Empty Black Tank
Does anyone know a trick to emptying your black tank completely? We also notices an odor when we are unable to hook up to sewer. We use the dropins, but not helping the odor over 3-4 days.
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First thing to establish, is how do your currently 'flush' your black tank?
Do you let it fill to at least 3/4 full before opening the valve?
After you do this, do you just close the valve and call it good?
I know there are times when you are at the public dump station and all you can do it 'dump and go'... ;)
But, if you are at a full hookup site, with sewer, you have the time to flush your tank.... ;)
What I do when I have sewer at my site is let my tank fill.
Dump when it's full, or before I leave.
Close the valve and run a hose to the toilet and use one of those spary wand things and let it go down the hole of the toilet (if your toilet does not drop straight down to the tank, this is not really an option...)
I twist it around and move it up and down to get the spray around the tank and let it sit and fill up again.
Open the valve and let that drain out. It's amazing how much more stuff comes out... Oh, you should also get the clear adapter thing so you can see how much of this stuff is actually passing thru.. It's gross, but it lets you know you are doing some good! :)
Do this until you see pretty much clear water coming out.
Close the valve and add several gallons of water and add the deoderant of your choice and call it good.
I just wish I could do this with my grey tank, as that smells worse than my black tank.. I've found some tablets you can disolve in your sink that helps, but I wish I could give the grey tank a good flushing too..
Goog luck!
Mitch
Do you let it fill to at least 3/4 full before opening the valve?
After you do this, do you just close the valve and call it good?
I know there are times when you are at the public dump station and all you can do it 'dump and go'... ;)
But, if you are at a full hookup site, with sewer, you have the time to flush your tank.... ;)
What I do when I have sewer at my site is let my tank fill.
Dump when it's full, or before I leave.
Close the valve and run a hose to the toilet and use one of those spary wand things and let it go down the hole of the toilet (if your toilet does not drop straight down to the tank, this is not really an option...)
I twist it around and move it up and down to get the spray around the tank and let it sit and fill up again.
Open the valve and let that drain out. It's amazing how much more stuff comes out... Oh, you should also get the clear adapter thing so you can see how much of this stuff is actually passing thru.. It's gross, but it lets you know you are doing some good! :)
Do this until you see pretty much clear water coming out.
Close the valve and add several gallons of water and add the deoderant of your choice and call it good.
I just wish I could do this with my grey tank, as that smells worse than my black tank.. I've found some tablets you can disolve in your sink that helps, but I wish I could give the grey tank a good flushing too..
Goog luck!
Mitch
