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Originally Posted by beeje
The tanks are of a 2 piece design with the top glued on to the bottom half.
There have been numerous reports of failed/leaking tanks.
It is my belief that over filling these tanks causes them to split open at the glued seams.
NEVER let them get that full before dumping.
NEVER travel with more than a few gallons of waste in them. The sloshing around could also rupture them.
A better option for you could be to connect to a portable blue tank and leave the gray tank valves open and dump it when its full. You will have to check it often so you don't over fill it.
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Thanks for the reply. Here is what I learned after further investigation:
The tanks are manufactured by Ameri-Kart using ABS vacuum formed bottom with a top lid, so a 2 piece design. They did not state how the 2 pieces are glued together, so they could have easily split at this seam.
On my 2012 324RLQ, the galley tank is model HT-541 with a 40 gallon capacity. The black and gray tanks are identical from what I could see, and are model HT-543 with a 48 gallon capacity.
So doing the simple math 40+48=88 gallons of gray capacity NOT 93 as stated in their literature and 48 gallons of black, not 50.
BGINTN
Here are the shop drawings for each.
Galley holding tank-HT541.pdf
Black & Gray Tanks-HT543.pdf