Black water problems
This is long, I apoligize in advance. :) I am still very new to camping in a TT with a holding tank and that lack of knowledge has led to a plugged black tank. I have read a dozen or so threads on...
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Bull Rider wrote:
I agree with BarneyS regarding the Flushking. We've used one for years, and they do exactly what they are designed to do.
The gate valve shuts off the exit to the sewer, and the hose attachment forces water under pressure back into the drain pipe, and then back into your black tank. If mine broke today, I would have another one ordered by tomorrow.
If you know anyone with a plumbers camera it could save you a lot of guessing. If you could somehow get really hot water into the black tank that would also speed up the process.
I'm still trying to figure out how a Flushking is snake oil...
All a Flush King does is fill the black tank backwards. There is no advantage to filling your black tank backwards.
The pressure at the hose means nothing. After a couple of inches of traveling in the 3" black drain line, the water is slack.
Bruce
