Thoughts after one week living in the Oliver

wincrasher65 wrote:
I did a black tank flush this evening.

The nice thing about the SeeLevel gauge is you can set it to stay on for 5 minutes. So I could watch the tank fill while the hose was connected to the flush connector.

I drained the tank, and then I filled it to 80% via the black tank flush and then opened the drain valve. What a difference! There was still alot of yuk in the tank and drain pipe after I dumped.

It's up to you but, I don't feel that it is necessary to get the black tank that clean.

I'm just a weekend camper with a old TT. I'm lucky that my bathroom sink dumps into the high side of my black tank.

After a weekend camping trip all I ever do is to drain the black thank and then I dump a bucket of clean water in the bathroom sink. If no one is waiting in line at the dump station behind me I will dump another bucket of clean water down the toilet while holding the flush valve open.

Then I drain the gray tank and flush it with a little clean water.

Then I go home.

After I get home I add about a gallon , or so, of water to each tank to keep the rubber seals on the drain valves moist until I'm ready to go out the next weekend.

To each his own but, this has worked well for me.