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kcmoedoe
Jul 05, 2014Explorer
Effy wrote:Love the Macerator. However, your situation is different from the OP in that when yours came from the factory, all the controls and hoses necessary to dump were on the utility side of the RV. Apparently the rig the guy is looking at cannot be dumped from the utility connection side and to me that would be a deal ending problem. Still sounds like it was a modification and not a factory decision to put the sewer on the wrong side. If it was a factory decision, it sure was a stupid one and if they are so out of touch with how a rig operates that they would do that, I would be afraid there were other things in that rig that would be equally puzzling and stupid.
Some units are built that way, typically when the bathroom or toilet is on the passenger side. The ACE 29.2 is built like that and the solution (from the factory) was to install a macerator with the hose on the other side. The tank gate valves are linked via cable and the switch for the macerator is in the same bin. I love having the macerator and it makes things so much easier and cleaner. If you can have that setup installed you can dump from either side. Just install the macerator in the pass side bin and run the hose up over or around the tanks to a bin on the other side. A hassle to do but once it's done it makes things much easier. And with a macerator there is no dependence on gravity. You can run the hose wherever it's easiest as opposed to standard slinky lines which you have to be more creative about how/where to run it since it must have a downhill flow.
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