Are those black tank cleaning wands worth it?
You know the kind.. $15-20, attach to a hose.. I'm assuming used through the toilet to clean the black tank. Worth it? Any better techniques to keeping the blank tank clean?
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CincyGus wrote:
Never used one. Each time I dump, I put about 2-3 gallons of water in the tank, add a cup of the cheapest laundry detergent I can find and a couple caps of Calgon. Let that slosh around on the trip home, leave it in the tank.
Go camping, when we are getting ready to leave (day before, I'll fill black tank to 3/4 full if it is not already. Then on day of leaving as part of my close up duties, I fill the tank till it's almost burping full. Then hook and take to the dump station or dump if we have FHU.
Never had any build up, odor or and my sensors work perfectly after 3.5 seasons. No Wands, No expensive additives and no problems.
Consider yourself lucky since I also use the GEO method with the detergent and Calgon, but still have to use the wand every so often to make sure the sensors stay clean which is a real issue with many TTs as reported here by owners. Also as some one mentioned the wand does a good job of cleaning the area below the slide valve in the toilet down to the top of the tank which can really get nasty over time. Maybe only 3.5 years is not long enough depending on usage to have started encountering some of the issues those of us have had with older TTs.
I can put my wand down and close the toilet valve and let it work w/o attending it 24/7 and can actually see the sensors starting to work at my tank monitor panel so I know the wand is doing something to clean things up better.
Larry
