Black Tank Drop In's

[Nepas]

Hi All

We are full timer's for 2.5 years now and just bought a 2014 GT 378 XL. Not had to many problems yet.

Anyways my question is what do y'all use for black tank cleaning. I'm really tired of spending from $12-20 a box for drop ins and the liquid is just to messy.

Anything better out there?

TYIA

[TURBS]

I installed one of these and fill it once a year.
Great investment !


http://www.bluestreakchem.net/


$10.00 off at goshen rally last year.

[BamaBob]

TURBS - did they offer free installation?

And I wonder if you can use the "OC formula" instead of their chemicals?

[Nepas]

Originally Posted by f1100turbo

I installed one of these and fill it once a year.
Great investment !


Chemical Dispensing Systems for RV & Marine | Blue Streak LLC


$10.00 off at goshen rally last year.

Thanks for the link.

I dont see our toilet listed there but dont see why it would not hook up to it.

[TURBS]

WHAT Toilet DO you? Have?
Mine wasn't listed either.

[TURBS]

Originally Posted by HSVBamaBob

TURBS - did they offer free installation?

And I wonder if you can use the "OC formula" instead of their chemicals?

No free install.
Kenny poopin could have used it tho!
I installed mine in about 15 minutes + -

I use my own special sauce!

[BamaBob]

Good news on both counts! I will probably buy one at Goshen then and in exchange for some of "our secret caramel sauce" we can use your experience to help install in our rig...our sauce to be consumed AFTER installation

[Herk7769]

A cap full of Calgon water softener and a cap full of laundry detergent (and a 1-2 gallon toilet flush) after dumping the tanks has never seemed to be "too messy."

The DW does that every load of laundry.

[TURBS]

Originally Posted by Herk7769

A cap full of Calgon water softener and a cap full of laundry detergent (and a 1-2 gallon toilet flush) after dumping the tanks has never seemed to be "too messy."

The DW does that every load of laundry.

[BamaBob]

Originally Posted by Herk7769

A cap full of Calgon water softener and a cap full of laundry detergent (and a 1-2 gallon toilet flush) after dumping the tanks has never seemed to be "too messy."

The DW does than every load of laundry.

Sounds about right Lou.

Having been a amateur chemist ever since my parents gave me a Gilbert chemistry set when i was 10 I have been fiddling with a cocktail of my own (similar to OC's): Lysol, Calgon, and Dawn (only Dawn because of its superior grease cutting ability). To this I have added calcium nitrate (used in virtually all septic system treatment chemicals).

My goal is to come up with a home brew that lubes the valves, cleans the tank and more importantly breaks down the TP...my tender tail feathers demand Charmin or better quality 2-ply TP

Any thoughts or recommendations?

[checca]

I've been using a few years ... OP Products :: Pure Power Blue ... I use the Pure Power Blue Bio-Pouch for the toilet (easy) and Pure Power Blue - 64 oz liquid in the gray tanks.

[Arefbee]

Originally Posted by HSVBamaBob

Having been a amateur chemist ever since my parents gave me a Gilbert chemistry set when i was 10 I have been fiddling with a cocktail of my own

I miss my Gilbert Chemistry Set. Somehow I still have my eyebrows!
Weirdest thing I ever made was the equivalent of a fireworks "snake". The basement stunk for a week.

So I am not hijacking the thread, I use the blue stuff in a bottle and the Calgon powder water softener, mainly because we somehow have three gallons of the blue stuff. Once it is gone I'll be using Tide.

[Herk7769]

Originally Posted by checca

I've been using a few years ... OP Products :: Pure Power Blue ... I use the Pure Power Blue Bio-Pouch for the toilet (easy) and Pure Power Blue - 64 oz liquid in the gray tanks.

The problem with enzyme/bacteria based produces (I like RV-Digest-It) is the time needed to work (72 hours). Treating your holding tanks like septic tanks does not work (IMO) since most folks dump as soon as they are full.

Someone did a "shake test" recently on TP but I forgot what brand it was.

Since I always dump; then turbo flush, we use the same TP we use at home (Charmin Ultra-Soft). Yes, the sheets come out mostly intact, and flushing at the site takes a good 15 minutes; but we are used to a degree of comfort in that area. If rushed at the dump station (or forced to use the "Blue Boy"), we do a really good turboflush when we get home or at the next campground with full hookups.

5 years down the road and we never have tank odors.

The Horst black tank probes we put in (year 2) work great and have never indicated wrong due to "TP hangup."

Once a year (at winterizing) we do a 1 week treatment of RV-Digest-It to all tanks to remove any dried junk on the roof or upper sides; then a long flush out.

[Nepas]

I dump the black tank 2x a week. Have the built in wash out thingy. No odors.

We wont make Goshen. Have been at Gold Head State park for 6 months volunteering, Heading to Rainbow Springs on the 1st for 3 months.

Thanks for the feedback.

[BamaBob]

Lou,

We have that turboflush on our rig as well...OMG what a HUGE improvement over the Camco tank flushers of yesteryear!

So far (Knock on wood) we have not had LED issues, but after reading other posts I imagine it is only a matter of time.

I am trying to visualize how you install the probes...plus I have the issue that FR has pretty much sealed my undercarriage (covers the tank heatingpads and insulation I think)

[OldCoot]

The mix I use in the Blue Streak is 1/3 SuperClean, 1/3 Pinesol and 1/3 water. Works great. After we dump and get ready for the road, put a cup of SuperClean, 1 cup Pinesol and fill the bowl with water and flush it after letting the tank flush run for 45secs to a minute with the valve shut. Leave it in the tank until it gets full again.