Dumping Black Water

Since all of the sites at the campground I stayed at this weekend had their own sewer connection I had a chance to observe my neighbor's technique for `dumping'. It wasn't recommended.
To make a long story short he used his bare hands to dump and disconnect and stow the hose which had been connected all weekend. I don't know what he did after that, it was too late for breakfast and too early for lunch, but it wasn't much later that they drove off. And this was an experienced camper!

My suggestion for newbies is that they invest in a box of disposable gloves (100 gloves cost about $8) and use them once to touch the `dirty' stuff like the hose, fittings, and the cap over the back bumper. Assume that anything you touch with a gloved hand after dumping will be contaminated.
When finished pull the gloves off inside out and dispose of them in the garbage.

Obviously, any other arrangement is not recommended such as bare hands, gloves that are used over and over again, etc.

If you are really clever, you can put on a new pair of gloves and do some of the messy things outside of the RV `prior' to dumping, eg. disconnecting the water lines, stowing the electical cord, etc. - then dumping. Not the other way around!

Sorry for the lecture...

Dick_B

don't have any stock or work for the company but for the 15 months we have owned our unit,we have used the sewer solution set up.....hands free no mess.

What is the sewer soution? ???

check out their wed site www. SewerSolution. the sewer solution is a jet pump system for rv waste. water powered jet pumping system that requires,no moving parts, no gloves, no smells, no handling of bulky tubing.

at bit expensive, but hassle free. in fact, the wife does all the gray/black water dumping because of the sewer solution ease.

[dlajoie]

Here is a picture of my recent installation of a Sewer Solution device on my 2003 2720SL. Because of the gray water dump valve handle, a 5 inch extention was required. I also bought adapters to use the outside shower hose as the water source. I have not actually used this at a campground yet having only run clear water through the toilet and gray water tank to test it. My concern is that any solids from either might plug the 3/4 inch outlet hose. Has anyone on this site had any problems with that?

dljoie,

I have the macerator pump sold by Camping World. It feeds a 3/4" pipe and I have had no problems with clogging. It grinds the stuff up real fine before discharging it. I am unable to see what you have on the ground in your photo so cannot guess how yours will work.

[rtcassel]

Originally Posted by dlajoie

I also bought adapters to use the outside shower hose as the water source.

Do these adapters ensure that your drinking water system is not contaminated by the waste?

Originally Posted by dlajoie

Here is a picture of my recent installation of a Sewer Solution device on my 2003 2720SL. Because of the gray water dump valve handle, a 5 inch extention was required. I also bought adapters to use the outside shower hose as the water source. I have not actually used this at a campground yet having only run clear water through the toilet and gray water tank to test it. My concern is that any solids from either might plug the 3/4 inch outlet hose. Has anyone on this site had any problems with that?

That is a neat device. Are you aware that the water inlet can be swapped to the other side so it doesn't interfere with the gray water handle? You'd need a somwhat longer fresh water line for the setup you have but you wouldn't need the extension on the dirty tube.

I am very interested in this sewer solution after reading all the advice here and was internet searching for the best price on one. While I was doing this, I ran across a site where someone had built their own home-made version of it. Here is the link for the do-it-yourselfers we have in the group.

http://cabotumc.dns2go.com/ss/sewer.htm

[Virginia Deacon]

Since the recommended procedure for emptying the holding tanks is to dump the black water first, then flush the sewer hose with the gray water tank contents, I don't understand why gloves are necessary. But, I keep gloves around for this and other jobs that CAN turn messy.

Happy Camping!