How to tell the gray tank is full!!
We discovered you can tell the gray tank is full when the kitchen sink backs up into the bath tub.:E Not the most pleasant but at least it was not the black water. The black water we can look in...
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mabynack wrote:lbrjet wrote:rockhillmanor wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:
I push a little button on my gauge board and then the gauge tells me. :h
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10 years and counting and ALL my gauges, black and gray, all WORK.
If you take the time to clean the tanks thoroughly and don't pour grease and food stuffs down the drain your gauges WILL work.
Bottle of lemon cleaner every week and/or a bottle of sensor cleaners periodically is all that is needed. I even read in my RV manual that even types of well water can make them not function. Manual suggests sensor cleaners periodically which I follow and have not problem.
I just find it very hard to listen to RV'ers that just write off their gauges to poor coach workmanship. :R
It's keeping the tanks CLEAN so the guages CAN work is all that is needed.
Your's work, that's great and you are one of the lucky ones. Mine never worked correctly from day 1 of having the brand new trailer. I haven't even looked at them in the last five years. Don't need them anyway.
Ditto. I took my coach back to the dealer after my first trip and the sensors were on my punch list. They cleaned them, but within days they quit working again. I don't dump grease down my sink and I use deodorizers with sensor cleaner in it. Sometimes the sensors work for a few days after that, but nothing seems to fix the problem.
I've bought 2 used MH's in my day and on both the gauges didn't work.
It takes about a few hours of your time, a water hose, and a six pack.
Fill up the tanks and drain, fill up the tanks and drain. Add cleaners and fill up and drain. That is what it takes to UNDO what previous owners did not do to get all the 'stuff' off the walss and sensors.
Prevention: When I am RV'ing: EVERY SINGLE TIME I dump I fill up both tanks again with just water and dump to make sure all the stuff that might have stuck to the sensors are all washed clean. I think this practice IS what keeps them working.
Real simple to do. Run kitchen sink to fill gray and run bathroom sink to fill black. Takes all of about a couple of minutes. IMHO, JMHO this practice makes a big difference if your sensors will work all the time or not. And I use a black tank chemical 'labeled for breaking down waste'. This breaks down the waste and paper so there is less chance of stuff sticking to the walls and sensors.
Yup it's just a holding tank but putting forth an effort to keep it free from stuff adhering to walls/sensors and keeping odors to a minimum when dumping IMHO, JMHO is well worth the little extra effort. :C
