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burlmart wrote:
Hey Cheeze
Any new RVs in your future?
Hey Cheeze
Any new RVs in your future?
Not soon, I'm so into my Corvette now!!
Chas Morristown, NJ
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Teacher's Pet wrote:
When I drained ours using the "T" valve, I observed about a 1/4" stream of clear water, but then again ours has had very little use until this summer.
When I drained ours using the "T" valve, I observed about a 1/4" stream of clear water, but then again ours has had very little use until this summer.
OK, so the T-drains do give a thin stream.
What bothers me is that there seems to be room below the lower edge of the drain pipe opening to prevent a total drain and to allow some sediments to build up w/ time -- sediments might become inert? I do not know.
2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy
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2001 Trail Lite B+ 211
Orion_42 wrote:
You can drive it around with the drains open and get more out. Also run the hose in there with the drains open to create enough turbulence to get most of the sediment out, but it's nearly impossible to completely drain it.
You can drive it around with the drains open and get more out. Also run the hose in there with the drains open to create enough turbulence to get most of the sediment out, but it's nearly impossible to completely drain it.
Is the tank tied down? I forgot to look.
You found the tank drain. It's pitiful, as you described. If you unscrew it at the tank fitting, you can pull it right up and out, through the floor. (If you want to try to make something better.)
The tank is not tied down. You can lift up on the opposite end to get a more complete draining. Mine was so crappy, I took the tank out to clean it. I messed up the level sender wires because I forgot they were hooked up.
Currently RV-less but not done yet.
Snowman9000 wrote:
Burl,
You found the tank drain. It's pitiful, as you described. If you unscrew it at the tank fitting, you can pull it right up and out, through the floor. (If you want to try to make something better.)
The tank is not tied down. You can lift up on the opposite end to get a more complete draining. Mine was so crappy, I took the tank out to clean it. I messed up the level sender wires because I forgot they were hooked up.
Burl,
You found the tank drain. It's pitiful, as you described. If you unscrew it at the tank fitting, you can pull it right up and out, through the floor. (If you want to try to make something better.)
The tank is not tied down. You can lift up on the opposite end to get a more complete draining. Mine was so crappy, I took the tank out to clean it. I messed up the level sender wires because I forgot they were hooked up.
Great! That's all I need to know (after slow trickle confirmation)
I will see how our fresh tank with a few capsful of bleach holds up before redraining. Not sure of inertness of sludge? Water to houses is open to stuff, except for hi pressure.
Even in BR summers, we have let FW sit in the tank for months w/ no prob. Got a bad batch somewhere/
FYi...Sudden need to attend funeral in Rankin/Hoopeston/Gifford IL this week. We drove the 800 mi each way and spent 2 nites at Middle Fork County Preserve in the middle of these three towns -- nice CG spot that reminded us of the hoyel grounds of Leids lodge in Nebraska City NE, where we attended a wedding in '09 -- well kept vignettes of nature, like rough gardens.
41.2k on '05 TL now. Got 12 mpg off a tank of Marion, Il gas from 1st Exit going up. 11 mpg avg elsewhere.
Only issue was either the roof AC blower or compressor acting strange at the Caruthersville Casino RV Park (no casino action for us and dogs, just convenient stop between Sikeston and W Memphis). Hope it was a one time event.
RV seems to be holding up, but she ain't no Airstream!
* This post was edited 07/12/13 06:40pm by burlmart *
I think we'd be disgusted if we saw the insides of municipal water tanks. So I've been told. So if your stuff stays stuck to the tank, just sterilize it with bleach and move on, IMO.
Snowman9000 wrote:
If you put in a couple of gallons of water, you can pick up that other end of the tank and slosh it around pretty good, I would think. That ought to work the crud loose if it is going to come loose.
I think we'd be disgusted if we saw the insides of municipal water tanks. So I've been told. So if your stuff stays stuck to the tank, just sterilize it with bleach and move on, IMO.
If you put in a couple of gallons of water, you can pick up that other end of the tank and slosh it around pretty good, I would think. That ought to work the crud loose if it is going to come loose.
I think we'd be disgusted if we saw the insides of municipal water tanks. So I've been told. So if your stuff stays stuck to the tank, just sterilize it with bleach and move on, IMO.
Thanks Snowman
This makes me feel a lot less anxious about it, as I was planning to see how it works as is. I also wondered about how much stuff gets into all the tanks and pipes leading to our faucets.
We got a bunch of fine sand in our tank one time, from a CG. Talk about a mess.