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Spade_Cooley
Explorer
Dec 13, 2019

How much water to ad to black tank when starting out.?

I'm not a beginner and have never had trouble with blockage but know a number of people who have, My neighbor in this RV park is currently stopped up and had to buy a solution to dump into her tank t...
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edatlanta
Explorer II
Dec 17, 2019
Oasisbob wrote:
In my 17 years with this trailer I have never even considered adding water. My bathroom sink does empty into black however. I do use an internal on board sprinkler type sprayer when I dump where available. Maybe that helps?


I am now 9 years+ full time and I NEVER add water after a dump. I do boondock a couple of weeks a year and really want full black tank capacity when I start. If you are going to be using it why start out with extra water in the tank?

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