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We have found the only real way for drinking water is to filter it with something like Nature Pure I know it is expensive but it is well worth it. We use a seperate tap for all drinking, tea, coffee water.
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Does it taste as if the taint is coming from the water tank itself -eg plasticky perhaps ? or is it the water you picked up that was tainted ?
A TCP taste is not uncommon in water and makes tea etc taste foul. According to Anglian Water Board, who have written quite a treatise on the subject, that is caused by components added to the water in processing reacting with specific plastics in the seals on your kettle or even the van fresh water tank or pipework.
There are tank cleaners that you can buy - Aquapure for one - if you have picked up tainted water or just want ot clean the tank after storage.
If you have the TCP taste then, from experience, it varies as to the source of the water you fill up with. We always fill several TEsco plastic milk bottles for drinking water and they can be binned if we pick up TCP tasting water.
Has this taste just come about, or is it a long standing issue?
When I was in France earlier this year, I filled up and noticed a taste to the water. In the end I had to completely drain the tanks and the boiler, rinse out several time with fresh water and restock.
I did not use any of the cleaners etc.
Russell
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Try and check whether the taint is originating from your filler hose or the onboard tank. I had a hose that tainted the fresh water, took me a couple of months to realise it.
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Hi, we got a tainting problem while in France last year, initially I suspected the supply but it remained after flushing and refilling at another site. I eventually suspected my filling hose, it was a green one of the roll up cassette type sold as a camping/caravan filling hose. I replaced it with a blue food grade one and haven't had a problem since. I think that the non food grade types eventually break down after a certain time (how long is a piece of string) and release plasticiser or something else noxious.
The only time I have had tainted water was the same TCP taste as reported by Grizzly which was caused by a food grade hose bought from a yacht chandler for serious money! I ran 1000's of gallons through it and it still tasted bad. Switched to using a garden hose no problems since
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