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Re: AMEL 54 watertank compartments - access to clean

Oliver Henrichsen, SV Vela Nautica
 

Hello,

I got the same problem. 
I could imagine that dishwasher detergent might do a better job than chlorine. This dishwash detergent has chemicals that break down organic matter from the algees or bacteries living in these tanks. 
Sodium Metasilicate is used by vegie Restaurants to clean their dishwashers. 
I guess regular dishwash detergent will do the job too. 
Its a similar job like cleaning the watermaker membranes chemically.

OLIVER

VELA NAUTICA 54 #39
Faro /Portugal

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 17:08 Stefan Schaufert <mail@...> wrote:

Dear Amel Group,

this my first topic and it seems to be a difficult one.
I want and need to clean all off the water tank compartments.
But the access specially to the forward compartment seems to be nearly impossible.

For the aft compartment you can carefully slide the fridge forward (after loosening a few screws and the water hoses) and take it out.
But I see no solution for the forward compartment.
How is it working?

I’m asking you for your experiences. I am sure some of you cleaned the water tanks already ;-).

Thanks a lot for your help.
Best regards
Stefan
A54 / 119 / LADY CHARLYETTE
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