Man-made Waterfall!
A few days ago as I was roaming the forums, I read a thread in which different posters commented about turning off the city water supply if they were going to be away from the RV. That had not been a practice of mine in the past but the stories told by others made me think that it wouldn't be a bad thing to do and, really, it wasn't much of an effort to do.
Forward to yesterday when we took the MH out to the campgrounds and set it up for the week, including hooking up water. We were planning on leaving to go get some fresh food supplies and maybe do some minor shopping. I remembered the thread and decided that we would turn off the city water. As we were about ready I called to my wife, who was near the end of the RV, and told her to turn off the water. Later questioning revealed that she thought I had said that I had turned the water off. Not so. :{
About half an hour after we left the campgrounds we received a phone call from the campground management that another camper had noticed a water leak from our RV and had turned the water off. Naturally that concerned us because we really, really, didn't need a hard to find broken pipe problem. Well, we returned and found a minor lake around the RV. Very little water was INSIDE the RV, just a very minor bit around the base of the toilet. Well, I turned the water back on to see if by doing so I could locate the leak. When I did, we immediately found ourselves facing a waterfall from the roof of the MH. ??? My wife climbed up and said, "It's coming out of some pipe up here!" I knew the only possible pipe would be the vent pipe. Why would water come out of it? Well, it was the black tank vent pipe and I knew it had had only about 3 to 5 gallons in it so where would more come from? Unless, of course, the sani-flush valve had been left open last time and the black tank gate was closed, then oh, oh! I ran to the water bay, pulled the black tank gate open and the waterfall stopped! I then checked the sani-flush and sure enough the valve was wide open.
Moral, when you read good advice here on the forum, take advantage of someone else's learning curve and don't re-invent the wheel yourself!
At least my tank had been previously scrubbed clean and not yet been used! :)
Forward to yesterday when we took the MH out to the campgrounds and set it up for the week, including hooking up water. We were planning on leaving to go get some fresh food supplies and maybe do some minor shopping. I remembered the thread and decided that we would turn off the city water. As we were about ready I called to my wife, who was near the end of the RV, and told her to turn off the water. Later questioning revealed that she thought I had said that I had turned the water off. Not so. :{
About half an hour after we left the campgrounds we received a phone call from the campground management that another camper had noticed a water leak from our RV and had turned the water off. Naturally that concerned us because we really, really, didn't need a hard to find broken pipe problem. Well, we returned and found a minor lake around the RV. Very little water was INSIDE the RV, just a very minor bit around the base of the toilet. Well, I turned the water back on to see if by doing so I could locate the leak. When I did, we immediately found ourselves facing a waterfall from the roof of the MH. ??? My wife climbed up and said, "It's coming out of some pipe up here!" I knew the only possible pipe would be the vent pipe. Why would water come out of it? Well, it was the black tank vent pipe and I knew it had had only about 3 to 5 gallons in it so where would more come from? Unless, of course, the sani-flush valve had been left open last time and the black tank gate was closed, then oh, oh! I ran to the water bay, pulled the black tank gate open and the waterfall stopped! I then checked the sani-flush and sure enough the valve was wide open.
Moral, when you read good advice here on the forum, take advantage of someone else's learning curve and don't re-invent the wheel yourself!
At least my tank had been previously scrubbed clean and not yet been used! :)
