Where is the salesman switch?

[ARD]

I’ve almost always left the black tank valve open.

Leaving the black valve open is not recommended as it can cause pyramiding. You may indeed need a very good cleaning.

 

[No Plan]

Hahah! I hate that term too. Glad I'm not the only one!

Perhaps to be PC in today's world, the name should be changed to "salesperson" switch...

 

[NWIP]

How about Cntrl-alt-delete

 

[DennisT]

Leaving the black valve open is not recommended as it can cause pyramiding. You may indeed need a very good cleaning.

Yeah, even with a macerated toilet I believe it has to be better to only dump when needed.

I run the black tank rinse every time the tank is dumped.

 

[Rich W.]

Yeah, even with a macerated toilet I believe it has to be better to only dump when needed.

I run the black tank rinse every time the tank is dumped.

If I have a water supply, which is more often than not these days, I also leave my toilet on the “wet bowl” setting to keep everything in there as fluid/diluted as possible. It fills the black tank about three times faster but it prevents the accumulation of sludge.

 

[kenw]

The so-called salesman switch (I HATE that term…pet peeve of mine) which is more accurately called the battery disconnect switch, is normally located near the entry door.

In other words, what my friend @ARD said.

Perhaps @JRW-NAW can chime in since they also have a Superstar.

When did that term " salesman switch " come from? I was rv salesman in 1990s - early 2000s,never called that.

 

[Rich W.]

When did that term " salesman switch " come from? I was rv salesman in 1990s - early 2000s,never called that.

since they started hiring a bunch of no-hopers that couldn’t grasp the concept of turning off the batteries after showing an RV.

 

[Steve4059]

Leaving the black valve open is not recommended as it can cause pyramiding. You may indeed need a very good cleaning.

I learned about the pyramiding problem when we had our toy hauler. I lived in the 5th wheel sometimes for a year while working out of state and I had a regular weekly routine to prevent it. Using a high pressure wand was a simple thing to do and I could add actually see straight down to the black tank bottom. Now things are different.
The toilets on our motor home have macerators
(Garbage disposers) that are supposed to turn everything into a liquid and supposedly (easily) wash out of the tank allowing you to leave the the tank valve open. I still fill and flush our motor home black once a week however, I cannot use the high pressure wand with these new fangled toilets. I have figured outs plan to disconnect the toilet after the macerator to gain direct access to the black tank. I also had to modify the high pressure wand (it was too big to fit down the smaller drain pipe) so I can thoroughly wash the bottom of the black tank. I believe that I’m doing my best to keep things clean down there so as of right now I’m concentrating on the sensors. My problems seem to happen during the hot part of the day(100+ here in So Cal) and/or when my chassis battery charge falls below 12.4 volts.

 

[Neal]

I love how a switch discussion turns to poo

 

[Steve and Cindy]

For some brilliant reason our battery disconnect switch is outside at the back of the bus in the last storage compartment next to the batteries. What an annoyance.