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Open Roads Forum  >  General RVing Issues  > Putting In A Home Dumping Station Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 4   Next WoodGlue • View posts Los Angeles / Montana Senior Member Joined: 08/12/2012 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 11/27/12 12:29am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator How is this accomplished? I'd like to add a 30 amp outlet, a water spigot and a dump station - for the times when I'm in the south, snowbirding at my sisters home in Jacksonville, FLA. The 30 amp and the water are no brainers, so I'm really asking you where do you dump your junk at home? The house is on septic, but the undergrounds of those are pretty far away from the driveway area. Ideas, logistics, help? Thanks WoodGlue 2002 Land Rover Discovery II 2013 LANCE 1685 Travel Trailer - Video Tour - Video Tour 2 Lance Uses Azdel - Why It's Better Than Wood In Your RV Walls There Are 84 Less Chances Of A Roof Leak In A Lance Lance Factory Tour 2014 LANCE 1685 - Due July 2! old guy • View posts Oregon (pronounced Or e gun) Senior Member Joined: 03/15/2006 View Profile Posted: 11/27/12 12:36am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I use a sewer solution and 1" PVC pipe. I connected into my clean out pipe. I put a "T" in the middle upright and used a 1 and 1/4" slip by one inch slip and no leaks and with my regular faucet and garden hose I empty my tanks at home. opnspaces • View posts San Diego Ca Senior Member Joined: 12/22/2004 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/27/12 01:05am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I guess it depends on how far away the nearest septic line is and whether or not it's downhill from the proposed station. If it's uphill you might have to opt for a macerator to get the job done. I don't know how big your tanks are, but they probably don't hold more than a bathtub full of water each so they should drain in minutes even with a macerator. 1996 Suburban 4x4. 350, 4.10 3/4 ton 2005 Jayco Jay Flight 27BH 1986 Coleman Columbia Popup. mobeewan • View posts Hampton, Va Senior Member Joined: 01/03/2007 View Profile Posted: 11/27/12 01:41am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If you are close enough you can use the cleanout near the house between the house and the septic tank. It may or may not be buried. You can unscrew the cap and screw in an adapter that you can connect your trailer hose to or get a foam donut made to slip over a smooth male adapter and then you stuff it into the female thread on the clean out. If it is below ground a nice sprinkler system access box would be helpful to keep from having to dig up the cleanout every time you need to use it. Just be aware that you cannot use fermaldehyde tank treatments in your trailer black tank or any other chemical that kills bacteria because you will kill the useful bacteria in the septic system that makes the septic system work. The fermaldehyde can also leach into the ground in the leach field and cause other problems. Bumpyroad • View posts Virginia Senior Member Joined: 12/01/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/27/12 06:29am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator actually for your 30 amp hookup, I would run one extra red wire of appropriate size so that anytime in the future you could easily wire up dual 30 amp circuits if you get a 50 amp coach. bumpy janechucknicodemus • View posts Oregon Senior Member Joined: 10/13/2009 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/27/12 06:31am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I would not want to break any crackers,,but I will. HE SAID septic system. If it were his own home, he "may" do this but drain it very slowly.. Someone else's home NO WAY. It may not be able to take the extra, and clog the system. ANY chemicals as mobeewan said will kill the action and the system will need to be cleaned out. Power and water is OK MY 2p,, DO NOT do sewer at Sis's house. Have a great holiday lizbard • View posts Nacogdoches, TX Senior Member Joined: 05/24/2009 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/27/12 06:59am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Before you install a 30amp outlet, have an electrician check to make sure there is enough room in your sister's fuse box (or outlet box). Luckily, I had added an extra box when we remodeled the house so 3 years later when I had the 30amp installed, it was legal. We hook up to the city water or fill the fresh water. Even if you only park in her driveway or a rock or concrete pad, it will help her in the long run if you purchased a building permit for the electrical and/or the water. In order to empty the black and grey water, we either go to one of the RV repair shops during their office hours or pay a campground $10-15 dollars to dump. Sometimes, if they have cable, we pay about $25-30 for a camp site and take a break for the nite. Especially if it is not too hot. Our RV is a guest bedroom or my runaway place if I get tired of too much sports or old movies or Christmas stuff. RoyB • View posts King George, VA Senior Member Joined: 04/13/2008 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 11/27/12 06:59am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I would check into the FLOJET 12VDC pumps. They will adapt to your blackwater tap and mercerator things and shoot it down a 3/4-inch hose for up to a couple hundred feet. All is controlled by hand held pushbutton. They claim to dump a 30 gal tank in just minutes. This is the FLOJET 18555-000 Waste Water Pump Kit available from AMAZON Sample photo from google images These come in a nice plastic carry kit good to have along with the RV TOOL box... I have seen guys have an empty wheeled waste tote in the bed of the truck and fill it with the trailer waste and head for the dump site and let it gravity flow into the dump. No mess whatsoever.... AT home you could adapt to the septic vent pipe or just let it flow down one of your inside pots feeding thru an open window. Something portable to look at and it does work great they tell me... Roy Ken My Posts are IMHO based on my experiences - PM me Roy and Carolyn RETIRED DOAF/DON/DOD/CONTR RADIO TECH (42yrs) K9PHT (Since 1957) 146.52M 2010 F150, 5.4,3:73 Gears,SCab 2008 Starcraft 14RT EU2000i GEN 2005 Flagstaff 8528RESS POPUP PHOTOs-Pg52-Pg56 donn0128 • View posts Pronounced Ore-gun Senior Member Joined: 04/21/2005 View Profile Online Posted: 11/27/12 07:27am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If the clean outs close by, simply take the cap off, dump and replace the cap. If it is far away one of the mascerator pumps would be a down and dirty solution. Donn,Lorri,Max (The Rescued Lab) Resident Know It All Crazy Ray • View posts Monroe,La Senior Member Joined: 01/17/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 11/27/12 08:00am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator www.myrv/us/eletric Woodglue this site miht help. JMO RET ARMY 1980, DW Donna , "Tiny" (furkid) . 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