Black tank cleaning problem.
I recently purchased a former rental 23A Thor/Majestic class C from Cruise America. I was under the impression that most black tanks are directly under the toilet, and when you open the trap, you can ...
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PatrickA51 wrote:
I don't know if this is the right forum to ask this question.
I have a friend whose husband died a year or so ago. She has a Class C RV. like my RV. She doesn't know when the tanks were dumped last, I would say it must have been the last time the RV was used, but the RV has been sitting for several years. So my question is what is the best way that the Grey and Black Tanks to be cleaned out and what is the best way to sanitize the Fresh Water Tank is? I have heard that using RidX in the Black Tank might work, or just use Calgon Liquid water Softener in the Grey and Black tanks and drive the RV around for a coulee of miles and then dump it?
Thank You for any ideas.
If I posted this in the wrong forum would the moderator please move it for me?
The first step to clean the the black tank is to make sure it has water added. After several years, no doubt, the water has evaporated out and what remains is a solid glob of ... well ... you know. It's probably all dried out too. Add water to the tank. Make sure it doesn't leak. Let the water begin to soften things up. Yes, Rid-X or any type of enzyme drain opener will begin to soften things up. You can probably also drop bakers yeast in there too and let it begin to dissolve. I don't know how long it will take, but it's important to keep everything wet, and finally begin flushing it out.
Sanitizing your fresh water tank and lines is just a matter of pumping bleach water through everything, let it sit a while (like a day or so), and then flush it out with fresh water.
