kmb1966
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From the factory, our Itasca Suncruiser's shower has dumped/pumped into the BLACK holding tank. It is a roll-in type shower, and has no p-trap, but has a small pump located in a storage bin that pumps the water from the shower drain into the holding tank. The problem was the factory connected the hose from the shower pump to the BLACK tank. As a result, the black tank of course fills up quickly, having to dump frequently, using alot of "blue packets", and very little gray water to dump secondly after the black dumps. In addition, my gray tank is larger than the black. I checked with Winnebago, and yes indeed they decided to go to the black tank intentionally for my serial # for reasons unknown, but most probably because it was more difficult to go to the gray tank (according to Winnebago). I checked with my dealer on changing this design and got a "thousand yard stare" from the dealer. Brought it to an independent RV repair dealer that has done good work for me in the past, and he put a handy 2-way valve on with another hose going to the gray tank for only $250 bucks. Now the shower can go to the gray tank, or with the turn of the valve, go back to the Black tank (which I doubt I will ever do again!). Nice to have the black tank for the toilet only, and the gray tank for the shower/sinks.
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robatthelake
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That sounds like the usual Dealer runaround. Glad that You found someone with a bit of common sense to fix the problem for You!
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trop-a-cal
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WOW what a company, they took the cheap way out. You should send them the bill.
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Bumpyroad
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companies do plum the shower or the bathroom sink to the black tank for two reasons, one to get adequate water into it, and secondly because in general the grey tank fills up first. I would not consider it to be a mistake or defect myself.
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gestanton
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Maybe not a mistake, just bad engineering. My Eagle Superlite has to gray tanks - galley and bathroom separate from black tank.
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HIDEOUT
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What year and model Suncruiser do you have? I kind of wish we had that option. I've thought about installing a valve to route the grey water to the black. The dw might not go for it though. Would make cleaning it a lot easier.
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100ton
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Bumpyroad wrote:companies do plum the shower or the bathroom sink to the black tank for two reasons, one to get adequate water into it, and secondly because in general the grey tank fills up first. I would not consider it to be a mistake or defect myself.
bumpy
Darn it Bumpy, I am afraid that I have to agree with you on this one. LOL  .........
I know that my bathroom sink gray goes to the black tank for the very reasons you state. However, I am not sure about the shower. I never had a problem with the black tank filling too fast. Of course, there are many variables as to how one camps and impacts the various holding and supply systems.
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Robert
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kmb1966
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HIDEOUT wrote:What year and model Suncruiser do you have? I kind of wish we had that option. I've thought about installing a valve to route the grey water to the black. The dw might not go for it though. Would make cleaning it a lot easier.
2001 37G. The roll-in shower requires that they place a small to drain the shower. I had them put a valve behind the pump to route the shower water to either "A- Black Tank" or "B-Gray Tank".
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kmb1966
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Bumpyroad wrote:companies do plum the shower or the bathroom sink to the black tank for two reasons, one to get adequate water into it, and secondly because in general the grey tank fills up first. I would not consider it to be a mistake or defect myself.
bumpy
Well having the sink go to the black tank would not be as big of a problem, but the shower has alot of volume, and it causes the black tank to fill very quickly. It may be be a defect or mistake, but having used it this way, I can tell you that I like the gray route much better.
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stellas_keeper
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I would hate my shower going to the black tank. If for whatever the reason someone would take a shower before checking the tanks out, it could back up. For me the low point is the shower. My wife backed up the shower (grey tank) once, if it were the black tank...... Lets just say I am glad it was the grey tank.
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