For quite a few years, I asked the question: "What plans do you have that you need a clean black tank interior? Are you planning a party in there? Silly? Of course!
Here's another silly from years back. There was a company that sold a kit that enabled an RVer to cut a porthole into the side of the black water tank to scrub the inside walls. It was silly then, and it's just as silly now to use the so-called Geo method that destroys the good aerobic bacteria that breaks down wastes. Snow Fresh and a few other products containing aerobic bacteria will do the same thing for pennies. And, that use will also keep your sensors clean and working.
Why do people purposely spend more money, time, and energy than they need to?
fchammer1 wrote: For quite a few years, I asked the question: "What plans do you have that you need a clean black tank interior? Are you planning a party in there? Silly? Of course!
Here's another silly from years back. There was a company that sold a kit that enabled an RVer to cut a porthole into the side of the black water tank to scrub the inside walls. It was silly then, and it's just as silly now to use the so-called Geo method that destroys the good aerobic bacteria that breaks down wastes. Snow Fresh and a few other products containing aerobic bacteria will do the same thing for pennies. And, that use will also keep your sensors clean and working.
Why do people purposely spend more money, time, and energy than they need to?
I don't know why you feel the need to be snide, we're not trying to "clean" the tank, we're trying to keep the sensors free of debris and ensure that we have no odor that we used to get using the "blue stuff". It's more environmentally safe than using chemicals.
My choice and no extra work for you, but thanks for your concern.
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And, my point is that you can keep the sensors clean and hold odors to a minimum without all that work involved with the Geo method.
Sorry, you took it as being snide, it wasn't. It may have been mildly sacastic, but that was to make a point regarding the silliness of the two methods that I mentioned. A third example might be the ice cube trick. Have you heard that one?
The "Blue Stuff" contains formaldehyde which basically pickles the poop. Of course it doesn't clean sensors and masks the odor rather than eliminates it.
Even today, there are only a handful of safe, effective products. Basically, these products rely on aerobic bacteria or enzymes to digest the solids in your holding tank. These are the ones you need to have on hand for the ever-increasing number of campgrounds that are starting to forbid the use of formaldehyde-based products in their systems. I made the link to Snow Fresh because, in my experience, it was one of the most effective and definitely the most economical to use.
campn4walleye wrote: I can't find the powder either here in WI. So, I've been using the liquid Calgon, but it's pricey. Hope to get some good suggestions as well.
Search in the laundry softener aisle.
I have had trouble finding it as well in WI. But recently I did find it at Fleet Farm in Antigo. Its the only fleet farm I have been in for a while. But maybe worth looking at if you have a Fleet Farm in your area.
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