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bluebarry1964b's avatar
Feb 18, 2014

black tank safe wet wipes

We all know that you can't use just any old type of toilet tissue in a black tank. The tissue has to be capable of dissolving so that it doesn't plug the tank when you drain the tank. What about wet wipes? Is there such a thing as a wet wipe that is safe to put in a black tank?

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  • Definitely. No! Son the plumber says...those wet wipes are a pain in the a**!
    In a regular toilet, septic or city they clogg up the system. He said nothing but tp that dissolves goes down the chute!
  • Executive wrote:
    NO


    x2

    We have a septic system in one of our homes and there is a rule....

    The three p's..... PPP (not to be graphic)... pee, poop and paper.... all dissolvable.

    Our toilet in the motorhome is a macerator toilet so only dissolvable will work best. Now, if you are connected to a sewer in a campground with a regular toilet then 'maybe' you could use them and just empty the tank as normal. Would the campground like it, I don't know. It depends on their system.

    Our desert water agency had a story about the use of wet wipe tissues and said they had to open the pumps to clean them out as they would get stuck in the system.

    MM.