Lynnmor wrote:
I didn't see where he ever drained the fresh water tank. Just because he "never" uses it doesn't mean that it is empty. A faulty check valve or other faults can fill it when connected to city water.
Your point about water leak back into the fresh tank is spot on. I have seen it happen. The owner saw water dripping down the side of the camper from the fresh tank vent line. He was on full hook ups. I asked, does your water pump burp off every now and then when when you are using the on board fresh tank and no one is using water? He said yes it does. I explained the issue and the leaking check and to see if his fresh tank was full. Yup, to the tippy top and beyond... he was shocked as he himself never filled it.
But, there is always one of those, Hunters water pump would have to have been left on when in storage for the filled fresh tank water to get to the toilet. Most have a red light on the switch to let you know the pump is activated. Maybe he missed the light. But, the battery would need to be connected too while in storage, most unhook the battery, but maybe he has shore power and was on the power converter or a battery minder.
But there is this, he stated his routine after dumping was to pour chemical in the toilet.
Fossil Hunter wrote:
Go into trailer, open toilet and pour in bottle of blue chemical.
Close empty toilet lid. It bugs me that the water was clear, and not blue tinted from the chemical...... The black tank is not full, when I flushed the toilet, the clear water fell into tank as normal.
To me, the water could not have come from the black tank. No water pump either, lid closed, no leaks from above. Sounds crazy but these are the facts.
If he did that chemical add the time before this overflow event, then he had to push the pedal to open the ball and let the chemical in. If the pump was on, or pressure in the lines of a filled fresh water system, water would of come in the bowl when he was adding the chemical and not let up. That is hard to miss. We are looking for a 2 gallon or more condition to overflow the bowl. This one is mind boggling.
I've seen strange things happen before, like a filled gray tank backing up in the kitchen sink rather then the shower that is 2ft lower, but that odd ball thing had a real reason due to the unique grey tank vent plumbing. It took a while to sort that out.
I hope Hunter reports back. I believe him at this point, it may have happened, but we need more dialog to figure this out. He may have missed one of his normal steps, we do not know enough about the whole situation to rule out the fresh water system yet. That to me seems to be the logical place if the roof did not leak it in.
I also know, I have had senior moments too and forgot some bone head things, but I have come to grips with the fact the memory is not as great as it use to be.
Hunter, where are you? We need your help to figure this out.
2005 Ford F350 Super Duty, 4x4; 6.8L V10 with 4.10 RA, 21,000 GCWR, 11,000 GVWR, upgraded 2 1/2" Towbeast Receiver. Hitched with a 1,700# Reese HP WD, HP Dual Cam to a 2004 Sunline Solaris T310R travel trailer.
