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06-03-2020, 11:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Ladysmith, British Columbia
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19
Posts: 218
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Black Water Tank E19
Just looking at a pic inside the driver's dinette from another owner of a 2nd Gen E19. What I saw was a removable plate on the top plywood cover of the black water tank box. On my tank plywood box there is only the solid piece of plywood with the corner tank vent pipe exiting. My question is has ETI placed an inspection cover on some tanks and not others?
I also saw that some controllers, inverters were attached to plywood cover. Is there safe clearance between the plywood and black water tank in case screw tips penetrate plywood thickness.
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06-03-2020, 11:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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On both of mine the plywood was solid w/no inspection hole, probably an owner change to verify thickness when installing items. Yes one has to be aware of what is underneath anything in an Escape trailer.
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06-03-2020, 05:30 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Trailer: 2019 Escape 19
Posts: 17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChuckBC
My question is has ETI placed an inspection cover on some tanks and not others?
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Looks like I have an access panel on my 2019 19'
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06-03-2020, 05:54 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: PNW, British Columbia
Trailer: 2013 - 19
Posts: 87
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if you mean 1/2” as safe clearance then yes. The Ply is 1/2”
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06-03-2020, 05:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 15B sold, 2019 Escape 19
Posts: 367
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Quote:
Originally Posted by adrianp12
Looks like I have an access panel on my 2019 19'
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As do my 2019 e19.
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06-03-2020, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Effie
As do my 2019 e19.
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Must be a reason, can someone take a picture of the access panel and open also?
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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06-03-2020, 08:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Naples, New York
Trailer: 2020 Esacpe 19'(Hillbilly Heaven) ETI best named trailer of the year
Posts: 1,204
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I noticed that access panel on the new 19 videos . I was wondering if it was for tank monitor repair
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04-28-2021, 03:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: CenTex, Texas
Trailer: 2022 E19
Posts: 614
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Vent stack?
Quote:
Originally Posted by NEWYORKHILLBILLY
I noticed that access panel on the new 19 videos . I was wondering if it was for tank monitor repair
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Is that the vent stack at the lower left of the pic above?
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04-28-2021, 08:20 PM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Naples, New York
Trailer: 2020 Esacpe 19'(Hillbilly Heaven) ETI best named trailer of the year
Posts: 1,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 7Gentex
Is that the vent stack at the lower left of the pic above?
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yes ..goes in wall then up threw roof
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04-28-2021, 10:58 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Belchertown, Massachusetts
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19
Posts: 91
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Two (belated) followups:
1. Yes removing the thin plywood access panel (if you have it) in the lower right corner of the above picture allows access to the blank tank monitor probes. That's how I fixed a miswiring, see https://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f...tml#post310795 which has a picture looking through the access panel opening.
2. Yes, the black tank vent pipe is in the lower left of the above picture. In our 2018 19', the black tank vent pipe joins with the gray tank vent pipe, so there is only one roof vent. This allows the black tank to overflow into the gray tank. In our 2014 19', black and gray each had their own roof vent and there was no overflow.
Bill R
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04-29-2021, 08:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: New Mexico, New Mexico
Trailer: 2017 E19
Posts: 613
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Our 2017 E19 did not have an access port at that location and we were concerned that the monitor probes were underneath. After cutting an access hole, we found out that the probes were not in that location. The plywood cover is nearly resting on the black water tank; hence be very careful if you cut an access panel. Fortunately we did not cut the tank.
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04-29-2021, 09:04 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Belchertown, Massachusetts
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19
Posts: 91
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MVA
Our 2017 E19 did not have an access port at that location and we were concerned that the monitor probes were underneath. After cutting an access hole, we found out that the probes were not in that location. The plywood cover is nearly resting on the black water tank; hence be very careful if you cut an access panel. Fortunately we did not cut the tank.
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Good information.
There is a surprising amount of year-to-year build variation.
Bill R
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