lanerd wrote:
DSDP Don wrote:
We used AquaChem for 30 years because my poop does smell and the tank will have odors during hot weather or long dump intervals. I recently tried Happy Camper and found it easy to use and worked to keep odors down.
Many who have towable RV's may never have tank odor issues, but often motor homes, can have an issue when a toilet is flushed while driving. I don't care who you are, your stuff smells, but since there are a variety of RV types and toilet types, some will produce odors and some won't.
Don, of course your poop smells when it's NOT in the black tank! I don't think anyone said that it didn't. The issue here is about the smell from a properly working black tank. When it is vented and seals in the toilet and drain gates are in good shape, there should not EVER be any odor coming from it. If it does, something is wrong and needs to be repaired. Just throwing in chemicals to mask the odor is not fixing it.
I'm with others....plain ol water will work just fine. Spending hundreds of dollars on tank chemicals is just throwing your money down that toilet into the black tank. :S
I've had two motor homes, three trailers, and none of them have had black tank odors...even full and during hot weather. However, I do agree, when I dump a load into the toilet...boy does it ever stink! :B
Ron
My pet peeve is absolute statements..."there should not EVER be any odor coming from it"...and all caps too- nice touch.
I'm glad you have never had an issue, but your experience doesn't mean that there isn't a smell for other folks.
If you look at your statement scientifically, it's wrong. @#%$ smells, and there's
a vent pipe...Guess what happens if the wind is perfectly aligned to go from the vent pipe to your roof vent...It's happened to us, and we smell stuff. Wind goes up, down, left, right, swirls...it can happen. And what happens when the wind is exactly wrong to create a slight vacuum in the trailer? (or maybe I have my fantastic fan on to blow hot air from Kitchen OUT?)....It pulls a little bit of aromatic black tank air up for that brief moment the flush valve is open.
And science again: Good hot weather = more microbial activity in the tank = more odors released.
Finally, guess what: I ALMOST always use ONLY water in my tanks...but I've had some smells and on rare occasions found that a "tank product" can help with those smells. I too encourage folks to try "only water", and indeed, some folks are overly addicted to tank additive witchcraft.
But it's wrong to imply that folks using deodorizers have absolutely no need never ever whatsoever for a deodorizer product.
