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How to Avoid Sewer Flies in your RV Holding Tanks
If you've never heard of sewer flies, read on to see how you can be sure to avoid them. The following article comes to us compliments of Gary Bunzer, the RV Doctor. Frustrating Fly 'Festation' with RV Toilet Posted by RV Doctor I just purchased my first ever...
RV Sewer Connections – Bayonet vs RV Cam Lock
Years ago while full timing, I always had issues with connecting my sewer hose to the RV, as well as, between the hose and the fitting. I didn't have an RV Cam Lock. The bayonet fitting on my RV, as it is with almost all other RVs, is a male 4 pin connection, while...
RV Doctor Onboard with Drain Master!
Hey Folks! Gary Bunzer, The RV Doctor, here on the Drain Master blog. I hope you've been gleaning lots of good info from the great team at Drain Master as I do. Doug and crew are the experts in RV waste management and have been for many years. I typically will consult...
RV Doctor Gary Bunzer Solves Motorhome Maintenance Problems
Gary Bunzer has spent much of his life diagnosing and healing recreation vehicle problems, and passing information he’s learned on to others. He will conduct several motorhome maintenance “clinics” during Family Motor Coach Association’s August gathering in...
Does Dumping the Black Tank 1st & the Gray Second, Clean the Hose?
Every RVer knows that dumping the Black water, then the Gray water is to insure any residual Black water will be flushed down with the Gray water---but is this really true? After we answer this age old question, stay tuned for information on the best sewer hose we've...
Ever Get Sewer Gas Smell Inside your RV? Time for a P-Trap
If you have ever experienced that unmistakable smell inside your RV, you absolutely know it is not supposed to be there EVER! Why it came into the living space of your coach is in all probability for one or two reasons. If you have been travelling down the road when...
Creative Ways to Install Drain Master in the Proper Position
We have talked about valve positioning in the past and most manual valve failures can be contributed solely to the position the valve body is in, in relation to the pipe it is located in. Keeping the valve body over the piping, as opposed to beside or under the...
Prevent Plugged Holding Tanks with the Biffy Bidet!
We have been carrying a product called the Biffy for the past 4 years and it is an attachment that turns any toilet into a Bidet. A bidet is used for personal hygiene and extremely popular in Europe and more and more in high end homes in the US and Canada, as we...
Not Happy with Cable Pull Valves? Electric Valves- A Better Solution
The RV industry standard dump valve found on most RVs, especially 5th wheels is a manual cable pull style, knife gate valve. Most people have issues with them within the first 6 months, and the first indication is when they remove the sewer cap to install the sewer...
Dump Valve Size and Why we Don’t Make an 1.5″ Valve
Have you ever wondered why a lot of RVs use a small 1.5" valve on the gray water tanks? We spent considerable time asking RV manufacturers that question a number of years ago while in the process of designing a true 12vdc electric dump valve. (Prior to this all other...