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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: luvrbus on December 06, 2020, 10:22:50 AM
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I have purchased 2 of the FloJet pumps over the years made in Mexico for over $200.00 each they have plastic brush holders when they get hot it melts and Flo Jet wanted $159.00 for the worthless motor they don't sell just the brush holder.I thought going the house type garbage disposal route but it was to large and a 115v so I came up with this I have 100 bucks total and it will pump takes about 10 minutes to empty both my tanks through a garden hose 100 ft long,The pump was less than $70.00 (12V) from Amazon the Frenco adapters from ACE,if I could find a 1-1/2 to 3 inch Frenco I could make it smaller but haven't found 1 yet,This thing works it will pull a vacuum if you close the dump valve you can see the hose collapsing
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Clifford here's one with the coupler already on it, good price!
https://www.amazon.com/Amarine-Made-Release-Macerator-Marine/dp/B0761S1LTJ/ref=pd_ybh_a_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S29E13AVEKKRSBVK6CF4
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Do you find that to be necessary, or is it just a convenience? Seems to me that it might let solids stay in the tank if it didn't get a high volume flush now and then.
Jim
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Do you find that to be necessary, or is it just a convenience? Seems to me that it might let solids stay in the tank if it didn't get a high volume flush now and then.
Jim
I need it sometimes when we stay were there is no sewer hook ups,I have a cleaning system built into the tanks so that breaks ups the solids too
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Do you find that to be necessary, or is it just a convenience? Seems to me that it might let solids stay in the tank if it didn't get a high volume flush now and then.
Jim
I've got one to use at home since there is no way to dump into our septic via gravity. It drains the tank through the 1" hose as fast as gravity does through a normal sewer hose. Of course, our tank is combined gray & black and as such we never have an issue with solids building up - everything stays a soupy mix that drains easily.
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Lots of fiber in the diet will help...
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I use a 1/3 hp laundry pump that push's the waste through a 1 1/2" firehose type hose .( easy to carry as it rolls up flat ) and it is fast to empty my 56 gal. black tank then I empty my grey tank 110 gal .
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PC3amVQkjgfTtx9e6
https://www.amazon.ca/Apache-98138010-Standard-Duty-Lay-Flat-Discharge/dp/B000L69X5Q/ref=asc_df_B000L69X5Q/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=338557056360&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14261811419911156502&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1002295&hvtargid=pla-570091039665&psc=1
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-3-HP-Utility-Sink-Pump-LTS250A/301015850
when I am in Florida I use 2 x 50 ' hoses and it works great and fast
dave
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Wow Dave you don't mess around! The inside portion looks to be permanently installed?
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If I could have gotten to tank I would have mounted mine permeant the pump I bought could be mounted permeant it was made for marine use
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laundry pump? I'm thinking it doesn't chop and grind up poop ball? I always figured you needed to make smoothies before sending down the lines. First time hearing someone has chronic diarrhea.
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laundry pump? I'm thinking it doesn't chop and grind up poop ball? I always figured you needed to make smoothies before sending down the lines. First time hearing someone has chronic diarrhea.
We have those under the sinks in the restaurants in place of P-traps they work ok for that but as a macerator pump I don't see how it could work,carrying 1-1/2 hose you would need a big clean out mine I dump through a 1-1/2 sink cleanout and I have 2 -5/8 flat roll hoses that take up no space
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That would work great with our combined gray/black tank. Everything in there is a constant slurry.
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Wow Dave you don't mess around! The inside portion looks to be permanently installed?
kinda
but it is connected to the original 3" sewer turn connection but I have never had any problems DUMPING or DUMPING the 2 tanks in the 3 years that I have been using it . I have a 25' 1 1/2" sump pump hose that I use at regular rv dump stations .
but I have a headhunter toilet older but like this
https://www.headhunterinc.com/product/espresso/
yes I installed a clean out right at the side of the house that goes to the septic system
dave
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Here ya go Clifford 1-1/2 to 3 " Fernco :)
https://www.supplyhouse.com/Fernco-1056-315-3-x-1-1-2-Flexible-Coupling-Cast-Iron-or-PVC-to-Cast-Iron-or-PVC?gclid=CjwKCAiAwrf-BRA9EiwAUWwKXmIcHr1VShZS7dfRCX33Ki1qlv8On8QqjbCm0bE-EIedzsoD7fH6_BoCblsQAvD_BwE
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Masadisposerator is the only way to go. Mine is 9 years old and stainless steel blades and tub.
140 feet up hill if needed.
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I don't know if it is a good idea to dump, say 50 to 100 gallons of sewage into your septic at once through the 3" hose. Maybe it could force solids into the drain field. I have wondered about it for a while since I have a train hooked to my septic also. Forgot to ask the guy that pumps it every three years@ $300.😠
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I don't know if it is a good idea to dump, say 50 to 100 gallons of sewage into your septic at once through the 3" hose. Maybe it could force solids into the drain field. I have wondered about it for a while since I have a train hooked to my septic also. Forgot to ask the guy that pumps it every three years@ $300.😠
We have two 1,000-gal tanks on our septic, then downhill to the drain field. I had the tanks pumps this fall, and the guy said that there were hardly any solids in the second tank. Just two of us in the house, but it's been three years since they were pumped.
If the system is working as it should and you don't do it often, I don't think that dumping the bus into the septic is going to be that big a deal. There are internal baffles inside the tanks which are supposed to keep the solids and fats from leaving the tank. Of course, YMMV
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My black tank and grey tanks are only 45 gallon and I am on city sewer. Don't know about rv parks but they get it everyday multiple times. As long as you don't mess up the top cake you should be fine.
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Had to redo our almost 40 yo septic. Hadn't pumped it but a couple times, when it filled with sludge it filled & caked up the field. It was also root bound so now the new arc septic system (not the tank) gets a dose of salt once a month to steer roots away
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Do you use Rid X occasionally?
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A few times, not really...
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I don't know if it is a good idea to dump, say 50 to 100 gallons of sewage into your septic at once through the 3" hose. Maybe it could force solids into the drain field. I have wondered about it for a while since I have a train hooked to my septic also. Forgot to ask the guy that pumps it every three years@ $300.😠
I have had the sewer clean out on my house since 2009 when I built the house and I have used it to dump my tanks ever since .
never had any problems and the guy that sucks it dry tells me all is good .
so should we all go to a composting toilet ? like
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/sun-mar-excel-non-electric-waterless-high-capacity-self-contained-composting-toilet-in-white/1000689271?eid=PS_GOOGLE_D29B%20-%20E-Comm_GGL_Shopping_PLA_EN_Bath_Bath_PLA_EN__PRODUCT_GROUP_aud-765569715721:pla-343353862943&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5bz-BRD-ARIsABjT4ngOGjBN7vZNYggpJUMteGCsj9ddAYN0JF1ojjV13UCbVLNJ-NEw7LUaApY9EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
not for me
remember the old plumber saying
pay day is on Friday and $#!% flows down hill
dave
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Oxygen level is important for bacteria to survive in septic system ,I had mine pumped after 15 years it wasn't bad because we watch the chemicals used for cleaning CLR with deplete the oxygen and the bacteria dies.a lot of house cleaners will deplete the oxygen in a septic system
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Our septic system was installed in 1991, best we can tell from the county's permit book. Two 1,000-gal tanks feeding three 75-ft drain tiles in the field down the hill. The system gets pumped every three years. Local code calls for pumping and/or inspection every three years, but the cost difference between inspecting and pumping is so small we have them pump every time.
Only a few basic rules we follow...No harsh cleaners down the drain, no use of garbage disposal (don't have one), and don't flush any paper product that hasn't wiped an a$$. We've been here since 2001 and have not had any problems, and it doesn't appear there were any before we got here. No chemicals or additives are necessary - those bacteria can just do their work silently in the tanks if you leave them alone.
These systems are not really that complicated, and unless something is wrong with the baffles it's unlikely that dumping an RV tank once in a while is going to upset the works.
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My tank is 1200 gals and visitors have been dumping in it for years at the place in Mohave Valley and I dump there too never a problem yet,here in Scottsdale I don't have a dump yet but working on it so I need the macerator to keep from driving 20 miles and paying $15.00 to dump.We have a 2500 gal septic tank here in Scottsdale and like lots of places in AZ no field lines,they drill a vertical shaft 18in dia x 100 ft deep and fill it with rocks we have 2 of those and it works our tank has a oxygen monitor we watch
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I don't know if it is a good idea to dump, say 50 to 100 gallons of sewage into your septic at once through the 3" hose. Maybe it could force solids into the drain field. I have wondered about it for a while since I have a train hooked to my septic also. Forgot to ask the guy that pumps it every three years@ $300.😠
At our old shop in Union City we dumped all our buses in the septic tank via the clean out next to the shop. In the 5 yrs we were there we never had a problem with the system and at one time we were operating 9 buses and every one of them was being dumped 1-2 times a week (or more!)
No idea what size the tank was or anything about the field drains.
We just dumped and figured if we ever had a problem we'd get it pumped and look for a solution from there!
;D BK ;D
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My tank is 1200 gals and visitors have been dumping in it for years at the place in Mohave Valley and I dump there too never a problem yet,here in Scottsdale I don't have a dump yet but working on it so I need the macerator to keep from driving 20 miles and paying $15.00 to dump.We have a 2500 gal septic tank here in Scottsdale and like lots of places in AZ no field lines,they drill a vertical shaft 18in dia x 100 ft deep and fill it with rocks we have 2 of those and it works our tank has a oxygen monitor we watch
Clifford, Art Carney was one of my favorites maybe because when I was growing he was a lot like my dad who was superintendent of water & sewer in So.FL. Haha. More to the point is your description of your septic system is really interesting & wasn't aware of that type of design.