Near Disaster!
Near Disaster!
I just installed a Washer/Dryer. Found out, almost too late, that my 33LE washer drain goes to the black tank! Thought it went to the grey tank. Sure am glad I was drinking a cold beer tonight...
whew...
whew...
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Oh man now that could have been a mess. You could have had your own geyser in your bathroom. Now I can kind of understand some bathroom sinks being plumbed into the black tank but the washer drain? Mr. engineer let me take you RVing
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It's an Edgestar Model SW5L40D. Barely fit through the door trim, but plenty of room inside of the closet. It uses a condensation process for drying, and takes forever. 2 hours to dry 1 pair of jeans, and still a little damp along the seams, but hangable. Bruce (CWC) just bought a Splendide, I think, that uses real heat for drying. About the same price, and should dry a lot faster. I used a louvered vent from a local RV supply, about $15.
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Jeff, Having sold (at give-away price) the edgestar to Ernie and now using a Splendide 2100S (camping world item), buy only a heated and vented unit. The splendide is working well for Sharon & I and uses heat drying. We followed instructions (for a change ) and this one really works. Wash cycle 30 to 45 minutes depending on selected cycle, dry cycle at 90 minutes and the easy iron button actually left us no wrinkle results. Will be fine for 2 to 4 people who are willing to do a load a day as the loads must be small. Non vented and non heat dry units are not worth the investment.TwoPiggs wrote:Thanks for finding this Ernie - we've talked about a W/D and I'll remember it drains to the black if we put one in.
See - I knew you weren't really staring at the A/C light all the time....
What brand W/D did you buy - any other problems, like vent - fit, etc?
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Re: Near Disaster!
Might want to consider a bit of foam hole filler around the drain-pipe to drain-tube connection to keep out odors from the wash room!CritterRenter wrote:I just installed a Washer/Dryer. Found out, almost too late, that my 33LE washer drain goes to the black tank! Thought it went to the grey tank. Sure am glad I was drinking a cold beer tonight...
whew...
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[quote="campswithcritters"Non vented and non heat dry units are not worth the investment. [/quote]
That's probably what Ernie is saying....
We had a pretty full laundry bag after our last 2-week venture. I think we'll consider a W/D unit eventually and it's good to learn now what might be best.
Jeff
That's probably what Ernie is saying....
We had a pretty full laundry bag after our last 2-week venture. I think we'll consider a W/D unit eventually and it's good to learn now what might be best.
Jeff
Re: Near Disaster!
This is good advice Jeff, I'll think of something to plug up the air gap. Right now, I'm using an old shop towel (red rag) and it seems to be working well. Spraying a little foo foo on the rag don't hurt none either. Thinking of drilling the original cap to the size of the drain tube.campswithcritters wrote:Might want to consider a bit of foam hole filler around the drain-pipe to drain-tube connection to keep out odors from the wash room!CritterRenter wrote:I just installed a Washer/Dryer. Found out, almost too late, that my 33LE washer drain goes to the black tank! Thought it went to the grey tank. Sure am glad I was drinking a cold beer tonight...
whew...