"Clean" Macerator System

The old plumber's axiom about, "Water don't run up hill, and don't lick your fingers," doesn't have to be true regarding dumping your holding tanks--at least about the uphill part. We still recommend wearing protective gloves anytime you mess about with sewer connections.

Dumping holding tanks from your rig to an uphill (and distant) sewer drop became a necessity for us some time back. Our RV parking pad was 'on the other side' of the hill from the property septic system. The idea of lugging buckets of yuck back and forth was hardly appetizing. A macerator answers the problem. A simple pump, the macerator grinds up your holding tank contents and squirts them through a hose or pipe to where you want them to go. There've been macerators available on the market for some time.

The "wrinkle" with the Clean Dump system is its approach to being permanently attached to the RV. Other macerators often breach mount onto the RV dump outlet port, and that in itself can be a bit of a messy situation. So for the "cultured" among us--and those who don't mind dropping close to $400 for the feeling of increased sanitation cleanliness this may be the ticket.

With the Clean Dump system installed in your RV, you simply open an access door, fish out the discharge end of a 1" (i.d.) hose, stretch it out to the nearest sewer dump (provided that it's within 150 of your rig), pull your dump valve handle, flip a switch, and within what is said to be five minutes, your tanks are emptied and you're ready to rock and roll. Mind you, the basic system comes with a 20' section of hose, so to make that really long uphill reach you'll have to add accessory hose lengths.

If your RV has a washing machine, a handy accessory allows you to leave the system hose connected to a park sewer drop, and gravity feeds wash machine waste water to save your holding tanks from filling up in a hurry.

The Clean Dump system promises less hassle to users: No more "sewer hose" legs to keep the sludge flowing downhill through the standard 3" hose. Less drip with a permanently installed system. All the parts required for the not-so-handyman. For more info visit www.cleandump.com