Galley tank never fills

[KK2]

I own a 2015 forest river flagstaff classic super lite 8528IKWS 5th wheel with a galley tank. I have no outside kitchen or clothes washer and the galley tank never fills. What or how can this tank be used?

[CHICKDOE]

we had a similar situation. there is a tank labelled 'galley' in the monitoring panel that never filled. we do have a washer / dryer prep but do not have the appliances installed. the specs for the trailer say 80 gals grey water. it turns out there are two 40 gal tanks. one if for shower, bathroom sink, and kitchen sink and the other is dedicated to the washer drain. so that 40 gallons is completely unable. now luckily all three tanks (black and two grey) drain through a common sewer outlet. they each have their own open / close valve. we bought an external waste valve from valterra that you twist onto the sewer outlet. you can close this valve and open the two tank drain valves for the two grey tanks and this will allow your grey waste to also flow into the washer tank via the drain plumbing. to drain, close the two grey tank valves and open the external valve to drain out what is in the drain pipes. then do the black tank followed by grey tanks as normal. this only works if the two grey tanks are connected to a common sewer outlet.

[KK2]

Thanks. My 5th wheel has 2 sewer outlets. 1 for a grey and the black and the other is just for the galley tank.

[rattleNsmoke]

My 2010 Cedar Creek 5 er' also has 2 grey tanks. One is for the installed washer\dryer bath sink and shower, the other is dedicated kitchen sink. Next time your on full hookups, try closing both grey valves and turning on your galley faucet. Watch your monitors to see what fills.
Mike

[KK2]

Thanks.. problem solved..

[Mr. Dan]

Originally Posted by KK2

Thanks.. problem solved..

Do you mind telling us HOW the problem was solved? Your answer MAY help others with the same issue and WILL give honor to those who took the time to participate. Thanks.

[Telstar]

I think we are all waiting for your findings.

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by rattleNsmoke

Next time your on full hookups, try closing both grey valves and turning on your galley faucet. Watch your monitors to see what fills.
Mike

I had to map out my tanks to pull-handles and had to expirment like Mike mentioned.

I first emptied all of the tanks.

I then ran 5 minutes of water at one fixture (sink, toilet, clothing washer, shower) and then 1-by-1 pulled handles until I had water come out.

When I was done with that one, I moved onto the next.

I repeated until I was able to map everything out. Took a little bit of time, but in my case- I was able to identify an issue with where my washer/dryer drained to.

[KK2]

I did exactly what ependydad did. I had to empty all of the tanks, drain them all and ran water in each tank, one by one. I figure that my original problem was me and I didn't run enough water from the kitchen to register on the galley tank guage. Thanks for all the help.

[Murbella7]

Originally Posted by CHICKDOE

we had a similar situation. there is a tank labelled 'galley' in the monitoring panel that never filled. we do have a washer / dryer prep but do not have the appliances installed. the specs for the trailer say 80 gals grey water. it turns out there are two 40 gal tanks. one if for shower, bathroom sink, and kitchen sink and the other is dedicated to the washer drain. so that 40 gallons is completely unable. now luckily all three tanks (black and two grey) drain through a common sewer outlet. they each have their own open / close valve. we bought an external waste valve from valterra that you twist onto the sewer outlet. you can close this valve and open the two tank drain valves for the two grey tanks and this will allow your grey waste to also flow into the washer tank via the drain plumbing. to drain, close the two grey tank valves and open the external valve to drain out what is in the drain pipes. then do the black tank followed by grey tanks as normal. this only works if the two grey tanks are connected to a common sewer outlet.

Simple but ingenious use of the laws of physics - 'Water finds its own level'.
Turns out in the end to be not necessary. But still, it now resides in that great repository of good ideas.

[myxkp]

27rkss, unknown capacity of galley tank, the tank is not listed on brochure or owners manual, but I've drained so I know it's there - any one have this specification?

[JohnD10]

Originally Posted by myxkp

27rkss, unknown capacity of galley tank, the tank is not listed on brochure or owners manual, but I've drained so I know it's there - any one have this specification?

Call Forest River with your Vin# handy and they can tell you.