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ajcal225
Nov 11, 2014Explorer
Now on to those pesky drains. The P-trap for my shower is broken and leaks all over. In a perfect world, I'd replace it and redirect its output from the black water tank to the gray, but thats a lot of work and I still haven't replaced the broken gray water valve (which doesnt matter because nothing I use feeds into it, yet).
For now (I'm going camping next week) lets just throw a hose bib on the shower and I'll run it to a garden hose under the truck.
A lot of wandering at home depot and I'm good to go.


If it works out, later I'll add a bulkhead under the camper and make it look better, but more than likely it will end up running over to the gray water tank.
Now, the other end of that trap went to my black water tank. I went to about 5 RV stores and maybe 8 plumbing supply shops, but I can't find *anything* that will thread onto that fitting. The last (and most knowledgeable) shop says that its a knock off Malaysian 1 1/4 trap that does not use NPT and has to be cut off and replaced.
For now, a 1 1/2 Jim Cap fit perfectly. I'll have to be very careful when I remove it, though....

For now (I'm going camping next week) lets just throw a hose bib on the shower and I'll run it to a garden hose under the truck.
A lot of wandering at home depot and I'm good to go.


If it works out, later I'll add a bulkhead under the camper and make it look better, but more than likely it will end up running over to the gray water tank.
Now, the other end of that trap went to my black water tank. I went to about 5 RV stores and maybe 8 plumbing supply shops, but I can't find *anything* that will thread onto that fitting. The last (and most knowledgeable) shop says that its a knock off Malaysian 1 1/4 trap that does not use NPT and has to be cut off and replaced.
For now, a 1 1/2 Jim Cap fit perfectly. I'll have to be very careful when I remove it, though....

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