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Re: Water tank.... overflow
First, when your toilet tank is getting pretty full, you will start noticing the stink inside, since it's past the vent pipe to the roof. You don't want that smell seeping in for long. Also, at that point, the toilet will start to "burp". That is, when you flush, a bubble will come up and burst. Since the level inside is past the vent pipe, the air inside the tank has to come out when you flush and put more "stuff" in. Drain immediately if that's the case since there probably isn't much more room in there for more than a couple of more trips to the bathroom. Second is your grey tank. Some are built differently, but if your grey tank is an isolated tank with no overflow protection to the black (toilet) tank, when it gets full, the water will start to accumulate at the bottom of your tub, since it's lower than your sinks. That will be time to drain. If there is some kind of overflow protection (yes, it does exist, as disgusting as it sounds) to your black and you fill it up (essentially BOTH will be filled), that water at the bottom of your tub could and will be a mix of both grey and black tank water. UGH. Overfilling your water tank isn't much of an issue. Should be overflow protection, but even if not, no damage will occur since it'll be like overfilling your gas tank - it'll spit out at you.533Views0likes0CommentsRe: Clogged Black Tank
skipro3 wrote: I have a large wet/dry vacuum. If I had a clogged black water tank, most likely I'd try hooking it up and opening the tank valve. Once I sucked out what ever was clogging, I'd shut the valve and disconnect the vacuum, empty, clean and put it away. Once you've sucked out whatever is clogging, the rest of what's in the tank would flow out in the rush you regularly hear in your hose before you get to close the valve. Unfortunately, I've had to be there and do that.1.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: How do you know if your water heater is full?
The easiest, but messiest, way to check if your water tank is full is to head outside where the tank is and give a quick shot on the release valve. Water should squirt out at you. If your sole purpose is to make sure there is water there so you don't burn out your element, that's all you need to do. Even if you're somehow in bypass mode with your tank full, your tank won't empty when you turn the taps on because water will come straight through the lines instead of from the tank. If, after a while, you're still not getting hot water, you know you're still in bypass mode, make the change and presto - hot water.5.5KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Weird question re: emergency procedures while driving
Both my wife and daughter have absolutely no desire to get behind the wheel. I have had them behind the wheel of my car a couple of times, but as far as getting their license, they have no interest. I'm just showing them what they need to do if I were to have a medical emergency behind the wheel. The main thing for them is to get control of the motorhome steering and, at least, get it in neutral quickly first. With it in neutral, cruise gets disengaged and they can, even in a panic, try to hit the brake, but won't get themselves in further trouble if they slam the gas by mistake. It's not as easy as moving me over and out of the way since I'll be strapped in, they should have hands on the wheel, I'm in the neighbourhood of 270lbs and they don't weigh much more than a popcorn fart. Just get control of the steering, get it on the shoulder and slowed to a stop, even if it's only neutral getting it done.420Views0likes0CommentsWeird question re: emergency procedures while driving
Out of my entire family, I am the only one that drives. DW and, for now, DD do not have driver's licenses, nor do they have any desire to obtain. DW finds it strange that, every once in a while, I want to go through what they would need to do in the event that, heaven forbid, 'something' happens to me while we're rolling down the highway (take control of the wheel, shifter into neutral, etc.). Does (or would) anyone else do this if they're in the same scenario? To me, it seems like, if I don't go through this with them, they would have no idea what to do if something unfortunate happens since they have never driven.6.4KViews0likes37CommentsRe: It's back....and I'm stumped
nemo45 wrote: dieharder wrote: When the fan is on, or if you're driving down the road with the roof vent open, you're creating a low pressure zone in your bathroom. It could be pulling air up from the tank through a leaky seal between the toilet and the tank and have nothing to do with the flush/flapper seal at all. If you have your fantastic fan or the bathroom fan on and you flush the toilet it will draw odor up thru the open vslve in the toilet bowl, leaky seal or not. There's nothing you can do about that but shut off the fans when you flush. And really, closing the toilet lid under those circumstances isn't a bad idea. Putting a Tee or the venturi type that swivels will definitely help will going down the road or anytime its windy. But if I have my fantastic fan on in the bedroom and the bedroom window open and the toilet is flushed it will draw the odor in thru the window. Considering that the OP indicated when driving or the fan is on, I think it's fair to assume that he's not talking about 'when flushing'. If he's getting odor just when the fan is on, then it's probably pulling the smell up through a leaky seal, and not just the one in the bowl itself, as I indicated.375Views0likes0CommentsRe: Couldnt get cable tv to work
tex wardfan wrote: PackerBacker wrote: Did you do a channel scan while on cable? It just said no signal, so I did not. Ya, that might just mean no signal for that particular channel. Do a scan first and see if that changes anything. Then, before you go changing where the cable is plugged, go through the input menu on your TV to make sure it's set to a signal from a different input.472Views0likes0CommentsRe: It's back....and I'm stumped
When the fan is on, or if you're driving down the road with the roof vent open, you're creating a low pressure zone in your bathroom. It could be pulling air up from the tank through a leaky seal between the toilet and the tank and have nothing to do with the flush/flapper seal at all.375Views0likes0Comments
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