White hose and black tank flush?
Just to be clear I have two separate hoses, a white water hose for providing potable water to the camper and a regular green hose for flushing the black water tank. I hear (and read) people all the t...
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Honestly, most of it is paranoia. I usually rinse things down with the parks hose attached at the dump station. I certainly wouldn't stick the hose end into the tank or down the toilet. Use lots of water when flushing and make sure the tank is at least 3/4 full before dumping and you really don't need to clean the blackwater tank.
The only issue with a failing check valve would be if you left it permanently connected, so the bugs had time to swim upstream. Otherwise, once you hook it up and turn it on, they will quickly be pushed back down into the tank.
But in terms of catching something, it's your poo. If you sat on the seat to make a deposit, odds are darn good you already came in contact with the bugs, so unless, you just invited typhoid mary over for sit, you aren't going to catch anything.
The only issue with a failing check valve would be if you left it permanently connected, so the bugs had time to swim upstream. Otherwise, once you hook it up and turn it on, they will quickly be pushed back down into the tank.
But in terms of catching something, it's your poo. If you sat on the seat to make a deposit, odds are darn good you already came in contact with the bugs, so unless, you just invited typhoid mary over for sit, you aren't going to catch anything.
