| Tank Cleaning [message #203063] |
Sat, 30 March 2013 13:24  |
Chr$
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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With my GMC, I got used to just one waste tank. A black tank. Treated it. Flushed it. No problems. No odor.
Now I have a grey tank too. Noticed it was kind of stinky after a long weekend. Food particles were the problem, but how to clean it? The blue stuff will probably work, but I want to add a pump and use the grey water to flush the commode. I fill the grey tank faster than the black tank. I don't want Blue water in the commode. Seems a waste to use fresh water to flush when there is plenty (too much) grey.
No toilet to stick a rinse wand down, and my rig came with a flush fitting on the black tank, but not the grey tank. (??)
I will be doing this mod for the grey water flush:
http://www.modmyrv.com/2009/07/22/rv-grey-water-potty-flush
but for cleaning/treating the grey tank, I found this:
The GEO method. Seems to make sense. This never seems to have come up here, as there are so few grey tank equipped GMC's, but you can find a good way to clean either tank here. Basically Calgon water softener, bleach, and dish soap.
Probably better for sewers and septics at parks than the blue stuff anyway, and If I recall, BLM dump does not allow that stuff.
https://sites.google.com/site/cbruni/
I kinda wish I had 64 Gallons of only black tank instead of 32 Grey and 32 Black.
Hope this is useful for the GMC community (Well, Coachmen fitted coaches anyway). Having a newer rig with different systems has brought some new challenges and solutions.
-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
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