Cleaning rdwc system and chiller

[Texagonian]

Theirs nothing like that around here. Everything is still underground.

Basically pros and cons to everything. I am from a non friendly state originally and it caused me some grief so I had to go. Is what it is

 

[Squirrel Master]

Drain and rinse everything and hose down the. Buckets, flush it all out and shop vac the buckets out. 20ml bleach per gallon of water and refill the system. Reverse your hose lines to the chiller and turn pump on. Let it run for 24 hours and than empty. Refill system with water than flush 1 more time and shop vac out the rest of the water. Unhook the chiller and tilt it over to get the rest of water out. Dont leave chiller tilted just tilt quick enough to get the water out
Your all set till your ready to refill.

Whats the purpose of reversing the hoses?

 

[Greenthumbskunk]

Whats the purpose of reversing the hoses?

Because once you do that gunk and slime starts to come out of the hose from opposite direction. Guess it grows in one direction and when its flipped the action of the water tears loose the slime. Trust me I had tons of slime coming out. I had to out a screen under the hose to catch it all their was so much. Had clogged the pump filter up.