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Jeremy626

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Posted: 10/08/08 02:36pm

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Well, I think the obvious thing to do BEFORE you start cutting the hole is to drain, rinse, bleach, drain, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse to make sure you got all the fun stuff out of there before you drill your hole and have any interesting smells to contend with. Probably couldn't hurt to leave a lil bleach in there after you do the final rinse before you start cutting.

The Tornado goes high enough up in the tank that having some bleach left won't get in the way when you're drilling.

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Posted: 10/08/08 09:54pm

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Jeremy626 wrote:

... drain, rinse, bleach, drain, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse...

One would think there is some kind of scary poo monster living in there. It is an unpleasant odor yes, but it wont hurt you.

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Posted: 10/09/08 03:42am

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One question. Will the liquid contents of the tank back up into the Tornado clear hose when not in use?

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Bumpyroad

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Posted: 10/09/08 04:26am

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Bigburd wrote:

One question. Will the liquid contents of the tank back up into the Tornado clear hose when not in use?

most I have seen i thought come with a back flow preventer built in.
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Posted: 10/09/08 06:16am

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bumpy's right...the kit version comes with a backflow prevention device. Another way I eliminated the problem was to cable tie the hose as it comes off the tank up to the frame. Between the hose being angled up, the backflow preventer and the cap on the hose connection end, I've never noticed any infiltration into the hose on either of mine.

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