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chilly81
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Mar 21, 2016

Rinse your sewer hoses when leaving full hookup site?

Sorry if this is common knowledge, but searching I couldn't find this specific info - just general guides on dumping.

I use dump stations more often than not so when I'm at a full hookup site, I'm a bit at a loss as to what to do with my hoses after that last dump through the site hookup before I take off. At a dump station, I'd rinse the hoses with the non-potable water there. But at a site, it seems uncouth to put your 'icky water' hose on the h2o tap at the site to rinse your sewer hoses. So I've been just making sure I have plenty of gray, and letting that be the rinse. It's not awful... a little of that gray water smell, but no brown bits if you get my drift. Would prefer a rinse though....

So what do most people do with sewer hoses when unhooking from a full hookup site?
  • Black 1st, grey 2nd, then I refill a good portion of both the black and the grey tank with clean water (I already paid for the water bill :B) ...repeat black than grey. I figure at that point everything is clean.
  • BB_TX wrote:
    I just flush mine well with grey water and don't worry about it.



    X2 on that. Grey water, while not nearly as clean as non-potable water, is far better as a residual left over in the dump hose than BLACK WATER!
    Scott
  • I always dump Black tanks first, and we have a backwash connection and let it run for a good 5-10 minutes, (or even more, while I pack up) then dump the gray tanks.
  • I just flush mine well with grey water and don't worry about it.
  • I bought a 15' garden hose to use when rinsing on fresh water hose bibs.