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My wife and iI just purchased our first fifth wheel. We have had several motor homes, but this fifth wheel has electric waste tank dump valves. Has anyone experienced any problems with them? Ours are hidden by the underbelly and I am just curious if we had an issue with them, how would we deal with it?
This unit is a used, 2008 Domani by Carriage and is in great condition and has quite a few features that other units we looked at did not have. This electric dump valve feature seems very nice unless you have problems with it in the future.
I would really appreciate any comments/suggestions from anyone that has them or has had them in the past and any issue you may have had.
I would really appreciate any comments/suggestions from anyone that has them or has had them in the past and any issue you may have had.
Thanks so much,
Craig and Jeanni
Not a lot of response here so I'll make a suggestion regardless of the type of valve in one's rig, manual or electric. If a valve will not open then the only thing to do is drop the bottom pan and fix it / have it fixed. But let's assume the valve somehow breaks in the open position which it can if a cable breaks or crimps - or if a motor fails, becomes jammed, etc.. This allows a temporary fix and is inexpensive if one is prepared.
It fits on the outlet where the sewer hose connects and is a twist on device. This allows one to close the outlet regardless of whether the failed valve is grey or black and one can still dump the tanks.
Maybe not ideal but will work just fine until the offending valve can be replaced. ("Ask me how I know this.")
Cheep insurance and if a valve is still operative but leaks, use this to shut off the outlet pipe such that when you take the cap off the leaking material doesn't spill all over the ground or worse - you.
