[C320-list] hot water stench

[Allan S Field]

Smells like rotten eggs or sulfur?  I have had that before but resolve with putting bleach in the water tanks per the following formulas:

Shock Treatment – Add 8 ounces bleach to every 10 gallons of water.  Open all faucets and keep them open until water exiting smells like bleach.  Turn faucets off but leave pump on and the system pressurized.  Leave for 8-24 hours then flush tanks at least twice.

Drinking Water – ½ teaspoon of bleach for every 5 gallons of water.

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Louis Spitz
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:11 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] hot water stench

Hi Group,

I’m hopeful that someone has an idea about causes and cure for a terrible stench that comes when the hot water is used. Only with the hot; not the cold. Smells organic rather than chemical, but I can’t place it. This started quite suddenly recently; before, all worked fine with no odor. I tried running the hot water for a while, and things got a bit better, but then the odor came back.

Thanks in advance.

Lou Spitz
1995 # 195 Merry Chase