Sewer hose length and support recommendation

S-n-L wrote:
Thanks everyone,

If you do have a macerator and use the small diameter hose, do you use a suspension device to elevate the hose or just lay it on the ground? Also, with a macerator does the gray water drain from the small diamter hose as well as the black water?

Stuart

I just run mine on the ground. I only run out just enough to reach the sewer opening and leave the rest inside the mh's compartment.

Yes, the gray comes out the same hose.

My mh's two tanks are connected together with a "Y" and each tank has it's own gate valve. initially, I'll open the gray first, push the macerator start button, and watch the clear connector that I have connected to the "Y" to make sure I have a good flow. I'll then close the gray, and open the black. Once the black is empty, I leave the black open and then open the gray for about 15 seconds to allow water to flow from the gray to the black. I close the gray and empty the black once more. I do this several times until nothing but clear water is coming out of the black. I then close the black and open the gray and empty what is left in there. This also cleans out all the hoses and the macerator.

The macerator also has a gray water by-pass feature that if you want you can leave the gray tank gate valve open, and the gray tank will drain. This comes in handy if you have a washer/dryer.

Using the macerator does add a little more time to the process, but the ease of operation, not having to handle and store the stinky slinky, and cleaning the black take with the gray water is more than worth the few extra minutes. Another downside to the macerator is the unit's impeller. Over time and use, it will break off some of the little flappers and degrade the pumping action. Once a year, I remove the pump, clean it out, and replace the impeller. All part of my winterization process.

Hope this helps

Ron