Mocoondo wrote:
Enjoy it while it is working. Electric valves are nothing but trouble.
Brother,,you said a mouthful!!
My fiver came with drainmaster dump valves and they have been a constant P.I.T.A from the get-go!I wish I could be more positive about them because when they work there pretty slick but when they don't there junk! All of them have been replaced over three times since new and the B.S I got from the dealer to drainmaster to Cedar Creek was epic, they all blamed each other siting that CC installed them incorrectly by laying them horizontally (in drainmaster's defense there is a diagram label on the valve showing NOT to do this,so much for idiot-proofing) but i'm sure somebody noticed that lil' detail and was told "No Problem" by someone in charge and I doubt that CC would build such a problematic component into their fiver's and they have stopped using drainmaster valves since. the dealer,,oohhh the dealer,,he blames drainmaster for allowing CC to install them improperly but instead of properly re-installing the valves to permanently fix the problem they just slap em' back in the way they were (with a $500+ bill),,way to go guys!!!!So now were down to drainmaster, who also tells me there improperly installed then I'm told their ok horizontally and that the original magnetic switches were to blame and that the new mechanical switches (another $150+ bill) will fix the problem and that the dealer should have both known and done this around the third set of valves and obviously just replaced the valves and left the original switches, again,,WAY TO GO GUY'S!!!!
Ok, so after replacing the switches last winter myself everything has worked up till' a few weeks back when the black tank valve failed and I went bezerk, I called drainmaster again and was told the valve seals were probably installed incorrectly by the dealer (i'm not making this up) and I'll need a re-install kit (another $30+ rupees), I pulled off the under-belly covers and went through the diagnostics to discover the switches fuse that was hidden behind the docking center was blown (had drainmaster thought to mention that I would have saved my money, time and considerable aggravation)but whatever.
So the long and short of this is that unless I want to re-do my entire sewer system and go to the manual valves, NOT! I'm married to my drainmaster electric valves. Would I buy another trailer with them on it, NOT! Would I recommend drainmaster electric valves to anyone ( I would point out that their customer service is quite good but they blew it big-time by charging me for the replacement switches that should have been a recall type situation)ABSOLUTLY NOT!!! Again I wish I could be more positive about them but for such an important component to have that many problems the convenience isn't worth the grief!
Good luck with yours!!
Or the new ones like this
The new switches have been working properly since last winter(aside a blown fuse)and before yours fail this is a reasonable up-grade(but I still think Drainmaster should be giving them since they STILL sell the original switches with the regular dump valves, I guess that known a "planned obsolescence")they are relativly easy to install as they just plug into the existing harness however they are larger so I had to "Irish-Canadian-engineer" the docking station so they would fit but after a few gin n' juices all was well.
