Didn't flush black tank & hose adaptor

Allworth wrote:
That is in compliance with the National Sanitary Code. If the faucet (or any attached hose) has a male end, some dummy will hook up and fill his onboard fresh water tank. E-Coli is not nice to your stomach.

There must be a whole lot of places NOT in compliance, as I've never seen one without the male threaded part, at a dump station, but then I've also never seen one that wasn't somehow marked as "Not for human consumption" or "do not use the faucet for drinking", or some other warning to that affect.

Drink it if you want to. That will NOT make ME sick.

The Airport Bathroom Faucet is probably the best comparison.

Some people don't have the best hand washing routine. That is their business. My gut is my business.

If others are waiting to use the dump station, I do not mess around with the black tank flush.

After dumping my black tank I fill the toilet and flush it 3 times to add water to the empty tank. The only time I flush the tank is before putting the MH into winter storage.

Been camping since I was a kid...haven't flushed the black tank yet.

As long as you use a decent amount of water and let it fill at least 3/4 full before dumping, there is no need (If you are just weekend camping, add some extra water before going to the dump station if you are only 1/4 full).

You aren't going to eat or drink out of the tank, so who cares if there is a scum line on the sides. Where you get issues is if you only have an inch of water in the bottom and drain it. There isn't enough water flow to carry the solids out and they can dry out, solidify and build up if you do it repeatedly. After a few years, you can wind up with a pyramid of poo that blocks the toilet.

Use plenty of water and let the tank be mostly full before dumping.

I never flush my black tank if I dump with the Stinky Slinky. I only flush it when using my macerator, and I only use my macerator when dumping at home. My clean out plug is 60' away.

wa8yxm wrote:
Why bother fulshing the black tank less it's going into long term storage?

No I'd not flush it. The adapter I do flush once I take it off the RV and you can do that with the pictured hydrant.

But . WARNING. That Hydrant is a "Frost proof" design (I know have used them since I was in single digits, no in 60's) how it works is the valve is not where you see. but underground. and it's a 3-way valve.. When you shout off the water the water in the pipe drains into a gravel pit around the "T" fitting at the bottom.. SO IT CAN SIPHON STUFF DOWN INTO THE PIPE.

This is why it has no hose fitting,, Fill a bucket with it or use it to rinse the adapter and fill the hose with fresh you can walk into the ground (hold at least 3 inches below water outlet on hydrant) DO NOT connect a hose to it.

Best answer yet.
I forgot about it siphoning into the pipe before it drains underground.

Why bother fulshing the black tank less it's going into long term storage?

No I'd not flush it. The adapter I do flush once I take it off the RV and you can do that with the pictured hydrant.

But . WARNING. That Hydrant is a "Frost proof" design (I know have used them since I was in single digits, no in 60's) how it works is the valve is not where you see. but underground. and it's a 3-way valve.. When you shout off the water the water in the pipe drains into a gravel pit around the "T" fitting at the bottom.. SO IT CAN SIPHON STUFF DOWN INTO THE PIPE.

This is why it has no hose fitting,, Fill a bucket with it or use it to rinse the adapter and fill the hose with fresh you can walk into the ground (hold at least 3 inches below water outlet on hydrant) DO NOT connect a hose to it.

It's kind of bad form to use your cleanout while people are waiting in line behind you anyway.
I'm going to try something else this year.
I installed another gate valve at the sewer hose connection.
I'll dump black and close the new valve,
Then open grey tank and let it flow back into black tank.
Close grey and dump black again, then finally dump grey.

Should be a quick way to stir up the black take stuff.
(Wont do it if there's someone waiting).

I very seldom use my black tank flusher at the dump station. I will use it at home and I'll use it if the camp site has full hook-up, but not at dump stations.

My black and grey tank both exist at one outlet. I picked up a Flush King (a 3rd valve with a clear section of pipe on it) and attach it to the trailer sewer outlet, then attach the hose to the sewer hook-up (or my Barker Blue Tote).

I then back-flush the grey water into the black tank to rinse it out. This process takes virtually no longer than dumping both tanks separately, and it cleans out black tank marvelously. By doing this, I don't have to wait for the black tank to be full.

The steps are simple. Drain the black tank completely. You can see when it quits running because of the clear section of pipe on the Flush King. When it quits running, close the Flush King valve and open the grey water valve. This will back-flush the grey into the black. Leave the grey open for about 10 seconds and close it. Then open the Flush King again. This will drain the black tank a second time. Once it quits running again, close the Flush King, open the grey for 10 seconds again, close the grey and open the Flush King and drain the black tank again. I do this 3 times.

How do I know when it's time to dump the black tank? After 6 Navy showers. If we empty the black tank and back flush the grey and empty the grey, it's never enough (between them both) to overfill my 32 gallon Barker Blue tote.

I do this every time I dump my black tank. It uses no extra water, it really takes very, very little extra time, opposed to draining all the black and then all grey. It cleans out the black tank (unbelievable, the amount of paper and stuff that will come out the 2nd and 3rd flush), and if I go into the trailer, look down the toilet hole, I can see the bottom of the tank and the pop-rivets shining. So I know it's clean. And this keep all smells away.

At home, or if I have more time, not having folks waiting behind me to dump, I'll use the black tank flusher AFTER doing the 3 time back flush. And when traveling on the road, I keep 2 or 3 gallons of water in the black tank with a few squirts of Dawn Dishwashing Liquid to slosh around when traveling. This also keep the black tank extremely clean!

After doing this a few times, it becomes so second nature, you don't even think about it any more. There are better ways to flush and rinse the black tank without using a lot of extra water unnecessary.

About that "Water Thief"...??? I cut the end of a large diameter garden hose and it does the same thing. Although I have to hold it to keep it from blowing off. Works very will with campgrounds that don't have non-threaded shared single faucets.