waste tank additives

[JohnEd]

NO ADDITIVES>>>>>NO ADDITIVES!!!!!  If you have smells in the coach you have a mechanical problem that can and should be fixed.  No crap!  No pun!  Nice touch about sink and shower cleaners and soaps and detergents.  Real case for a separate black tank.  This works so well for me for so many years that I am amazed that the rv places sell TONS OF TOILET STUFF.  There must be a small army of people that will strenuously argue with me.  I dunant keer.  Save your money....fix the problem whether it is design or broke.

John

[Blacksheep]

luvrbus, thanks for the uh, warning or whatever it is that you passed on to me but the fact of the matter is, just how much danger do you think my vent is causing being that it's under the bus rather than up and over the top? I mean, take a tank that's what, approx. 100 gal. max, that holds EVERYTHING from human waste (w/paper), to bathroom sink hand/face soap. I can and will say that MOST of what is in MY tank is gray water from washing in the morning, an occasional afternoon hand wash, washing dishes in the kitchen, and taking showers at night. Just how many times do you think a person s--ts during the 24 hour day at my age? Remember, I'm not as full of it most of you guys think!! Let me also say that my bus is used primarily for 2,3, or 4 day excursions. Pretty rare if I go longer than that seeing as how Susan & I both still work full time. It's (the tank) pretty much empty when I arrive and pretty much empty when I leave the spot I happen to be at. Now think about it! My tank is probably more empty than full and when it is pretty close to being full or just before a scheduled dump, it's more water than human waste and that is where your deadly gases come from.
Now come on guys, do yourself a favor and quit worrying over your waste tank and how it's vented. My vent has worked flawlessly from the time I plumbed it just like the toilet plumbing that had too much of an drop angle, and the aluminum tank that would become pitted from the acid in the urine and the fact that they would fall down from being hung from the SS frame rails!
I think what most of you guys do most is look at S&S motor homes and compare them to what CAN and CAN'T be done! Try looking outside THAT box sometimes and you might get surprised at what WILL work!

Now I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight thinking my bus is going to blow to smitherines all from my black tank that has 80% soapy water in it!

Bottom line is, my vent goes DOWN and rearward UNDER the bus and it works like a charm with NO ill odors of any kind so don't say it CAN'T be done or else! 6 years roughly and still smelling good!

Ace

[Dreamscape]

Jack, Thanks for the verification! We are new to this and are learning everyday. We may have owned the coach for almost six years, but we really only have started to use it. I closed the gate today and will drain when 1/2 or better. I sure don't want any build up of solids, cause that's a stinky mess all to itself!

~Paul~

[luvrbus]

Ace, I was passing on info for you that's all.I built treatment plants and I have personally saw the stuff exploded so sleep good my friend.If you wake up with headaches sometime in the bus take a close look at your vent. good luck and we all do it our way

[Dallas]

I wake up with a headache everyday.... but she usually sleeps longer than I do so I get a little peace and quiet!

***If you wake up with headaches sometime in the bus take a close look at your vent.***