How long should it take to empty the holding tanks?

gtrnholm

Member
I was dry camping for about a week and when dumping it seemed to take a long time to empty the gray tanks. I had noticed this before but kept forgetting to ask around. This was probably the fullest the tanks had ever been, between 2/3 and full. It took the black water about a minute to empty but the gray took 8-10 minutes each. They seem to trickle water out forever with a stream about 1/2 of an inch. It seems to me the valves are not opening fully.
This is a 2011 3650RL.
Has anyone had the same issue?
 

porthole

Retired
Black Tank is 3" pipe. Grey tank is 1.5" pipe.
The 3" pipe is not twice as big, it actually has 4 times the volume of the 1.5"
So it should drain out that much faster. And the 3" black tank drains tend to be shorter runs.


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mallard29s

Active Member
Our grey water always seems to take 5 minutes as a minimum. Black tank usually less than a minute.

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