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06-25-2016, 10:28 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Farmington
Posts: 13
M.O.C. #13979
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Tank Prob cleaning
some where i saw a post on cleaning the tank probe with calgon i have tried the blue stuff it didn't work very well any ideas i have a 2005 3400 RL
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06-25-2016, 11:04 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Cuyahoga Falls
Posts: 699
M.O.C. #18572
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I have heard and seen ice being used with water and driving around. Never tried it. I just fill the tank several times and drain. Sometimes my tank probes will still show 1/3 after draining but I know the tank is empty. Moisture on the probes will register a fluid level. After the probes dry, they will read empty. Not sure if that's an answer you are looking for.
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06-25-2016, 11:09 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
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Frankly most of us gave up on that probe real soon after we bought our rigs. Many things tried, few to none that really work. Most of us know how long we can go between dumps, for us it's two weeks. Others wait till it burps. Others of us have added outside the tank monitors and they do work, but I wouldn't do it again. I seldom look at them.
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06-25-2016, 01:09 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lake Havasu City AZ.
Posts: 1,811
M.O.C. #10552
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We have found the talk probes useless. Like
Dick said just set up a system to know when to drain. We do once a week and that work for us.
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06-25-2016, 02:12 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Gaston
Posts: 8,773
M.O.C. #12156
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Agree, having owned trailers of one brand or another for 40 years, never had accurate tank readings. Don't even pay attention to them.
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06-25-2016, 02:20 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Pensacola (mail forward service)
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M.O.C. #13740
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I have the Iseries tank monitor, which uses external moda sensors that you need to apply to the ends of the tanks used in montanas. I know at a glance exactly what percentage is in each tank. The tank monitor put in most rvs is worthless!! Cleaning to try to get them to work is a waste of time and money in my opinion...as I tried on two different rigs and never got any results. If you want to try something...the probe system really needs minerals in the water to have any chance of reading...try dumping epson salt or table salt in a tank to see if that will work. I gave up before trying it, don't know what amount would or wouldn't work. You can be the trialhorse if you wish. John
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06-26-2016, 01:41 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Englewood
Posts: 3,095
M.O.C. #164
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by 1retired06
Agree, having owned trailers of one brand or another for 40 years, never had accurate tank readings. Don't even pay attention to them.
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06-26-2016, 05:02 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Haysville
Posts: 4,261
M.O.C. #3085
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There are many posts on many RV sites refering to tank monitor lights and their innacuracy. After a time, you'll learn about how long you can go before you have a full tank and what to do to lengthen that time. Trying to make the monitors dependable is an uphill battle. Water and crushed ice sloshing around in the tank while driving down the road may remove whatever is stuck to the probes inside the tank, but I've never heard of anything you just put in the tank made specifically to dissolve the offending substance away. Calgon more makes the inside of the tank (slippery) so stuff won't stick as bad. The chemicals are more for order and helping to break down solids. Some chemicals have additives that supposedly help lube the gates on the dump valves. There are aftermarket sensor strips that adhere to the outside of the tanks that are accurate. I think you can even use the existing wiring up to your OEM monitor panel for the new monitor. Just Google holding tank monitors.
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06-27-2016, 07:47 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Jefferson,
Posts: 264
M.O.C. #13170
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We too, pay no attention to the sensors. We dump once a week and have never over filled a tank.
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06-27-2016, 08:14 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 7,547
M.O.C. #2283
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After a while you just sorta know when to dump.
Lynwood
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06-27-2016, 01:14 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Same as most others we never had tank sensors that worked in any of our 6 Rv's.
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06-28-2016, 02:04 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hixson
Posts: 3,436
M.O.C. #11397
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We are full timers and never give a thought to our worthless tank sensors. As stated above we have grown to know when the tanks need attention.
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06-28-2016, 03:05 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Okeechobee
Posts: 2,150
M.O.C. #11206
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Hi
After I installed the probes in their proper locations in accordance with the system manufacturer’s instruction sheet they have worked properly ever sense.
However they are not direct reading like the gas gage in your car or truck they have a 10 to 15 minuet lag after the last use of the tank or last movement of the trailer to read properly. An example is if you dump a full tank it will take 10 to 15 minuets before the indicator will catch up because the liquid has to drain off the probe and if you use a wetting agent like Calgon it may take a little longer.
Phil P
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