Black Water Leaking to Gray Water

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by Hen

I don't think you should ever let the tanks get that high, that seems to be looking for trouble.

Sure, but given that black waste tank sensors routine clog and so tank level readings are often not reliable, I don't think that an occasional high tank level is an unreasonable thing to expect.

[Ron in BC]

Originally Posted by Brian B-P

To me, it is replacing one undesirable configuration with another undesirable configuration. The old one (with the buried open pipe) seems easier to fix (with a through-the-wall vent) than the new design.

Yes, the old buried uncapped vent wasn't desirable but in the 4 years we had one it was never an issue. If it was I'd have installed a cheater vent.

Originally Posted by Hen

If you dump your tank as you should there is no issue."

We have owned two Casita's in the past and never had a problem, but then we never traveled with full tanks (that's a lot of weight), and never they the black tank get close to the toilet valve. Make sense?

I think that this is a ridiculous situation. We tend to dump when we can and not depend on finding a dump station when the tanks almost full.
But we have been blindsided a couple of times. Dumps not open because it was too early in the season etc. A situation where black tank contents can back up into the shower drain would be completely unacceptable to me. Boats vent their holding tanks through a vent usually high on the hull. I'd rather have that than the current situation. Glad that I can count 2 vent caps on my new 21.

Ron

[gbaglo]

It is so easy to look down. What do you see? No sensors needed for black.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

It is so easy to look down. What do you see? No sensors needed for black.

And don’t drop your flashlight or you will wish you hadn’t.

[tdf-texas]

Originally Posted by SamIam

And don’t drop your flashlight or you will wish you hadn’t.

That sounds like a voice of experience! Is there a story to tell? Like how you got it back out?

[Ron in BC]

Whoa, what's this? Pop up ad for Oliver. Smart move on their part, put the ad in front of people already interested in f.g. trailers.

They make some interesting claims, guess I'll have to go to their website and check it out.

Ron

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by tdf-texas

That sounds like a voice of experience! Is there a story to tell? Like how you got it back out?

The RV had the same toilet setup where the toilet drain goes straight down to the black tank so I knew the flashlight had to be straight down.
I had one of those devices used to pick up trash. You squeeze the handle and the jaws close. Put my rubber gloves on the went fishing for the small flashlight.
Gross , but it worked.

After throwing all of the tools/light away, I did what smart people do and tied a substantial loop on a new flashlight. The loop gets securely attached to my wrist.

Some mistakes I only make once.

Sam

[padlin]

Found out my toilet brush was really a 2 piece unit that hard way, like you I now have a long loop on it's one piece replacement.

Made an oversize pair of wooden tweezers to go fishin for it.