Black Tank Flush
This may sound like an odd question so I'll give a little background first. I'm a little OCD about flushing my tanks, ok ok, I'm A LOT OCD about flushing my tanks. I've been in a couple campers that...
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Kevin O. wrote:
I have a quick question about the black tank. My gauge has been reading full for the past season and a half. Not sure if there is just toilet paper stuck on it? Are the sensors easy to get to or change?
That's pretty much normal. In fact, if you don't have false readings, it's almost like there really is something wrong, lol.
Need to use something to clean the tank. Various methods and you will get many different suggestions like the Geo method for example. When you are breaking camp and going home or to next CG, take the time to do a good flushing of the tank every time - can fill tank with water maybe 1-3 times and dump and sometimes that's enough. If you have a built-in tank flusher, that alone may work (does for us). Or you may want to try a backflush elbow. Our owners manual says to use Liquid Drano and have done that a couple of times when nothing else has worked. There are RV chemicals for black tanks and they need to be used above a certain temp. (ie., won't work in cold weather.
Or as some do, just ignore the readings and dump when you think it's time to empty the tank(s).
We installed Horst Miracle probes but they didn't help much. Did the same on a previous TT and it really helped. Depends on your particular tank dimensions and outlet piping.
