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Mr_Mark1
Apr 23, 2018Explorer
poetj wrote:
First time RVers! There will be two of us, possibly a third some of the time. We would hope to use our own bathroom at night, but mostly use other facilities during the day.
We are flying there, and an RV will be delivered to the site for us.
2013 Crossroads Z-1 25' is the leading option so far, and it seems great, but apparently it only has 26 gallons of black water storage.
There's electricity, but no way to dump the tank for 11 days.
Any guesses or advice on roughly how many flushes that would be? How many days that would last?
How many gallons of black water storage should we have, if we plan to last 11 days?
Also, we will be given a regular 110-120v household extension cord to plug into, which is hooked to a bank of generators for the event. But I wouldn't want to try to draw a dangerous amount of power. Any advice on using a household connection like that?
I checked the FAQs and read a lot, but still don't know for sure about these two issues. :) Any other advice about this you may have would be great!
Poetj,
The rental company did not do you justice renting you that unit. I'm sure you told them how many you had in your party and your set-up at the event.
I would be thinking about that holding tank the whole time ruining my experience.
In California (where I Iive part time in a S&B) we have been through a drought recently. The motto is, 'if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down'. That will save you water. :E
Good luck,
MM.
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