Ice in Black Tanks?
I watch a video today about putting a 10 lbs. bag of ice down your toilet to help clean your black tank? This video showed by a camera placed inside the black tank that while a RV is moving (black tan...
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J-Rooster wrote:Goldencrazy wrote:I use Dawn but don't use Calgon. What does the Calgon do? When I'm done RVing I empty my tanks then add 1/2 cup of Dawn and 5 gallons of water and just let it slush around while driving to my next destination. My coach has a oscillator which I use to clean the sensors.
Add Calgon softener and Dawn dish soap. Helps a lot.
Calgon liquid water softener is part of the "GEO method" that had followers here, in the past, and maybe still does. It works, but I do what you do, and it's easy, and never fails. I dump, then fill up a drywall bucket with about four gallons of water. Before I dump that down the toilet, I give it a shot of liquid laundry detergent. If I had a stuck sensor, the problem is gone after that soapy water has had a nice road trip, and a chance to slosh around the tank. I have also used bleach to control tank smell, and have done so, successfully, for decades.
