| Author | Message | ||
| john marbury (Jmarbury) (66.82.9.30)
Rating: N/A |
What's the consenses on having a disposal in a Motorhome? Necessary? Over the top? Nice but...? Not necessary? John | ||
| James Maxwell (Jmaxwell) (66.81.34.41)
Rating: N/A |
I can think of 2 or 3 reasons for not having one. #1 is they use tremendous amounts of water in order to work effectively, your putting a lot of solids in your grey tank if u have separate tanks, corrigated rv drain lines are not conducive to good drainage to start with, and the slope on that drain line is not always ideal when hooked up to a sewer outlets. I can foresee that it may cause more problems than it is worth. | ||
| CoryDane RTSII (66.155.188.42) Rating: N/A |
I have always had one in mind in the scheme of things. My use was for times when connected to the sewer only and the tanks would be by-passed. I had concerns about the residue building up in the tank since I can't access the inside of the tank for periodic cleanings. One thought I had was to be able to flush the tank time to time from the far side of the drain opening. But I am not a plumber so I can't tell you how the residue reacts when stored in a water filled container. I can only guess that if the cruddy, rusty pipes let it pass in a house, then the plastic should, too. Perhaps with a little more rinsing than normal on the flex pipe laying on the ground. I am not to that point yet but it has been a topic of many thoughts from time to time. "Imagine" cd | ||
| TWO DOGS (63.185.97.230) Rating: N/A |
DON'T do a disposal !! ...(cory you do it ...o.k. ) | ||
| Henry R. Bergman, Jr. (Henryofcj) (67.136.241.182)
Rating: N/A |
Well, why not? They are darned convenient--if you are hooked up to an endless supply of water and the dump valves are open or the tanks bypassed. However...if you are boondocking 45 miles from good water (maybe longer if going to Hawaii) and every drop is precious, then maybe not so good an idea.  | ||
| CoryDane RTSII (66.155.188.114) Rating: N/A |
TWO DOGS And what is the reasoning behind your comment? "IMAGINE" cd | ||
| Gary Carter (68.25.47.214) Rating: N/A |
We like our disposal and it makes a convenient place to hook up the dishwasher drain. | ||
| FAST FRED (4.245.149.209) Rating: N/A |
The disposal is a very valuably tool , and is really helpfull with stinky things. Fresh shrimp from a fishermans co op are a gift from heaven , BUT the cleaned parts stink before AM in a garbage bin. So you either take a midnight walk to the dumpster or simply grind them down the drain. Very little water is used , we camp for 10 days on 55 gallons with no hassles, Navy showers . Works for me, FAST FRED | ||
| Rodger in WA (64.70.24.67) Rating: N/A |
I wouldn't install one for the reasons stated above; but others using them seem to disagree. In my opinion, the only time you'd use one would be when connected to a sewer dump and city water. In that case there's usually a dumpster nearby and the short walk is good for you. So why bother? Just one more non-essential device to take up storage space and cause problems. We live in a rural area with a septic system, so don't use one at home either. My wife uses a ceramic container with charcoal filtered vent holes in the lid. It holds a couple of quarts and sits on the counter by the sink. When full she dumps it in the compost bin. That takes care of the vegetable garbage. Meat scraps and bones get wrapped in plastic grocery bags and go in the garbage cans. We've used disposals in the past. They're sometimes convenient but can't say I miss the noise, clearing jams, replacing failed ones or fishing out chopped up utensils. | ||
| jimmci9 (68.24.2.170) Rating: N/A |
my holiday rambler had a disposal factory installed... if i had used it more frequently, it prolly would have lasted longer... but catfish and shrimp shells is kinda hard to digest... i'll have another 1 in my conversion, but i'm a power-pole full-timer, not a boon-docker... | ||
| CoryDane RTSII (66.155.188.229) Rating: N/A |
In this new world of recycling and the up coming required recycling, you won't be able to wrap your bones in plastic to toss. As a matter of fact, a lot of people will have a shock when they cant pitch foam cups, plates plastic spoons, forks, knives, plastic wrap, foam nuts for shipping, the new plastic paint cans, virtually all products that are not bio degradable will not be able to hit the garbage as is the case today. The Convience of today will become a hassle in the future. Some Parks will offer recycling bins and others do not. The point is, the convenience of throwing everything away in one waste disposal will become a large inconvenience in the future. That is not to say a dispsal is a good or bad idea depending if you can live with one in your drain system. It is to say that we will not be able to abuse the earth, as we do today, in the future. This should be in the back of our minds as we design and convert. "Imagine" cd |