If your sensor is faulty it will signal that the tank is full or partially full after emptying your holding tank.
Rv tank cleaner borax.
Be sure the tank valve is closed and then fill it about 1 2 way with water.
Add 1 2 cup of dishwashing detergent as you would add to a dishwasher.
I ve been using this combo while living and traveling full time our rv for the last four years with good results.
Fortunately sanitizing your tank is actually quite simple and in time will become just a routine matter.
If you re looking to clean and restore the sensor probes in your black tank we encourage you to check out our guide to restoring your black tank sensors simply touch or click here.
The borax detergent helps control odor and cleans the tank.
However we recently found out from this post that borax falls into the precipitating group which means it doesn t work as well as the calgon water softener.
Small pieces of metal also known as sensors are located at 1 3 2 3 and full increments.
Cleaning your rv s black water tank can be one of the most intimidating rv maintenance tasks if you ve never done it.
To clean our black water tank i flushed it until it ran clear.
Oxy clean does make product for rv tank treatment called oxykem.
Many rvers use borax as a substitute as well 1 cup laundry detergent or dawn dish soap.
This is a great method to clean your rv black water tank.
In their video they appear you use one small scoop of oxiclean for about a gallon of water.
We have also written a very in depth article explaining the root cause of sensor failures and offering tips on how you can proactively prevent this problem in the future.
Thoroughly cleaning your rv black water tank.
The water softener makes the water softer and more slippery preventing waste from sticking to the walls of the waste tank.
Use dishwashing detergent and ice cubes and drive around.
Fully functioning rv black water tank sensors are vital to the dumping process.
Next i started filling up the black water tank via the sprayers.
While it doesn t hurt the tank it really doesn t add much value in order to keep rv tanks clean so we see no point in adding it unless we re out of the calgon water softener.
The tank bombs replace all the other chemicals and cleaning agents that you would place in the rv black tanks.