Black & Grey tank readings
After use and cleaning of our black & grey tanks - our monitor systems still is reading Full or 1/2 full. How can I clean the meter? Would anyone have any ideas?
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I'm on my 4th camper, 3 TT's and now 1 5er. All my sensors, on all my tanks: fresh water, black and grey and grey, have always worked and worked well for me. I do not depend on the sensors, but I check them often anyway, and they do a good job and being a good gauge and my estimation is pretty close.
But I am animent about keeping them clean to, and steps are very simple ... very simple...
Dump your tanks when leaving your campsite. After dumping, add 4 or 5 gallons of water to the black, grey, and grey tank. Then a half cup of Dawn dishwashing liquid and drive to your next destination. If you have the opportunity, drain the tanks again. If not, just use as normal.
The dawn will clean the inside, driving on the road will cause the water and dawn to pulverize the inside of the tanks. The beating of the water will wash off the sensors, and they never get gunk caught on them.... which is what causes them to malfunction.
Plus, you never have smells in your tanks this way.
Fresh water is the same. Just travel with a few gallons in your fresh water tank. The pounding of the water will keep the sensors clean.
FYI, the cleaner you can keep your black tank, the better everything works. I do work agressively dumping the black tank, back-flushing the grey tank into the black to help clean (a LOT) of stuff out that never drains the first time, using the black tank flusher every time I dump (which I can hook up to my fresh water tank in the camper and do not have to depend on campsite dump stations), and also use a toilet wand inside the black tank down the toilet hole every now and then. Combined with the beating of the water when on the road, black tank stays clean.
A lot of folks don't go to these lengths with their black tank. Maybe I'm just really anal retentive when it comes to the black tank. ;) But my sensors always work.
But I am animent about keeping them clean to, and steps are very simple ... very simple...
Dump your tanks when leaving your campsite. After dumping, add 4 or 5 gallons of water to the black, grey, and grey tank. Then a half cup of Dawn dishwashing liquid and drive to your next destination. If you have the opportunity, drain the tanks again. If not, just use as normal.
The dawn will clean the inside, driving on the road will cause the water and dawn to pulverize the inside of the tanks. The beating of the water will wash off the sensors, and they never get gunk caught on them.... which is what causes them to malfunction.
Plus, you never have smells in your tanks this way.
Fresh water is the same. Just travel with a few gallons in your fresh water tank. The pounding of the water will keep the sensors clean.
FYI, the cleaner you can keep your black tank, the better everything works. I do work agressively dumping the black tank, back-flushing the grey tank into the black to help clean (a LOT) of stuff out that never drains the first time, using the black tank flusher every time I dump (which I can hook up to my fresh water tank in the camper and do not have to depend on campsite dump stations), and also use a toilet wand inside the black tank down the toilet hole every now and then. Combined with the beating of the water when on the road, black tank stays clean.
A lot of folks don't go to these lengths with their black tank. Maybe I'm just really anal retentive when it comes to the black tank. ;) But my sensors always work.
