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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Topic: Storage tanks sensors Posted: 26 Mar 2021 at 10:02am |
I do not think my Gray and black tank sensors are working. Is there any way to check the tanks visually or another method?
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2017.5 RPod 179
2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2021 at 11:35am |
Those sensors are notoriously inaccurate. You can open the flapper valve and look in the toilet and see if the black tank is full. If you don’t want water to run while you’re doing that disconnect city water and leave your water pump off.
If water comes up the shower drain then the gray tank is full. Don’t want to wait till the tanks are completely full? Neither do I. I fill the fresh tank (I don’t use the city water connection even if city water is available). Drain the gray and black tanks. Since all 3 tanks are 30 gal it’s impossible to fill the gray and black tanks before the fresh tank is empty. The fresh tank is translucent so you can see how much water is left. When it gets low I drain and refill. Problem solved and no need for the sensors. |
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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2021 at 1:08pm |
That is good to know. I did not want black tank water backing up into the RV.
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2021 at 2:34pm |
Not to worry. You will typically put much more water into the gray tank than the black tank. I estimate that out of a 30 gallon fresh tank fill we put about 20-25 gallons in the gray tank and only 5-10 at most in the black tank. Even conserving water very aggressively (we can go a week plus on 30 gallons) a lot more goes to dish washing and showers than to flushing.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2021 at 9:31pm |
I dumped this morning since we had another week camping. I added a lot of water before I dumped.
When we had the black water tank hose hooked up I turned on the black water sprayer. I left it on through the entire process that follows. I partially filled the tank 3 times after closing the valve. This was after the initial dump. I then rocked the Pod pretty good. You could hear the water sloshing in the tank. We had placed everything in the floor. Each time a few more pieces of paper came out. The 3rd time nothing but clear water. Checked the status on the sensor and it showed it was empty. I will let you know if that was a solution or just a sensor messing up. Gray water seems to be working fine.
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2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1446 |
Posted: 27 Mar 2021 at 1:25am |
Really, you should never count on those sensors to be accurate. At best, they might be like the clock that's stopped: even that's correct twice a day. You're cleaning and rinsing routine is great, but you know you're empty without looking a the lights.... and because they're right doesn't mean they'll stay right as the tank fills. The sensors seem like a good idea, maybe even an essential, but they're not. They are a cruel joke and totally unnecessary with a little experience and common sense. Learn to live without them! I haven't even looked at mine in years. TT
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3215 |
Posted: 27 Mar 2021 at 7:08pm |
I have to agree about the sensors for both gray and black water but mine for some odd reason reads quite accurately for the FW tank. Must have been a mistake at FR to have one that actually reads correctly.
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StephenH
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Posted: 27 Mar 2021 at 7:20pm |
My FW tank is also accurate. The gray is more accurate than the black for sure. Even after a thorough treatment and rinse which gets the black tank sensors working, it does not last because the first few days of use, especially when we are moving, ends up with the black tank sensors not working properly again.
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StephenH
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 27 Mar 2021 at 7:54pm |
Yep the sensors on the freshwater tank work the best too bad that you really don't need them there because the tank is translucent and you can see the water level. Oh well...
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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Posted: 27 Mar 2021 at 8:41pm |
Fresh is translucent but gray and black are not. Not sure if you understand my question.
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2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. |
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