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Sewer Solutions Loose Connections?
So I bought the sewer solutions kit knowing full well it wasn’t long enough for my home dump. I wanted to get it in my hands so I could see what I needed to finish my run. All I need is another 25’ hose. I’ll have the 10’ hose that it came with and attach the 25’ extension hose to it. This will only be used for home dumping. I plan to use some worm drives when connecting the two hoses together but what about the pvc fittings? Should I cement them together? You’ve got the 90 degree elbow that attaches to the black dump cap. Should that remain removable?1.2KViews0likes6CommentsRe: Running Dedicated Water Line For RV at Home?
I’m really not concerned about it freezing because I wouldn’t be using the water line in the winter. How bout the following setup. Have a splitter on my outdoor spigot. One side for regular garden hose and one side for the camper. The camper side is hooked up using a short run of pex which then connects to copper tubing running underground for about 75’ to another spigot for the camper. This would solve the buried pex problem with it getting chewed up. I already have the fittings to attach to the camper water inlet to blow out the lines with my compressor. Couldn’t I simply unscrew the regular garden hose side, attach my compressor to that side, open all the water valves and blow the line out in the fall? I just need a new fitting to attach to that side. This side of the house is north facing so it gets no sun. If I have to replace a few feet of pex every so often then that’s no biggie. What do you think?5.9KViews0likes0CommentsRunning Dedicated Water Line For RV at Home?
So when we are camping we always use a splitter on the water spigot at the campground. One line runs to the camper water intake and the other goes to the sewer flush. We only connect the sewer flush to the camper once we actually need it. So no that we decided to store the camper at our house we are looking for ways to basically have a full hookup site at our house. We only have one outdoor water spigot and it’s in our backyard about 75’ from the camper. I’d love to have something a little closer and was wondering if I could put a splitter on my backyard spigot. One line would be for general yard stuff and the other would go towards the camper. I was thinking of using and burying pex for the 75’ run to the camper and then having it end on a post with dual spigots or a single spigot with a basic splitter again. Now if I did this, could I simply leave the original spigot turned on all the time so that I’d have water at the camper whenever I needed it? I mean, it’s not the end of the world to walk 75’ to turn the water on but if I could have it right at the camper that would be awesome. Also, if I can keep that 75’ line pressurized all the time then should I worry about the actual water quality? The water would be running a few times a year from April through October and we don’t drink it.7.3KViews0likes16CommentsRe: Can I Dump Through Sewer Vent?
My parents were the original owner of the same exact house down the block. Almost 50 years ago. My wife and I bought the same model house as my parents house 4 years ago. I’m pretty well versed in this style of house and the oil tanks were placed in the back of the house. They have a fill pipe and a vent pipe about 2’ from each other. The pipe I’m talking about is in front of the house. You can clearly hear water flowing if you stand near this pipe. These houses were built with sewer and never had any sort of septic tank. I guess one day I’ll dump my green hose down this pipe for a bit to test things out. If all is well then I’ll look into dumping the TT there in the future.1.4KViews0likes0CommentsCan I Dump Through Sewer Vent?
So we are lucky enough to have sewers at our house. About a foot away from our house is a metal sewer vent that looks like the picture below. It's just a metal pipe coming from the ground with a cap on it. It is not threaded at all. Let's say a got a macerator pump for my TT. Could I hook it up and then run a garden hose down the vent to empty my tanks?3.2KViews0likes21CommentsBathroom Fan Upgrade
The puny fan in our bathroom vent died on our last trip. 75% of our camping is at the local beach with zero shade so we run the bathroom fan 24/7 while there. We also have a maxair or fantastic fan in the living room. It’s one of the reversible ones on a thermostat. It works well but the opening mechanism broke so I have to replace the mechanism. Both fans have the smaller maxair vent covers on them. What fan should I use to replace the bathroom fan? I’m looking for an easy install and the vortex seems to be an easy replacement with a few screws. Obviously we are used to the loud puny fan dining 24/7 but how does the vortex II compare to that when running on low or high? Are the max or fantastic fans as easy to put up as the vortex? Any other ideas? Also, we only have a dual bulb light fixture in the bathroom. Someone had suggested running a led light strip above the fan to help brighten the room and you’d be able to tap into the 12v wiring there.1.1KViews0likes6CommentsMoth Balls Melt Solo Cup
We’ve been putting loose moth balls in solo cups and leaving them around the camper when we winterize. Never had any kind of issues in the spring once we dewinterized. This last winter was different. The moth balls actually made the bottom of the solo cups disintegrate. It’s as if they melted. Any idea why? I just don’t want the same thing to happen this winter so Im trying to research it before buying anything this time around.2.1KViews0likes8Comments
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