ArchHoagland
Clovis, CA, USA
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I fill my black/grey tanks with water and Dawn, Fabric softner or dish washer soap. I then let it sit for a couple days and then drain it.
It clears up the sensors for a while but then it's back to the same old problem.
I pretty much just look down inside the toilet to see what the level is.
After all, what do you expect for $125,000? Something that works?
2004 Monaco
La Palma 36DBD
Two Slides
2 Potties
Workhorse 22 chassis
8.1 gas engine & Allison 1000 transmission
7.1 MPG based on fuel used over 32,000 miles
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2000 LEXUS RX300 FWD 22MPG 4020 LBS
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Yaj
The Milky Way Galaxy (Hartford, WI)
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The old is the glass half full or half empty? In this case being the pessimists I opt for the "totally empty" and the gage is not working!
1996 HR Endeavor LE,Cummins 5.9 230hp, Allison 3060,
Front-Yamaha Enduro, Rear-Honda Helix Geeser Cruiser + 2 bikes,
22ft 1977 Cruiser in tow.
1 DW, 2 kids.
2 dogs, 2 cats.
I wasn't thinking this far ahead!
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Dirtman
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After seven years of fulltiming, I find the best cure is NEVER dump less than half a tank of black water. Add fresh water to the black tank if necessary.
While I prep the rig to drain tanks, the bride is busy filling the toilet with fresh water. The instant I have the black water drained, she drains the toilet, and five gallons of water splashes through the three inch hole, and splashes the sides of the black tank, removing any residue. If necessary, we'll dump a second potty full. Then I close the black valve, and she dumps another full potty into the black tank, adding Aqua-Chem, or a cup of vinegar. Our tanks have always worked flawless once we started using that procedure.
Grey water has never been a problem, since that valve is usually open in CG's with full hookups, and there's usually always soap in the tank when rough camping anyway.
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2003 Newmar "D"Star 4050
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WadenCeeJay
Spring, Texas
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Good to know I am not the only one with sensor issues.
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vfrmarc
Ohio
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Winterized about four weeks ago and at first sensors registered above empty. Now that everything is sitting for awhile the sensors all read empty. Seems to always work that way.... Like was said earlier the sensors were wet and now they are dry.
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SRT
Head of the Lakes, MN
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Use Dawn non-bacterial dish soap and Calgon in the black water tank. After dumping, put this stuff in with about 5 gallons of water. As you are driving the sides of the tank get cleaned off. Keeps that sensor usually working. The grey and fresh water sensors have always worked good.
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2000 32' HR Vacationer with Banks
1998 Subaru Outback Ltd. 5 spd
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kraemer20
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Thank You All. As usual a lot of good input.
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Waco Kid
Honey Brook Pa.
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I installed (these) and so far so good, there easy to install but the tanks are hard to get to....Bruce
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