Black water Full valve stuck closed
HELP! We have a 27RLSS Sandpiper, 2005. We have a full tank and the valve is stuck closed. The handle slides out and in but it appears that the blade Valve is staying shut. We are in The Schreiner par...
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Here is the latest in our saga of the black water tank:
Several responses hit it right on. Guess my ignorance of the systems on a travel trailer are worse than I suspected!
We did not realize how close the bottom of the toilet was to the tank bottom. Apparently paper was simply stacking up and created the full tank appearance. When I first opened the valve without the clear piece attached some fluids came out. Seemed like only a small amount. When we noticed that the toilet had material with a watery appearance we thought there was a jam at the drain and since nothing was coming out that the slide valve might be stuck and the handle had broken off of the slide. Hence, the panic button. Buying the dual flush valve allowed us to see what was or was not going on.
To make a long story short, I stuck a clean out wand down the toilet and loosened the pile of paper, filled the tank with water and drained it several times. Until we got clear water.
Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to respond to our crisis. It is great to know that such help is available to those of us that are fairly new to the "RVing" experience.
Happy trailering to all.
Several responses hit it right on. Guess my ignorance of the systems on a travel trailer are worse than I suspected!
We did not realize how close the bottom of the toilet was to the tank bottom. Apparently paper was simply stacking up and created the full tank appearance. When I first opened the valve without the clear piece attached some fluids came out. Seemed like only a small amount. When we noticed that the toilet had material with a watery appearance we thought there was a jam at the drain and since nothing was coming out that the slide valve might be stuck and the handle had broken off of the slide. Hence, the panic button. Buying the dual flush valve allowed us to see what was or was not going on.
To make a long story short, I stuck a clean out wand down the toilet and loosened the pile of paper, filled the tank with water and drained it several times. Until we got clear water.
Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to respond to our crisis. It is great to know that such help is available to those of us that are fairly new to the "RVing" experience.
Happy trailering to all.
