Tanks Are Clean- Now What?
Keep Tanks Healthy
Well, you’ve hired us to clean your tanks. The tanks have been cleaned, sensors restored, and odors and gunk are all gone.
Now what?
How can you best maintain the tanks, stretching your dollars furthest and better yet, keep the problems at bay?
I’d like to share with you my suggestions based on experience of the best practices now, moving forward, post tank cleaning.
Never, ever, ever keep your tank “gate” or “blade” valved in the open position. Tank valves must remain closed at all times except when dumping or draining your tanks.
When dumping tanks always dump the black tank first, followed by the gray tank. Always make sure black tank, before dumping, if at all possible is at LEAST 50% full prior to dumping. If you have to dump at camp and you are not that full, add water either through the toilet or the Sani Flush system of your RV until your black tank is at least 50% full before pulling the valve open.
If your rig is equipped with the Sani Flush system, I recommend you use that system every other dump. Attach the hose, turn on the water, then pull the gate valve for the black tank (being careful to not turn on the water, become distracted and forget to pull the gate valve). Let the flushing system run until the water coming from the tank runs nearly clean or clear.
After tanks are completely empty, close gate valves
Using your toilet flush pedal fill ( or your favorite pail ) your bowl at least 2 times to the top and flush that into the toilet along with the prescribed amount of Matts RV Liquified treatment. ( I only recommend this treatment and do not recommend any other chemical concoctions out there ). Tank should have approximately 10-15% of it’s total capacity added in fresh water after your dump.
Never put anything other than Septic Safe Toilet Paper down your toilet. Try and limit toilet paper use as well.
Use catch strainers on all drains. Avoid hair, food, and any other type objects entering the drain system into the gray tanks.
If you follow the above suggestions, you will maintain good tank health.
It remains a good practice, particularly if you live in your RV Full time, to have your tanks professionally cleaned annually.
Great success to you and happy RVing.
