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Originally Posted by Lumatic
The manual says 1 teaspoon of Clorox for every 10 gallons as a regular maintenance treatment.
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I don't know where that came from.
My manual says that to sanitize the fresh tank and plumbing, use 0.13 ounces unscented Clorox bleach per gallon; for me that's about 4 ounces for a 32-gallon capacity (including water heater). Let it sit for about four hours, then flush with clean water.
EPA and CDC guidance for emergency treatment of drinking water says you should use one teaspoon of Clorox per
gallon of drinking water. One teaspoon per ten gallons is way too little to kill any microorganisms that might have gotten into the water, and is a waste of perfectly good Clorox.
But as long as you fill the fresh tank from a trusted municipal source using a clean hose and sanitize the plumbing as directed when you un-winterize and again after any plumbing repairs, you don't need to add Clorox to the drinking water at all.