Toilet treatment and sewer hose
Being new to travel trailers, I need to figure out what toilet treatment to use and what sewer dump hose to get. The campground we are staying at for our first trip has a a greywater drain at each sit...
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Water works wonders. Chemicals are a waste of $$ IMHO. The toilet valve is only open for a fraction of a second and treatments that are supposed to break down the solids aren't in a tank long enough to do anything.
Add a few gallons before you use the tank. Don't skimp on water when you flush (esp. #2). Fill tank to near full before you dump. An in-tank rinser (if so equipped) or back-flush elbow can help in some cases. I run our in-tank rinser for about 15 min. while breaking camp and tank bottom below toilet usually ends up spotless.
You can peer down the toilet and see if there's still "stuff" down there. If there is, fill the tank up again and open the valve. The rush of water helps move remaining contents out.
On hoses, you get what you pay for. The low end, low cost vinyl hoses often end up with pinholes, plus they crush easily. The better ones are made from TPE.
BTW, don't waste money on over-priced RV TP. There are some ordinary household brands that disintegrate like Costco Kirkland.
Add a few gallons before you use the tank. Don't skimp on water when you flush (esp. #2). Fill tank to near full before you dump. An in-tank rinser (if so equipped) or back-flush elbow can help in some cases. I run our in-tank rinser for about 15 min. while breaking camp and tank bottom below toilet usually ends up spotless.
You can peer down the toilet and see if there's still "stuff" down there. If there is, fill the tank up again and open the valve. The rush of water helps move remaining contents out.
On hoses, you get what you pay for. The low end, low cost vinyl hoses often end up with pinholes, plus they crush easily. The better ones are made from TPE.
BTW, don't waste money on over-priced RV TP. There are some ordinary household brands that disintegrate like Costco Kirkland.
