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Leo B 
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
 Topic: Black tank valve - Open or Shut?!Posted: 06 Mar 2017 at 12:07pm |
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Ditto!! That's the last thing you want!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2017 at 11:55am |
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You need lots of liquid to keep the solids suspended and then to move them along. If yo leave it open, you will very quickly develop Mt. Poopy inside your black tank..
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David49
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Joined: 06 Mar 2017 Location: Rhode Island Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2017 at 11:43am |
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If you leave it open, the liquid will quickly drain out ... and the solids will all stay in the tank. You will have a big mess very quickly!
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Grandpa Hiker
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Joined: 04 Jan 2015 Location: Martinsville, V Online Status: Offline Posts: 143 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2017 at 11:19am |
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The guy at Camping World is correct. You need to let the black water tank accumulate enough liquid waste water so that when you do empty the tank the solid waste will be washed out of the tank.
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Rob & Becky
2014 Ford Explorer 3.5 SOHC V6 2015 R-179 Pod aka Piddle Pod "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain!!" |
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MysticLily180
Newbie
Joined: 08 May 2016 Location: AZ Online Status: Offline Posts: 21 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2017 at 11:06am |
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Hello Fellow R*pod'ers!
i am full-timing in my 2016 Rpod 180 (yep) and the guys at Camping World told me to keep my black tank valve closed until i was ready to empty it (about once a week) - and i can't remember exactly why he said that, but that's what i've been doing. My landlord, on the other hand, thinks that is unnecessary and that i was given wrong information. Anybody have any great insights or knowledge about this? Pros/Cons re: open vs. shut?  Mystic Lily |
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Mystic Lily
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Black tank valve - Open or Shut?!