My latest error on the motohome!

Can you say "NIGHTMARE?" Glad it worked out for you. Maybe buy a lottery ticket!

msmith1199 wrote:
You know, if you see water pouring out of somebody else's motorhome, I don't think anybody would complain if you went and turned the water off at the faucet. But it sounds like the damage was already done to their motorhome anyway.

If I recall, I think we did turn the water off. Because logically, it didn't make any sense to see what we were seeing. I forgot to put that in the previous answer.
Scott

You know, if you see water pouring out of somebody else's motorhome, I don't think anybody would complain if you went and turned the water off at the faucet. But it sounds like the damage was already done to their motorhome anyway.

mssmith,
Well Sir, it's kind-a ironic that you had this happen to you because, a short story.
We were camped in Grizzly RV park, in West Yellowstone and, the wife and I were cruising around in the camp on our bicycles. We came upon a nice coach, can't remember just what make and model but, I do remember that it was in the higher end category. Well, guess what, we also saw a small waterfall emminating from the roof and rain gutters, close to the middle of the coach.
Well, we banged on the door, and, no answer. We looked around and saw no one near by. There was nothing I could do at that point so, we jumped back on the bikes and, were going to make a bee-line to the front office to notify them, so that they maybe could look up the space number and maybe get a phone number of the occupying folks.

On the way to the office, a couple was walking along, in between rows. Just for a remote possibility, I stopped them and asked them if they had that model coach and, were parked in that space. Their reply, "Yes, why do you ask". Well, after about 5 seconds of explanation, they both took off running and, THEY WEREN'T YOUNG!!!!

The next thing we saw, was a company with a vacuum truck (disaster restoration company) parked next to them and, a whole ton of carpet, throw rugs, and other floor laid components, all over their campsite.

He too had put a garden hose into the "flush" part of his dump system and, he too had "forgot about it".

So, yes, you already realize that you could have had the same exact catastrophe. You got lucky on that one Pal. Whew!
Scott

I learned a lesson, the only problem is will I remember that lesson! I've flooded my campsite 3 or 4 times now by forgetting that I was filling my fresh tank and water flowed out the vent. You'd think I'd learn!!!

Join the Club, embarassed to say, same thing happened to me several years ago, Lesson Learned---:B

sundancer268 wrote:
You are lucky, The day we picked up our Motor Home, we parked it in the dealers camp ground and proceeded to serialize the Potable Water Tank. Not wanting to dump the bleach water on the ground, I turned on the bathroom sink faucet and opened the Gray Tank Dump Valve to flush the water into the park sewage system. I did not know the Bath Room Sink drained to the Black Water Tank. We found out when the water started running down the hallway. The SeaLand Toilet has an over flow port so if the water valve leaks the water will overflow to the Black Tank. In my case, the Over Flow Port allowed Black Tank to over flow into the bowl and then over the rim. We had to get the carpet cleaned and when we finished the season, I ripped the carpet out and replaced it with Alure Flooring. I learned a valuable lesson that day, Open BOTH tank drain valves on a new to you unit until you know what you have.

I was actually worried about that, because I thought the sink that is in the lav compartment drained into the black tank. So I thought when I went into the motorhome even if the toilet didn't overflow that the sink surely would have been back up. But it did not. So now I'm not sure if it drains to the black tank or not.

wa8yxm wrote:
At least now you know the roof vent was not plugged.

What did happen?

In many cases the vent pipe extends a bit into the tank,, once the contents reach the bottom of the tank it can no longer vent.. So pressure builds as breakdown happens and you get a bit of a bubble. It means TANK NEARLY FULL DUMP NOW!!!

Tank was no where near full. Only used it for a day and it had been emptied.

You are lucky, The day we picked up our Motor Home, we parked it in the dealers camp ground and proceeded to serialize the Potable Water Tank. Not wanting to dump the bleach water on the ground, I turned on the bathroom sink faucet and opened the Gray Tank Dump Valve to flush the water into the park sewage system. I did not know the Bath Room Sink drained to the Black Water Tank. We found out when the water started running down the hallway. The SeaLand Toilet has an over flow port so if the water valve leaks the water will overflow to the Black Tank. In my case, the Over Flow Port allowed Black Tank to over flow into the bowl and then over the rim. We had to get the carpet cleaned and when we finished the season, I ripped the carpet out and replaced it with Alure Flooring. I learned a valuable lesson that day, Open BOTH tank drain valves on a new to you unit until you know what you have.

At least now you know the roof vent was not plugged.

What did happen?

In many cases the vent pipe extends a bit into the tank,, once the contents reach the bottom of the tank it can no longer vent.. So pressure builds as breakdown happens and you get a bit of a bubble. It means TANK NEARLY FULL DUMP NOW!!!