Emptying black and gray tanks

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   Same here Pod People. With the black tank ours has a flush strayer. I run it during the flush to clear everything. Once I get clear or close to clear I close the black water valve and run more water in the yak. Then I release. This seems to do a great job. Gray water next with a final flush of the hose with water. Just make sure you have a fresh water hose for the camper drinking, etc and one for flushing the black water and the sewer hose. 

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rawest50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440	Topic: Emptying black and gray tanks Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:16pm
	Same here Pod People. With the black tank ours has a flush strayer. I run it during the flush to clear everything. Once I get clear or close to clear I close the black water valve and run more water in the yak. Then I release. This seems to do a great job. Gray water next with a final flush of the hose with water. Just make sure you have a fresh water hose for the camper drinking, etc and one for flushing the black water and the sewer hose.
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Pod People Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1088	Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 9:42pm
	always dump the black tank first. then the gray water will wash out the hose and fittings to some extent. We still wash out the hose and fittings with clear water when finished. Vann
	Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179

furpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128	Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 7:38pm
	LOL.. both are "sewer".. Don't worry about it. The important thing is to try to minimize dripping and or splashing (on you) when moving the hose from outlet to outlet. That's it. Not all pods have the separate dump points, it's floor plan dependent. Our Airstream has separate dumps, our Pod did, and the Lance doesn't.

Mesa Verde Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2018 Location: Georgia Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 7:35pm
	Our 179 has a different system for emptying tanks than we've used before. With our former trailer both tanks emptied through the same pipe, just different valves. The 179 has 2 separate pipes, so the drain hose will have to be moved from one to the other. That raises a question: Should we be concerned about transferring the bacteria from the black tank to the gray tank by using the same hose? Or does it seem sufficient to just use a separate connector for each tank but the same hose?