HELP! Black tank Clogged
My friend has a clog in the black tank. Opened the valve and nothing comes out. What is the best way to fix?
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I had this happen once just when we were about to leave Myrtle Beach. Pulled the lever and just a little came out and then stopped. I knew we were just about full since it was days since we last drained.
Dumped a bunch of chemicals down there and took off home, figuring that, by the time we get to our stop in Falling Waters, WV, it should have gotten loose. Well... no dice. Used one of those mechanics mirror on the end of a stick and took a look up and TP had clogged up the exit.
Got home and the rest weasn't pretty. Went to a city dump site, put on a bunch of clothes that I didn't care about tossing out at the end of the procedure, and poked a straightened coat hanger up there a couple of times, then threw it down in the hopes of getting my hose up there before the inevitable. Well... lets just say that the force that came down just as I almost got the hose to the fitting was so strong that it ripped the hose out of my hands and I got a mud bath for a second or two before I got it back up there to secure it.
The only thing I heard other than my own gagging was my wife's giggling on the inside of the motorhome as the rest drained. All my clothes and shoes in the trash bag, shower and freshen up, and now I can rest assured that everyone in my motorhome now knows exactly how much water needs to go in there after every use of TP, since they're doing the duty if there ever is a next time.
Dumped a bunch of chemicals down there and took off home, figuring that, by the time we get to our stop in Falling Waters, WV, it should have gotten loose. Well... no dice. Used one of those mechanics mirror on the end of a stick and took a look up and TP had clogged up the exit.
Got home and the rest weasn't pretty. Went to a city dump site, put on a bunch of clothes that I didn't care about tossing out at the end of the procedure, and poked a straightened coat hanger up there a couple of times, then threw it down in the hopes of getting my hose up there before the inevitable. Well... lets just say that the force that came down just as I almost got the hose to the fitting was so strong that it ripped the hose out of my hands and I got a mud bath for a second or two before I got it back up there to secure it.
The only thing I heard other than my own gagging was my wife's giggling on the inside of the motorhome as the rest drained. All my clothes and shoes in the trash bag, shower and freshen up, and now I can rest assured that everyone in my motorhome now knows exactly how much water needs to go in there after every use of TP, since they're doing the duty if there ever is a next time.
