My water was smelling like plastic and I found your video. Hopped in Amazon and ordered the wand, the 1 1/16 socket, rod, and whole house filter. Because of your video I felt confident and safe throughout the entire process and was able accomplish this on my own. Thank you for making this!
I have used peroxide to do this. I send a quart of it directly into my pipes and water heater. Let it sit for a couple hours. Flush it all out by running the water throughout the camper for 5 mins. The smell is gone and stays gone for a good while. Semper Fi, leatherneck!!!
“Sacrificial Stuff” from your rod… yep that’s where the smells come from for sure… good video. Cleaning the hot water tank is a must.. we do it a couple times a year. No smells.
Thank you, sir. You did help me a lot. I am a first time on a motorhome. And I did have that same problem stinky water ... I did what you Show on the video in a work's really good thank you once more time.
Excellent video! Thanks for spending all that time making it. It was very well presented; organized; complete and your explanations were excellent (you explained WHY you did each step). I only ask what settings you had the Nautilus water control knobs set at...("Sanitize"?). On the whole, what an excellent, helpful video! Thank you!
Wow thank you for the great review. I just left the nautilus on city water connection. I didn’t need to use sanitize as I didn’t have to suck the vinegar into the system. Im glad it helped!
I heard to use 60% vinegar mixture. I live full-time in my trailer. I use the fresh water tank quite often because if the city water gets shut off, I still have water.
Thanks for sharing this. We rent out rvs and have 9 now. Our latest one has some bad smell and my wife loves to use vinegar for everything so I am going to try this.
WOW this is very detailed! But, love all the ideas. I needed to change my water filter for the longest time YIKES! I am guilty of not changing it as much as I'd like to. The water heater is a whole other story. Can definitely use these ideas for my own tank! ♥ XO ♥ Bloggin Brandi
I got the flush valve last year because I never flushed the tank but didn’t get one single thing out. I think it’s because I winterize and drain my tank every other weekend in the winter so it flushes itself out
I only used about a half cup but you can use much more than that with no problem. It becomes a problem to get a ton in there with the way it opens at the bottom.
I'm curious, how did you get rid of the smell of rotten eggs from the side of your rv and all over the ground once you drained the water out? You may not be able to smell the rotten eggs that your wife smells, but the rest of the rv park probably could.
If you have ever had it you would know it’s not as bad as you are thinking. Although you can smell it when you are trying to use it it’s not so strong that you need to collect it and dispose of it away from people. It’s just not that over the top smelly
@@JarheadAndGingersJourney coming out of the faucet, it is horrible. I had an rv repair guy decline to flush and sanitize the water heater because he said every camper near us would be complaining to management. So, I'm going to take his word for it.
Well good job. But what about ur hot water lines that didn't get the VINAGER run thru them. Y wouldn't u run the VINAGER thru the HOT WATER lines like u did the COLD WATER lines? If I missed something I apologize. Have a BLESSED day.
When you run the faucet you use both cold and hot to het the vinegar in all the lines sorry if that was not clear. You can also use a lot more vinegar I have found out since making this video too. Thank you for watching and commenting too
@@JarheadAndGingersJourney thanks for the video! Super helpful! I got it all done and am now waiting overnight. Did you run the vinegar in the hot lines before letting sit overnight or in the morning? If I do it the night before, I fear diluting the stuff in the hot water tank, but if I do it in the morning I fear that it didn’t sit in the lines long enough. Army vet here, thanks for your service!
Sorry just got this. You should run the hot and cold side after you put the vinegar in before you let it set. You can use a ton more vinegar too. About as much as you want.
My water was smelling like plastic and I found your video. Hopped in Amazon and ordered the wand, the 1 1/16 socket, rod, and whole house filter.
Because of your video I felt confident and safe throughout the entire process and was able accomplish this on my own.
Thank you for making this!
That is awesome!!! Thank you for commenting on this video It really means a lot to us and we are super happy it helped.
I have used peroxide to do this. I send a quart of it directly into my pipes and water heater. Let it sit for a couple hours. Flush it all out by running the water throughout the camper for 5 mins. The smell is gone and stays gone for a good while. Semper Fi, leatherneck!!!
Thats a good idea. Thanks brother!
“Sacrificial Stuff” from your rod… yep that’s where the smells come from for sure… good video. Cleaning the hot water tank is a must.. we do it a couple times a year. No smells.
😂🤣 has to be it. Thanks guys.
Thank you, sir. You did help me a lot. I am a first time on a motorhome. And I did have that same problem stinky water ... I did what you Show on the video in a work's really good thank you once more time.
Thats awesome glad it helped! Really appreciate you watching and commenting too. Please consider subscribing if you haven’t already it really helps.
Awesome. Simperfi!!!
Thanks brother
We love the thumbnail and the intro y'all! ~ Shion and Matthew
Thanks guys Allison is quite an actor sometimes.
I use that stuff everywhere! Love it! Great tip as many don’t know know why it smells and how to fix it.
We do too its a common problem but an easy fix. Thanks y’all.
This video was super helpful for us! Thank you for making it!
Absolutely glad it helped. You can add way more vinegar too if you want.
How much vinegar did you use?
I just used about a cup or so you can use a lot more than that though.
Thank you! safe travels
I'm a little surprised yall had to do that already. You're a keeper Scott.
🤣 thanks LeeLee.
Very detailed and good to know info. Now I'm like, do I need to do this on Mariposa??? LOL
If you have stinky water this will help for sure and you can use way more vinegar if you need to.
I don’t know anything about RV , but is seems this was a great explanation of getting rid of stinky smell. Great job.
Thank you. Glad you liked it even though you don’t know about RV’s. Thanks for watching and commenting too.
So glad it is fixed. 👍🏻
Thanks
Excellent video! Thanks for spending all that time making it. It was very well presented; organized; complete and your explanations were excellent (you explained WHY you did each step). I only ask what settings you had the Nautilus water control knobs set at...("Sanitize"?). On the whole, what an excellent, helpful video! Thank you!
Wow thank you for the great review. I just left the nautilus on city water connection. I didn’t need to use sanitize as I didn’t have to suck the vinegar into the system. Im glad it helped!
Nice job giving detailed, step-by-step instructions! 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻
Thanks hope it helps someone out there. Thanks for watching and commenting again too.
we never use our fresh tank either, but we do the tank sanitize and lines to make sure we have covered our bases.
Yeah we probably should have but didn’t with the Momentum. We will use it plenty on the new one though
Good to know! And love the intro! Lol!
Lol thanks Allison is quite the actress sometimes 🤣. Thanks for watching and commenting too.
Thnks for showing me 🤙🏽
Absolutely! Hope it helped. Thanks for watching and commenting too
Should run the hot water to sanitize the hot lines before draining? Thanks for the thorough video.
Yep thats what we did until you smell the vinegar in there. You can also add a lot more vinegar than we did. Thanks
GREAT VIDEO...TANK YOU
Thank you hope it helped. You can also use more vinegar than I did here if you want.
Great tips 👍
Hope it helps someone. Thanks for watching and commenting too.
I heard to use 60% vinegar mixture. I live full-time in my trailer. I use the fresh water tank quite often because if the city water gets shut off, I still have water.
That should work I just used regular white vinegar
Thanks for sharing this. We rent out rvs and have 9 now. Our latest one has some bad smell and my wife loves to use vinegar for everything so I am going to try this.
Thats cool hope it works you can use lots more vinegar if you want too.
Thanks for the idea. Liked your channel. Look like you used about 1/2 to 1 cup of white vinegar
Yeah I did you can use way more with no issue though. Thank you
Good "how to". We need to do ours soon.
These things just seem to sneak up on you. Thanks y’all.
WOW this is very detailed! But, love all the ideas. I needed to change my water filter for the longest time YIKES! I am guilty of not changing it as much as I'd like to. The water heater is a whole other story. Can definitely use these ideas for my own tank!
♥ XO ♥
Bloggin Brandi
Thats awesome I’m glad you you liked it and that it actually helped. Thanks for watching and commenting too.
Do you have any suggestions if we’ve already flushed and replaced the rod and have the smell come back a few weeks later?
I would start looking at the water source. You could try an aluminum anode too that may help more that the regular one.
How much vinegar are you putting in the water heater?
In the video I only used a half cup but you can use more if you want to some people use a gallon or more. Thanks y’all
Thanks.
Thank you
Glad it helped someone.
Very helpful thank you so much!
you're a good instructor
Thank you can use a lot more vinegar too if you want.
I got the flush valve last year because I never flushed the tank but didn’t get one single thing out. I think it’s because I winterize and drain my tank every other weekend in the winter so it flushes itself out
Probably so. Thanks for watching and commenting too.
How much vinegar?
I only used about a half cup but you can use much more than that with no problem. It becomes a problem to get a ton in there with the way it opens at the bottom.
If you are ever going to use your fresh water holding tank, your MUST use sanitizer in that also!
Yep when we get ready to use it we will definitely have to sanitize it first. Thanks for watching and commenting too.
I'm curious, how did you get rid of the smell of rotten eggs from the side of your rv and all over the ground once you drained the water out? You may not be able to smell the rotten eggs that your wife smells, but the rest of the rv park probably could.
If you have ever had it you would know it’s not as bad as you are thinking. Although you can smell it when you are trying to use it it’s not so strong that you need to collect it and dispose of it away from people. It’s just not that over the top smelly
@@JarheadAndGingersJourney coming out of the faucet, it is horrible. I had an rv repair guy decline to flush and sanitize the water heater because he said every camper near us would be complaining to management. So, I'm going to take his word for it.
Hahaha ok you can also use a lot more vinegar as well if you do decide to do it I would use more.
Well good job. But what about ur hot water lines that didn't get the VINAGER run thru them. Y wouldn't u run the VINAGER thru the HOT WATER lines like u did the COLD WATER lines? If I missed something I apologize. Have a BLESSED day.
When you run the faucet you use both cold and hot to het the vinegar in all the lines sorry if that was not clear. You can also use a lot more vinegar I have found out since making this video too. Thank you for watching and commenting too
@@JarheadAndGingersJourney thanks for the video! Super helpful! I got it all done and am now waiting overnight. Did you run the vinegar in the hot lines before letting sit overnight or in the morning? If I do it the night before, I fear diluting the stuff in the hot water tank, but if I do it in the morning I fear that it didn’t sit in the lines long enough. Army vet here, thanks for your service!
Sorry just got this. You should run the hot and cold side after you put the vinegar in before you let it set. You can use a ton more vinegar too. About as much as you want.
@@JarheadAndGingersJourney thank you!
Absolutely!
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Thanks