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Keith Woods (216.53.254.36)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 16, 2001 - 7:28 pm: | |
If a '57 4104 has the original bathroom intact, what size is the black tank and is it worth salvaging/using? |
Tuck-04 (165.166.44.14)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 16, 2001 - 9:25 pm: | |
Hey Keith
the existing tank is probalbly not big enough for a conversion.
I have a 135 gal tank on mine for the blk and gray water.
Hop this helps
Tuck |
dougthebonifiednusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 25, 2001 - 6:50 pm: | |
hey tuck
i was thinking about only using one tank for the gray and black water i bet you dont any problems where are you from if you are close i will give you a call |
FAST FRED (209.26.87.38)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2001 - 3:25 am: | |
One tank works just as well as two for grey or black, but remember that the RULE for black tanks must be followed with a combination.
FILL the BLACK tank at least 3/4 full before dumping. This helps carry the non decomposed waste out.
Its better to dump after a trip, as this will help slosh everything to bits .
IF you use a hose / pressure regulator to feed the fresh water to the coach , and sit in campgrounds a lot ,, its easy to have a GREY Bypass , so you can directly dump the grey all the time , and not fill the black tank as often.
FAST FRED |
Donald Peter (Don) (172.133.9.93)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2001 - 11:09 am: | |
Hmm... If you are only using one black/grey tank, how about a second drain valve about 3/4 of the way up the tank? This could be the one you leave hooked up when parked in a place with sewer. This would insure that the tank got to the 3/4 mark but would still allow long term camping without having to worry about dumping. |
acerossi (24.129.181.162)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2001 - 2:36 pm: | |
Might work ok if your not wooried too much about any floaters! LOL Then you suffer the consequences! |
Clarke Echols (216.17.134.182)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2001 - 5:27 pm: | |
To prevent floaters, do what they do on septic tanks: Instead of a threaded fitting on the tank wall, make the fitting a pass-through bulkhead sleeve with a pipe that extends into the tank a few inches then has a 90-degree elbow pointing down with a short nipple that dips down into the water Lets you drain off liquid without skimming any floating material, whatever it might be.
Clarke |
FAST FRED (209.26.87.86)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2001 - 2:27 am: | |
The easiest system is to have a setup in which the grey can constantly be hooked up to a drain while at a campsite , and you "need " to do 31 loads of laundry .
This is done with a valve setup, that allows you to direct the water to go overboard , or to the black tank.
To find reference for this and about a hundred pages of good RV info check oit this website.
http://www.phrannie.org/
Dont forget the vent pipe is the most important in the system , if your nose works at all!
FAST FRED |