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johnmaci ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 202 |
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Gone with the Wynns has some good information:
http://www.gonewiththewynns.com/combine-rv-black-grey-tank |
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techntrek ![]() Admin Group - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
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For starters, you fill up the gray tank much faster due to showers, than the black tank. You can go a week with 2 people before the black tank needs to be emptied. 2 showers a day and the gray tank is full in 2 days. If you are at a site with no sewer hookup it is a lot less messy to use a portable tank to empty the gray tank a few times, than if you had to dump the combined tanks - which makes it all black - even just one time that week. If you combined them they would be full in 4 days and you would have to deal with twice as much black water.
Odor is a bigger issue with black tanks, you need to keep the bacteria at bay which is why you need to use a black tank chemical of some kind. 2 black tanks means twice as much chemical, odor, etc. Odor is rarely a problem for gray tanks.
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CFWARREN ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Apr 2015 Location: Spokane, Wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 148 |
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Ok, so elaborate, what are the advantages to having separate tanks?
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techntrek ![]() Admin Group - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
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I suppose you could connect the two tanks, but there are advantages to keeping them separate.
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Outbound ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767 |
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I've used my FlowJet Mascerator Pump (aka "the poop cannon") to transfer grey water to the black tank via a hose into the toilet. But, as the need to do this only arises 1-2 times per year, I haven't rigged up anything more sophisticated.
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Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150
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JohnBG ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 14 Apr 2015 Location: Deltona, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 190 |
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why not just use a bucket to drain a few gallons out of the gray tank and dump it down the toilet into the black tank?
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CFWARREN ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Apr 2015 Location: Spokane, Wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 148 |
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This topic has made a question pop into my mind.
My Rpod is the first RV I've owned that had grey and black water tanks, my prior RV experience was a Coleman Tent-trailer, which only had a fresh water tank. So my question is, why do RV's have separate grey and black water tanks? When I go to dump them, they drain into the same disposal outlet, there aren't separate outlets for grey and black water, in fact it's a bit of a hassle to switch the hose form black to grey, I get that it's nice to use the grey water to "clean out" your hose after flushing the the black tank, but what would be the harm in them running together into one tank....? |
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Markie ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Sep 2013 Location: Chambersburg PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 67 |
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It sounds like it's time for one of the R-pod enthusiasts on this forum to incorporate a 12v marine transfer pump between the gray and black tanks to do the dirty work.
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Mark & Vicki
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techntrek ![]() Admin Group - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
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Nope you aren't the only one! I investigated various methods last year because I was going to be on the road 3 nights in a row, and normally would fill up the gray tank after 2 nights with showers. Since I could take more fresh water with me I wanted to use some of that black tank space. Ended up using a campground on the 3rd night so I didn't need to do it but the bucket-to-toilet method probably would have been my choice.
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CFWARREN ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Apr 2015 Location: Spokane, Wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 148 |
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Oh I can't believe it, I just did that this last week, I thought I was the only one....!
The grey tank fills up much faster than the black, wish there was a better way to even them out. |
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