{"id":3445,"date":"2017-03-11T01:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T01:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2017-03-11T01:55:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T01:55:25","slug":"keep-grey-water-tank-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/blog\/keep-grey-water-tank-closed","title":{"rendered":"RV Waste Management 101: 3 Reasons You Should Keep Your Grey Water Tank Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re new to RV living or an old pro, you know that after connecting your sewer hose, you keep the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rvdoctor.com\/2011\/03\/rv-holding-tank-evacuations-optimized.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">black water tank<\/a> closed, while you\u2019re at an RV park. But many RVers are in the habit of leaving their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rvdoctor.com\/2009\/10\/holding-tank-itis.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">grey water tank<\/a> open anytime they\u2019re hooked up at a campground. While this may prevent dirty water from backing up into your shower and sinks, it can cause some other truly unpleasant issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s why: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your grey water tank is allowed to fully empty, scum will build up in both the tank and the inside of the hose &#8212; in addition to being unsanitary, this can cause a really nasty smell!<\/li>\n<li>If you let your grey water tank fill to \u2154 full before emptying it, a vortex is created which helps to remove the scum and eliminate most buildup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3447\" src=\"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GreyWaterTankDraining-300x125.png\" alt=\"grey water tank draining\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the last (and most sobering) reason you should always practice proper RV waste disposal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q4A-41EdBBc&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;list=PLhuh9_kwPARy6it6Gooox12lB7WedHvk_\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">WATCH THIS VIDEO<\/a>\u00a0with RV Travel\u2019s Chuck Woodbury and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dumperdan10\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">subscribe to Drain Master&#8217;s Youtube channel<\/a> for even more RV living tips!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re new to RV living or an old pro, you know that after connecting your sewer hose, you keep the black water tank closed, while you\u2019re at an RV park. But many RVers are in the habit of leaving their grey water tank open anytime they\u2019re hooked up at a campground. While this may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[102,103,76,83,60,85,96,156,145],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rv","tag-black-tank","tag-black-water-holding-tank","tag-clean-sewer-hose","tag-dump-holding-tanks","tag-gate-valve","tag-gray-water","tag-grey-water","tag-holding-tank-tips","tag-sewer-hose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445","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=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drainmaster.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}