Sewer Tank Flusher
We are getting ready to take our Fifth Wheel on our first trip. I have a water inlet that says this on it: CAUTION SEWER TANK FLUSHER Sewer tank valves must be OPEN when using this inlet. OK...
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Twomed wrote:
And NEVER leave a hose connected there... Murphy has proven "s..t happens" :(
Yeppers. I previously would leave a hose connected and just "turned off" at the "Y" splitter. The most recent purchase happened to be a Harbor Freight one (not because I'm cheap, but because it was convenient- I was there for something else, it was there, you know how it goes). My wife flushed and black water almost flooded the toilet onto the floor (about 1-2" lower than the bowl's rim).
Turns out, the "Y" valve didn't shut off the water entirely. Over the course of hours, the drips/trickle filled the tank up.
Up until recently, I stopped leaving that hose connected. Now, I leave it connected but have 2 shut offs- one at either end of the hose. Both would have to fail for me to have a repeat.
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And ditto on the rupturing of a tank. Happened to a buddy of mine when he spaced out and turned off the hose twice.
