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Old 11-23-2016, 05:20 PM   #1
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OK, I'm not the only one

Many of you know about the potato pealer in our black tank, now a friend here at The Ranch, an Escapee park in Lakewood, NM, dropped one of those little three cell LED flashlights down the hole while he was changing out his toilet. What other strange things have you heard of taking the black tank dive?
 
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Old 11-24-2016, 01:05 AM   #2
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The spongy end of the bowl brush.I suspect it's in our septic tank now.
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Old 11-24-2016, 02:03 AM   #3
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Only thing we have dropped, (more than once) the container cap to the chemical we use. Small enough to pass during tank flush.
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Old 11-24-2016, 05:45 PM   #4
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no butterfingers in my camp. HA HA
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Old 11-25-2016, 02:01 AM   #5
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Only once a container cap.
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Old 11-25-2016, 12:13 PM   #6
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You know you just jinxed yourself ...

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no butterfingers in my camp. HA HA
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Old 11-26-2016, 09:03 AM   #7
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You know you just jinxed yourself ...

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no butterfingers in my camp. HA HA
I didn't brake a mirror yet. ( knock on wood ) Ha Ha.
and if there is one thing I hate in the construction trade is PLUMBING.
It never is a simple repair something always goes wrong.
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Old 11-26-2016, 12:44 PM   #8
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Nothing, maybe you drink to much. #128561;
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Old 11-27-2016, 09:28 AM   #9
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Only what we are supposed to "drop" down there.
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Old 11-27-2016, 09:50 AM   #10
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Dropping caps, flashlights and potato pealers down there will keep you from using a Macerator
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Old 11-27-2016, 10:14 AM   #11
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Many of you know about the potato pealer in our black tank,"

Sorry, I don't know the story but I'm wondering why you would peel potatoes over the toilet? Ha! Ha!
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Old 11-27-2016, 02:48 PM   #12
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I had the same question Mr Pachu but you beat me to it! OK Dick, fess up!
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Old 11-27-2016, 03:08 PM   #13
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Keystone manufacturing is my problem. their "Master plumbers installed the 3" plastic pipe into the tank so that it was all the way through the fitting and within about 1" of the bottom of the tank. it plugs up quite often. Some day I will have to tckle the dirty job but I hate to and have been putting it off.
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Old 12-04-2016, 06:16 PM   #14
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Some time ago I used a sprayer-type hose adapter to clean the toilet drain down toward the black tank. You attach a hose to it and the water pressure then spins the fitting at the hose end. This fast moving spinning water sprays the sides of the plumbing as you lower the sprayer downward. It works great to clean any buildup. The problem I had is that I had the sprayer for some time and so being really old, as I was cleaning the plumbing out, the rotating head fell off (corrosions, age, whatever).

Well, the long story is that I have filled, refilled and drained the black tank many times since and I don't have any idea if the broken part is still down there or if it has drained out the 3" drain plumbing. The big concern is that I do now use a macerator occassionally, and I can hardly wait to discover whatever happens if this part ever gets flushed out and ends up in contact with the macerator teeth. I'll let you all know when it happens.

As for the reason anyone would have dropped a potato peeler down there, I can imagine there are much better ways to trim body hair. And you should be peeling potatoes or what have you over a trash can.
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Old 12-05-2016, 04:31 AM   #15
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Ok, here's the story a second time: We were boondocking and our galley tank was almost full so we dumped a dish pan full of soapy water we thought was empty down the toilet. As the last of the water flew out the potato peeler waved goodbye as it went down the hole.
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Old 12-05-2016, 11:08 AM   #16
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Strange to say the least.
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