A neighbor just showed me his sewer connection called a Sewer Solution. It has a high pressure water macerator pump attached to his rig and instead of a standard stinky-kinky hose, it uses a 3/4" hose.He claims no trouble in 5 years of use. He demonstrated the unit and it was slick. The company also claims that since it has a back-flush function, you can leave your grey water valve open all the time.Has anybody had any experience with this product?

I used one before I got a macerator pump. worked great. there will be some folks here whining that it uses too much water, but then they will back flush their black tank 3-4 times with a stinky slinky. following somebody's idea here I also made my own for less than $20.beats a stinky slinky any day.I never left my grey tank open all the time.bumpy

Looks like a great idea.QUESTIONS:1) Does the macerator turn on automatically when you flush the toilet?2) If it's like a garbage disposal, when not used in a while (like an RV sitting for a season), ours every once in a while sticks, and you have to get under it to insert an Allen wrench to rotate it to free it up. How would this be done in an RV setting?3) Bumpy -- what's your home made solution look like?Thanks.

Ten plus years no problems. Bought two extra 10 foot hoses so can hit almost any RV park sewer connection.Also purchased a short extension to put between the Sewer Solution and my sewer outlet. When removing the Sewer Solution from my coach, I leave the unit connected to the short extension and remove the extension from the sewer outlet. I have broken one extension ear which is SO much cheaper to replace vs breaking the ear off of the Sewer Solution.

I had one on my 1990 Bounder and due to the configuration of the drain valves and hose storage, I only removed it once and it did take a lot of force and some breakage did occur. It did work for emptying my tanks at home and I could pump up and over a planter to a cleanout on the side of the house. I had 20 feet of hose attached. A Sewer Solution, however, is not a pump, it is a macerator system. It uses gravity and/or water pressure to pull stuff out of the tanks and macerate it. There are no moving parts used to break down effluents and paper, just a stream of water and in my opinion it is not a flush system, hose yeah, tank, no.I don't have one on the Winnie because I have a Tornado Tank Flush installed and it is easier to use that and the 3" hose in most places. At home there is a rise if 18" over the planter and then back down to the cleanout so I do need something to overcome that rise. I am going to use the Steam Punk Workshop, garbage disposal method. (LINk) I do not plan on carrying the thing in the rig, it is just for use to pump out and clean the tanks at home.I have never had a clog with the 3" hose and the only reason for the pump is for at home usage when I am camping without a dump station or when the RV becomes our second bedroom.

stasha wrote:Looks like a great idea.QUESTIONS:1) Does the macerator turn on automatically when you flush the toilet?2) If it's like a garbage disposal, when not used in a while (like an RV sitting for a season), ours every once in a while sticks, and you have to get under it to insert an Allen wrench to rotate it to free it up. How would this be done in an RV setting?3) Bumpy -- what's your home made solution look like?Thanks.The Sewer Solution is a passive water driven device, not an electric motor driven device like conventional macerators or a waste disposal. The only "On/Off" function is turning the water supply on and off.

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gatorcq
Explorer
Feb 15, 2018
Yes, friend showed me his. I bought the extra hose - so I can go 35 ft. AND when some fool walks on it or drives over it. No issue
fpresto
Explorer
Feb 14, 2018
I used one for a few years but didn't like the water use and it is slow. I switched to the Flo Jet.
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Feb 14, 2018
profdant139 wrote:
Sewer Solution worked pretty well for us, until I broke it. Here is what I did wrong: our sewer cleanout at home is slightly uphill from the trailer (by a few inches). Usually, I put the nose of the trailer down when using the Sewer Solution, to raise the back of the trailer, where the sewer valve is, so the sewage could flow just barely downhill to the cleanout.

One fine day, I forgot to lower the nose . . . .

The Sewer Solution was pumping slightly uphill. It was doing ok for a while. Then too much back-pressure built up in the system and the connector exploded. A very memorable event.

Don't do that.

It's funny now, but it wasn't then.

Luckily they're not very expensive!!

The only issue I had was finding a 3/4" hose locally that was not 100 ft long. Everyone only had 100 footers!!

I wanted a shorter hose so ordered one off Amazon.
profdant139
Explorer II
Feb 13, 2018
Sewer Solution worked pretty well for us, until I broke it. Here is what I did wrong: our sewer cleanout at home is slightly uphill from the trailer (by a few inches). Usually, I put the nose of the trailer down when using the Sewer Solution, to raise the back of the trailer, where the sewer valve is, so the sewage could flow just barely downhill to the cleanout.

One fine day, I forgot to lower the nose . . . .

The Sewer Solution was pumping slightly uphill. It was doing ok for a while. Then too much back-pressure built up in the system and the connector exploded. A very memorable event.

Don't do that.

It's funny now, but it wasn't then.
jcsb
Explorer
Feb 13, 2018
LIke it use it all the time.
old_guy
Explorer
Feb 11, 2018
I use one here at home so I can clean out my tanks. yes they do use a lot of water and yes I don't like people who back flush their tanks 3 times while the rest of us sit inline waiting for them to finish. we have a gas station who lets us empty our tanks free of charge, one guy I know would fill his tanks up so many times and let the station owner foot the bill for the water. I think that is down right wrong to do this. one of these days the station owner is going to start charging us to use his dump station. it's butt heads like the one guy who ruin it for the rest of us
Trainer
Explorer
Feb 11, 2018
Wow, I respectfully disagree with you all. I use mine all the time except when dumping the the very few no sewer connection parks I stay at.

Thirty feet stores very compactly, easily rolled and put away and automatically clean after the end of the dump procedure. Lot of time I only have 10 feet connected.

But as my friend says, please do what makes you happy.
turbojimmy
Explorer
Feb 11, 2018
Ron3rd wrote:
Agree with SoundGuy, but I only use my Sewer Solution at home. I don't carry it with me. Works good at home where you have plenty of water and not in any rush. I would never use it at a campground.

I only use mine at home, too. It's great for pumping the waste to my city sewer cleanout. I don't see a need for having it at a campground.
SoundGuy
Explorer
Feb 11, 2018
drsteve wrote:
This thing can be used at the dump station as well.

I never waste my time lining up at a dump station. :B
drsteve
Explorer
Feb 11, 2018
SoundGuy wrote:
Dream_Chaser! wrote:
A neighbor just showed me his sewer connection called a Sewer Solution. It has a high pressure water macerator pump attached to his rig and instead of a standard stinky-kinky hose, it uses a 3/4" hose.

Useful if you always camp where you have on-site water but here in Ontario where you & I both are you won't ever have that in the provincial park system and only some sites in conservation area parks so it would only be useful in private parks with full service sites. I too have a macerator and service my tanks at home but it's a 12 vdc powered FloJet Waste Macerator which can be used anywhere 12 vdc is available. Wouldn't ever consider a water powered Sewer Solution.

This thing can be used at the dump station as well.