Updated - Please read 1st post: Some basic sewer questions

I don't know if you got answers yet, but typically you find this:

There's a fixed bayonet fitting on the RV; this is the male end, with studs on the outside of the pipe. The hose has a female bayonet fitting (with the rotating collar that has prongs to engage the studs) on the end where it connects to the RV.

The other end of the hose may have no connector at all on it, in which case it gets stuffed down the sewer pipe and the gap maybe sealed with a rubber cone-shaped donut, or it may have a male bayonet fitting. The latter is in my opinion preferable as it allows you to attach another hose if you need more length. With the fitting on the end of the hose, I'd get a specialized elbow with a stepped cone sort of doodad that goes into the sewer connection (and screws firmly into position if the sewer pipe is threaded--otherwise, it just sets in place) and has a female bayonet fitting on the other end.

You can get kits with one or two hoses and the elbow and maybe some other odds and ends like caps for the hoses from lots of places.

If you have holding tanks, there is of course also a valve between the holding tank and the sewer connector on the RV--generally a sliding gate valve. It would probably be wise to install one even without a tank so you don't have all the water drawn out of your drain traps while driving down the road. If you don't have traps in your drains, you most definitely want to install them before hooking up to any sewer connection. It would also not be a bad idea to have a vent pipe going outside to the roof (or at least a high point on the wall) that connects between the drains and the fitting to help prevent the traps from being sucked dry while you're connected up; that part is rather similar house plumbing.

Thank you SO much!!!!

So, when you hook up, do you just pull on the end that sticks out? Or do you connect another hose? I know it's an accordian, but what you have looks maybe 6 feet long, extended?

OK, here are the pictures you were asking for. Sounds like you are taking on something a bit more complex. Not saying it can't be done, but I would have to think long and hard. Hope these pictures give you some ideas, PM me if you would like.

Sewer connections and plumbing:

Inside wet bin, black tank on left, grey tank on right


New extension to outside connector


New extension outside connectior. Note that neither connector will go through the port, soit had to be assembled in place.


New extension, another view


New extension, outside connector. Note that is is usually closed with a cap when not in use. The velcro straps hot it in place while traveling. Note cap hanging from strap to keep from losing it.


Hope these pictures are what you are asking.

SidecarFlip wrote:

Naio wrote:
I suspect I am too young to get the joke.

I'm old and I don't 'get' it either....

His friend, Ralph, was a NYC Bus Driver, and lived in Brooklyn at 328 Chauncey Street, apartment 3-A.

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Have you never been to a full hookup campground? OK they are all a bit different. Still they all have a pipe to attach or just shove your sewer hose into.

When you get there just figure out what you need or post a picture.

Wait till you get where your going and see how others do it.

OK, exactly what sort of waste tanks do you have and what sort of dump setup do you have? If its a basic 3/4 inch garden hose end, thats pretty simple and would be an easy setup.

Thank you, 2oldman! Now I can laugh along with Mex :B

Naio wrote:
I suspect I am too young to get the joke.

I'm old and I don't 'get' it either....