Water leaks while flushing black tank

[jbeletti]

That's a nice item and repair Rex - thanks for sharing. I went to buy one to keep in my plumbing "just in case" kit. But it was $75 - ouch.

 

[danemayer]

That's a nice item and repair Rex - thanks for sharing. I went to buy one to keep in my plumbing "just in case" kit. But it was $75 - ouch.

Looks like quite a bit of variance on pricing. Here's one at $20.85

 

[jbeletti]

Good find Dan. I found another one at a similar price. Shipping is about $12 to my location.

 

[Bob&Patty]

My question still stands. What are you using for a pressure regulator?? You cant put 100# of pressure thought the water lines.

 

[rxbristol]

Looks like quite a bit of variance on pricing. Here's one at $20.85

That's the company I ordered mine from.

 

[JohnDar]

Mine hasn't blown yet, but it's stuffed up in the wall cavity behind the toilet, not at the shower stall access port. A couple more feet of cheap PEX and HL would have been golden. Might be a preventative maintenance project to relocate it, rather than cutting a hole in the wall. And then putting that brass breaker valve on instead of that cheap plastic one.

I do have a check valve at the inlet for the flush system, since the OEM fitting broke off at the plastic female fitting. Used a brass city water fitting to replace it. As I've posted before, I moved the converter and suppressor to a location where they are out of harm's way should a leak occur and they are easily accessed, if needed.

The only unregulated water that enters my rig is if I use the backflush adapter on the sewer fitting. But even that has two check valves/anti-siphon devices in line with it. One at the adapter, the other at the wye I attach to the pedestal spigot.

 

[teasac69]

This is the valve I was referring to:

http://www.valterra.com/product/water-inlet-2-3-4-flange-mpt-lead-free-brass-white-bulk/?pcat_id=1235

On my new 2014 BH this is what the flush connection looks like in the UDC. Does this mean they might have listened to the consumers and fixed this issue?

 

[JohnDar]

On my new 2014 BH this is what the flush connection looks like in the UDC. Does this mean they might have listened to the consumers and fixed this issue?

Could be. The original on mine was a black plastic part from B & B Molders. It wasn't so much a check valve as just a flow restrictor. The outer female fitting snapped off, so that's why I replaced it with something similar to that.