RV Tank cleaning - Page 2

justme AKA Grath · 28-10-2007, 18:48

I was just explaining to Kath about you tank problems and she said "Why do you not change to a cassette version"
Well why????

Tony Hunt · 28-10-2007, 18:49

Keith, I prefer the free fall method also

trouble is we dont have a lot of choice being fulltimers who never drive anywhere in our RV :( We have had two years now in our Newmar and have maybe stupidly left all the sea cocks open so that everything goes straight down the public sewer. I realised after reading odd posts on forums that we might run into trouble with crud forming on the walls of the tank but upto now we havent had a problem with smells and have only had minor blockages which i quickly cure by stuffing a fairly high power hosepipe ( and wiggling it about) down where the sun dont shine. It seems to have done the trick so far but after reading your post I'm thinking maybe i should go the route of Calgon & tide and close the stoppers occasionally and maybe lubricate things down there. being plumbed into very high pressure mains water ( on a meter I might add :( ) we always fill the toilet bowl up before flushing to ensure that the contents has no option but to wizz out the other end. Been keeping everything crossed that we dont get trouble as the last thing I fancy is getting down and dirty to dig out a blockage.

Tony Hunt · 28-10-2007, 18:53

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Originally Posted by Bryan

On a related note, and one mentioned in the Geo linn Keith provided, what sort of paper does everyone use? Ordinary household stuff or specialist stuff?

We use Thetford aquaroll as we used to use it in the boat.

Bryan

We started off by using the proper expensive stuff but after a while went onto sainsburys cheaper version which because its thin seems to do the trick just as well for a lot less money.

Road Runner · 28-10-2007, 18:53

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Originally Posted by Bryan

On a related note, and one mentioned in the Geo linn Keith provided, what sort of paper does everyone use? Ordinary household stuff or specialist stuff?

We use Thetford aqua-roll as we used to use it in the boat.

Bryan

Normal soft paper (not the high quality extra soft) and seem to disintegrate OK

justme AKA Grath · 28-10-2007, 19:00

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Originally Posted by justme

I was just explaining to Kath about you tank problems and she said "Why do you not change to a cassette version"
Well why????

Please explain????

justme AKA Grath · 28-10-2007, 19:15

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Originally Posted by justme

Please explain????

Come on, is anyone going to answer this serious question????

Bryan · 28-10-2007, 19:18

A cassette system in an RV?

One of the benefits of an RV holding tank system is the fact that there is no need to traipse across a site to a dump point, daily.

kands · 28-10-2007, 19:19

Where to start????
I think (and I am sure that an expert will contradict me, but here is my thought anyway...) that ARVs are built with large holding tanks, usually about 50 gallons, so that they are not looking for somewhere to dump every day. Most RV tanks will last a family for several days without needing to be emptied. A cassette would need to be emptied pretty much every day to stop it filling up and I do not know of any RV owners that would swap their tank for a cassette, with all the discussions that go on, it really is not a big deal, to be honest, most of the chit chat is about "which method" to use.
I certainly would rather experiment with methods than having to do the Thetford Walk every morning

I hope this explains it mate

Keith