{"id":3376,"date":"2012-09-19T23:50:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T23:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2022-11-09T12:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T20:23:20","slug":"rv-dump-valve-adding-second-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/blog\/rv-dump-valve-adding-second-switch","title":{"rendered":"Adding a Second Switch Inside Your RV for Drain Master Electric Valve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over time and talking to our customers it became evident that we needed to develop a simple system for our customers, without a lot of electrical background,\u00a0to install a second switch in the living space of the RV. Folks are beginning to understand the importance of keeping the gray valve closed and only open when the tank is 2\/3rds full. Putting a second switch inside for the electric RV dump valve makes it simple to empty the tank with a push of a button after washing clothes or taking a shower.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3377 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Ladyin-RVshower1.jpg\" alt=\"showering - rv dump valve\" width=\"173\" height=\"115\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3380 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4POSPlug1.jpg\" alt=\"standardized flat plugs - electric rv dump valve\" width=\"133\" height=\"136\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We standardized on the Mate N Lock style 4 pin flat plugs many years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3378 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5603-Electrical-Wye-5406-resized-600-175x300.png\" alt=\"electric wye - rv dump valve\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3381 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5218-2Ext-4-Pin-5390--268x300.jpg\" alt=\"extension cable - rv dump valve\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every valve we sell for use in RVs has this plug on the valve, unless the RV mfg. specifically ordered valves\u00a0 without them. \u00a0We then offer a number of extension cables that plug into the valve and go to the operator switch wire harness so it is a simple matter of plugging each one together.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a diagram that illustrates how everything plugs together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3379\" src=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2SwitchOptionDiagram-723x1030.jpg\" alt=\"diagram for installing a second switch for your rv dump valve\" width=\"723\" height=\"1030\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like this idea?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click here\" href=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/product\/wye-harness-with-plugs-for-2nd-switch-option\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Click here<\/a> to order the Wye harness and <a href=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/product\/extension-cable-for-drain-master-valves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">click here<\/a> for the extension cables (Pt 5218 &#8211; 5223).<\/p>\n<p>Still have questions on how to do this or what to order?\u00a0 Just give us a call. (877) 787-8833<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over time and talking to our customers it became evident that we needed to develop a simple system for our customers, without a lot of electrical background,\u00a0to install a second switch in the living space of the RV. Folks are beginning to understand the importance of keeping the gray valve closed and only open when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,46],"tags":[129,130,131,85,96],"class_list":["post-3376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drain-master-valves","category-rv","tag-drain-master-gate-valve","tag-drain-master-switch-wiring","tag-electric-tank-valve","tag-gray-water","tag-grey-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}