Black Water Tank
I have just finished reading several posts concerning various issues with black water tanks. I managed to find a lot of posts with questions, but not the answers, although I did read some. Some folk...
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RJsfishin wrote:
To those ignorant people that think they don't need any chemicals,......
You don't use them for breakdown, I don't either, you don't need it.
But you sure do need it for smell !!!!! not necessarily for your self, but for those that happen to be in the line of fire down wind from you, weather it be from your vent, or when you are dumping.
I don't know if it's because I'm anal about rinsing my tanks, but I don't have this issue. I'm not completely chemical-free.. I use the GEO method when travelling, use only water when camping and use an enzyme product for between trips.
The bathroom is used every weekend while on my property, as my kids and I camp out in it. My bathroom always has a fresh laundry room smell to it (due to the GEO stuff), and I never have a smell outside. I don't even have smells when the flap is open, or if there's no water above the seal (mine is shot), or when the fan is on. Doesn't matter how hot it is.
The only time I had an external smell issue was one summer, there wasn't much water in the tank, and it dried up. The smell was so bad.. Put water and enzyme in it and it cleared up after awhile. To me, this indicates that the issue is because of improper cleaning, dried matter in the tanks, on the walls, and the care I take to rinse it is what is causing my success.
