I have just recently rejoined the RVing community with the purchase of a 2016 via 25-T after a long sabbatical. I was very curious to learn that it uses a macerator pump to discharge the gray water. After thinking about it I thought it was a stroke of genius as they were using the gray water to flush the blackwater tank, as they both use the same discharge connection to the sewer. But after further investigation I've learned that that's not the case at all; they are simply pumping the gray water and merging it to the blackwater tank connection.
I have two questions that I hope someone can shed some light on:
#1- Why is a macerator pump required to discharge the gray water? Gravity seems to work very well and there is actually a plug that can be replaced with a garden hose connection to eliminate the pumping process; which I plan to do.
#2 - if the gray water is going to be pumped and both the gray water and black water tanks are going to utilize the same connection, why isn't the gray water discharged into the top of the blackwater tank to help flush the black water tank during the dumping process?
Seems to me they missed a great opportunity to facilitate the dumping process.
Here again I'm new to this community and any insight and this wouldn't be most appreciated.
I have two questions that I hope someone can shed some light on:
#1- Why is a macerator pump required to discharge the gray water? Gravity seems to work very well and there is actually a plug that can be replaced with a garden hose connection to eliminate the pumping process; which I plan to do.
#2 - if the gray water is going to be pumped and both the gray water and black water tanks are going to utilize the same connection, why isn't the gray water discharged into the top of the blackwater tank to help flush the black water tank during the dumping process?
Seems to me they missed a great opportunity to facilitate the dumping process.
Here again I'm new to this community and any insight and this wouldn't be most appreciated.
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