Hi Suzy and welcome to the group. What you have is common to RVs. The foul
smell is coming from the hot water heater or water tank or both. It is just as
easy to fix as it is common. You need to bleach the whole water system.Put a cup
or two of bleach in the water tank and fill it with water. Then run the hot
water until you smell a strong smell of bleach. Then run every faucet until it
smells of bleach. Go away for 24 hours and then drain and flush the system
thoroughly and it will be fine. You have bacteria in the water system and the
bleach will fix it just fine. If it is real bad it might take a couple of bleach
jobs to clear up but it will fix it just fine.
Dave
75 31 foot sovereign
WBCCI 2275
VAC
----- Original Message -----
From: terry tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:55
AM
Subject: Re: [VAC] new member with foul
smell
>
> Congratulations on becoming a new owner
> and a big "Welcome to the group."
>
> Among the things you might try is to
> trace the line leading to your faucet.
> Most of the line will be visible, but
> where it isn't, have a friend tap the
> line at the point where you last saw
> it while you feel any of the pipes on
> the other side of where you last saw it.
>
> Little by little, you can trace that
> line to its source. Somewhere, the line
> or source has been fouled. Because water
> flows, this suggests the actual pipe is
> not the culprit unless you find a mix of
> pipe and hose (a sign of repair from
> a past freeze up - i.e., burst pipe).
> If it flows without much pressure,
> perhaps something is in the line.
>
> You won't know if you should replace
> the pipe(s) until you find the cause.
> Be very logical while wearing your
> Sherlock cap.
>
> After you find the problem, feel free
> to ask about solving it before you go
> "hell bent for election tearing out
> the old pipe." There are ways to do
> that job which make for a lot of work
> or for a minimum of work.
>
> There is a sanitation procedure you will
> want to do, but not until you find the
> cause and get rid of it, i.e., a rotting
> critter, a segment of hose that should
> never have been introduced into the line
> or something you'd never anticipate.
>
> Invitation: Join the Vintage Airstream Club.
> The info and forms are on the web site.
> Have fun, and again, Welcome to the group.
>
> Terry
> =======
> >
> >HI Everyone!
> >I am the new owner of a 22' 1955 Airstream trailer and
> >also a new member
> >
> >of this discussion group. I live in central Texas.
> >
> >I am having a problem with a very foul odor from the
> >faucet when hooked
> >up to a fresh water supply. The odor is most intense
> >when I first turn
> >on the faucets and seems to fade as I let it run. The
> >very next time I
> >turn it on, however , the smell is back. It smells like
> >sewage. If I
> >put that water in a container , it still smells like
> >sewage and so I am
> >certain it's not coming from my drain.
> >
> >Has anyone experienced this problem?
> >Should I consider replacing all the pipes?
> >Could there be a simpler solution?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Suzy
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
