| [GMCnet] Macerator outlet hose [message #243160] |
Wed, 12 March 2014 10:30  |
glwgmc
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Hi all,
While on this trip of now 2800 miles, I have been reminded just how convenient the modification I made to our macerator outlet hose is. When originally installed on our Royale I routed the outlet up and out beside the forward edge of the generator. The hose coiled and stored there instead of a pipe mounted under the coach. That worked well but that hose was always either too short or too long so I put machined brass 3/4" hose connectors on the end so I could add more hose if needed.
Later I cut the fixed portion of the outlet hose even with the inside of the door and added a hose connector there. I store different lengths of 3/4" hose where the rear batteries used to live at the back side of the gen compartment. When dumping I just grab the required length and screw it in place. When finished, the liquid stays in the extension hose so nothing leaks when the extension is removed. It is easy to raise that end to fully evacuate the outlet hose. It can be quickly coiled, the two ends screwed together and the hose stored without touching the contaminated hose. The outside of the extensions can also be cleaned quickly and easily if required.
I find this significantly faster and cleaner than the fixed outlet hose stored in a tube under our Clasco where you have to grab near the contaminated end to fit it back into the tube. It sure seems to me that over time the waste left in that fixed hose leaks out, runs in the tube and re contaminates the outside of the fixed hose every time it is reinserted. JWID, but it sure works well for me.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] Macerator outlet hose [message #243162 is a reply to message #243160] |
Wed, 12 March 2014 11:04  |
corleyw
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No no no, you put a cap on the end of the hose that is stored under the coach. When you want to dump, pull the hose out, take off the cap, and stick it down the dump station sewer pipe a few inches. The hose is stiff enough that only the tip of the bib touches one side of the sewer pipe, and the hose touches the top of the sewer pipe on the other side. Flip switch and wait while the BIG M. does it's stuff.
All done, re-install the cap, (it just screws onto the hose bib end), then stuff it into the under frame storage pipe. Not even one drop of nasty anywhere, ever. And, by the way, you use that same hose bib end to add an extension hose if needed. It all stays very clean in the under coach storage, unless the hose is wet from laying on wet dirty ground (mostly grass clippings) before storing it. That's not nasty dirt, just dirty dirt from the ground. If it is dry out when you put the hose away, it never gets dirty in any way. Oh, and I never need to touch the first foot or so of hose that was stuck down the camp ground sewer pipe.
No rinsing anything, no fuss no muss.
PS On our recent two month long trip to So. Cal, we only used the extension hose one time, but when using it, I do need to rinse it after use, before storing it away. I assume you need to rinse your hoses after every use. That's the messy part...
Corley
'76 Glenbrook
29 other vehicles
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| Re: [GMCnet] Macerator outlet hose [message #243164 is a reply to message #243160] |
Wed, 12 March 2014 11:09 |
emerystora
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Jerry
I cut a 50 foot heavy duty 3/4" red rubber garden hose in half and left the male threaded end on the hose and connected the cut end to the pump. I use a hose cap on the threaded end before I slide it into the 20' 1-1/4" PVC pipe that is suspended under the drivers side along the frame.
There is no leakage from the hose into the storage pipe. When done dumping I raise the end and screw on the cap. No mess and clean.
I store the other 25 ft hose with the female hose coupler beneath my propane tank and use it if if need a longer hose. Not often but handy if I have to reach for a toilet or a sewer clean out to drain into.
This has worked well for years now
Emery Stora
> On Mar 12, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Gerald Work <glwork@mac.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> While on this trip of now 2800 miles, I have been reminded just how convenient the modification I made to our macerator outlet hose is. When originally installed on our Royale I routed the outlet up and out beside the forward edge of the generator. The hose coiled and stored there instead of a pipe mounted under the coach. That worked well but that hose was always either too short or too long so I put machined brass 3/4" hose connectors on the end so I could add more hose if needed.
>
> Later I cut the fixed portion of the outlet hose even with the inside of the door and added a hose connector there. I store different lengths of 3/4" hose where the rear batteries used to live at the back side of the gen compartment. When dumping I just grab the required length and screw it in place. When finished, the liquid stays in the extension hose so nothing leaks when the extension is removed. It is easy to raise that end to fully evacuate the outlet hose. It can be quickly coiled, the two ends screwed together and the hose stored without touching the contaminated hose. The outside of the extensions can also be cleaned quickly and easily if required.
>
> I find this significantly faster and cleaner than the fixed outlet hose stored in a tube under our Clasco where you have to grab near the contaminated end to fit it back into the tube. It sure seems to me that over time the waste left in that fixed hose leaks out, runs in the tube and re contaminates the outside of the fixed hose every time it is reinserted. JWID, but it sure works well for me.
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Work
> The Dovetail Joint
> Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
> in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
> in historic Kerby, OR
> http://jerrywork.com
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