit nasty over time but I've never thought about cleaning it. I did buy a new expandable one this year mainly to clean the bikes with but I might take that if we ever get away. We rarely drink from the tank water though but I have done. I prefer bottled water which allows us to eek out the tank water as its easy to get without moving the van.
 
On some of the aires in France, I have seen people filling their water tanks with the same hose on the Flot Bleu that everyone sticks into their cassette
 
izwozral said:
Grew up in an era when hygiene was just a word, we played in the dirt, threw cow pats and chalky dog turds at each other
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Don't forget that nice lady who spat on her fingers to open the brown paper bag and then blew into it before use.
 
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