MtFlyfisher
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I have been using the Flush King to flush my tanks and have been very happy with it. The only problem I've had is that twice I have let it run too long and once over flowed the kitchen sink and another time came very close to overflowing my toilet.
When I've back-filled my tanks to the top, twice I've noticed one of my hoses in my storage compartment underneath has started leaking water. It appears that somehow when I back-fill my black tank to the top, that water is somehow overflowing into my water lines. It doesn't make any sense to me and everyone I've talked to assures me that my black tank can't overflow into my water lines, but now that it has happened twice, it sure seems like that is what is happening. Obviously, I'm concerned about contamination of my water lines so I flushed water through them and sanitized them with bleach. When I was running water through them, a little dark slimy stuff came out of my lines - not a lot but tiny amount that made me worry ever more that I could have a problem. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?
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While I am not sure of why you are getting water from the tank back in the lines but clearly you need to stop filling the tanks to the top. YOu could rupture the tank which would be very expensive let alone a real pain to deal with.
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Jim&Peg
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I have no idea how tank water could get into the water lines;however, you should never completely fill the tanks when back flushing. These large flat sided tanks will not withstand any pressure. For example if you have a 24 by 60 inch tank that is 1440 sq in of top and bottom surface. Only 1 psi would apply 1440 pounds of force to the top and bottom. That is enough to ruin a tank. The vent pipe is not going to save you because pushing water only 2 feet up the vent equals 1 psi. I have read several posts where people cracked their tanks this way. Always stop well before the tank is completely full. You will get just as good of flush.
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Horseplay
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Sounds like when you overfilled, it came out of the bottom of your vent pipe. They often aren't super sealed to begin with.
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MtFlyfisher
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Thanks everybody for your responses. I had no idea that overfilling could cause a problem with the tanks. The instructions for using the Flush King don't warn against overfilling at all. I'll stop doing that for sure.
As for leaking at the vent pipe, I'm wondering if that's what happened and then perhaps I saw water running down the water line but thought it was actually leaking from the line. In any case, I'll flush out my water lines and sanitize them again just to be sure.
Thanks again for your help.
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swebber
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MtFlyfisher wrote:I have been using the Flush King to flush my tanks and have been very happy with it. The only problem I've had is that twice I have let it run too long and once over flowed the kitchen sink and another time came very close to overflowing my toilet.
When I've back-filled my tanks to the top, twice I've noticed one of my hoses in my storage compartment underneath has started leaking water. ....
After thinking about this overnite and rereading this morning...when you fill your tanks with the FlushKing are you filling both tanks at the same time or each tank seperately ?
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swebber wrote:MtFlyfisher wrote:I have been using the Flush King to flush my tanks and have been very happy with it. The only problem I've had is that twice I have let it run too long and once over flowed the kitchen sink and another time came very close to overflowing my toilet.
When I've back-filled my tanks to the top, twice I've noticed one of my hoses in my storage compartment underneath has started leaking water. ....
After thinking about this overnite and rereading this morning...when you fill your tanks with the FlushKing are you filling both tanks at the same time or each tank seperately ?
Sounds like he has a gray and black tank hooked together. For a back up to get to the kitchen sink.
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Horseplay
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Some units have the kitchen drain into the black tank since that is "dirtier" than just shower water.
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Sounds like he has a gray and black tank hooked together. For a back up to get to the kitchen sink.
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MtFlyfisher
Centerville, UT
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I have a separate galley tank for the kitchen. When I use the FlushKing I do them one at a time. First the black tank, then the gray and then the galley.
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TMBLSN
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Horseplay wrote:Some units have the kitchen drain into the black tank since that is "dirtier" than just shower water.
??? Which ones? I've heard of the shower going to the black tank.
Please let us know which units drain the kitchen sink to the black tank so that we can avoid these.
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