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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Interesting discussion here. But, back to the OP's original question.
Yes, you can use the same hose for both fresh water and flushing the black tank. There is NO law in any book that says you're breaking the unpardonable sin if you do. In the end, it's your choice, just as each one of us has made or choices too in this matter.
For what it's worth, I've still drink from the garden hose laying on the ground. It's been laying there for years now. I use the same hose in the camper for everything. I don't wear rubber gloves when dumping my black tank. Why should I wear gloves? If everything is handled properly, there's no great risk.
I wash my hands carefully when done with the "black tank" servicing. I don't use hand sanitizers as they strip off good bacteria as well as bad making you even more vulnerable to germs.
I do wash my hands after every visit to the bathroom. And I do use a paper towel to open bathroom doors in public places.
But, as far as the two inlets to your camper? With water pressure forcing water through the pipes, though a check valve, and then into the tank, I just don't see how germs can swim upstream against such a current.
OK, I'm 60 years old. I'm feeling my age because I'm just .. well .. beginning to get old. But in the last 10 years, I have flu only once! And that was only AFTER I got that flue shot!
Germs....??? the more you expose yourself to them, the more your body learns to resist them!
Yes, you can use the same hose for both fresh water and flushing the black tank. There is NO law in any book that says you're breaking the unpardonable sin if you do. In the end, it's your choice, just as each one of us has made or choices too in this matter.
For what it's worth, I've still drink from the garden hose laying on the ground. It's been laying there for years now. I use the same hose in the camper for everything. I don't wear rubber gloves when dumping my black tank. Why should I wear gloves? If everything is handled properly, there's no great risk.
I wash my hands carefully when done with the "black tank" servicing. I don't use hand sanitizers as they strip off good bacteria as well as bad making you even more vulnerable to germs.
I do wash my hands after every visit to the bathroom. And I do use a paper towel to open bathroom doors in public places.
But, as far as the two inlets to your camper? With water pressure forcing water through the pipes, though a check valve, and then into the tank, I just don't see how germs can swim upstream against such a current.
OK, I'm 60 years old. I'm feeling my age because I'm just .. well .. beginning to get old. But in the last 10 years, I have flu only once! And that was only AFTER I got that flue shot!
Germs....??? the more you expose yourself to them, the more your body learns to resist them!
