Alternative to Happy Camper Extreme cleaner

[FL420]

I tried several times with Happy Camper Extreme to no avail. I have had good results with liquid Tide in the black tank and Dawn liquid in the grey tank. It took about 3 treatments to get all the sensors working properly.

[SomeDay]

I'm with Dawn and sloshing around. Try to reach 3/4 to Full before dumping including topping up before enroute to dump. The fill tank on black flush with gate closed = don't leave it unattended!! I watch inside, hubby out and shout when I see water LOL. Works every time so far. We didn't have problems for the first 15 years but lately have had the "full" light coming on after dumping, until we did full fill on black tank flush, and that seems to solve it ....... well till next time

[Unicorn Driver]

One of our issues is we stay at state Parks which have electric only, often there is a queue for the dump so only getting minimal time with the black tank flush. I just purchased a Macerator pump to be able to dump in to a toilet at home.

I can always tell when the senors are getting clogged as it will start reading 1/3 full when on empty and then goes to 2/3 over a week or so.

[JohnBoyToo]

We don't use anything but volumes of water and the flusher works well for us - good luck !

[MSHappyCampers]

Originally Posted by CJ7365

Here is Happy Camper in stock


https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Campers...TM3YFRVKVJGBZ7

https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Campers..._t1_B007S0LDME

That's not the Extreme Happy Campers that he is looking for!

[Unicorn Driver]

Thanks all for the help.

25 cents worth of dish washing liquid and 60 gallons of water did the job:-)

[FatChance]

We full-time and I do the dishes everyday. I use a plastic tub in the double kitchen sink into which I give a good squirt of Dawn dish soap and fill with hot water then wash the dishes and pans. I rinse them in the other half of the sink and the soapy rinse water goes down into the grey tank. After I am done I pour the dirty, soapy water in the plastic tub down the toilet and flush. Dish soap and lots of water is all you need. I have never used any other product in the tanks.

In the four years we have had our MADP, we have never had a black tank issue, bad smells or any problems with the tank sensors.

Don't make it more difficult than it has to be.

[EdInArk]

Originally Posted by Unicorn Driver

Hi,

I cannot find Happy Camper Extreme cleaner in stock anywhere and need to clean my black table sensors.

Can anyone recommend an alternate product?

Thanks,

I've used Commando on our black tank and the gauge read empty when it didn't before the cleaning. I suppose that means it worked.

[Unicorn Driver]

Originally Posted by FatChance

We full-time and I do the dishes everyday. I use a plastic tub in the double kitchen sink into which I give a good squirt of Dawn dish soap and fill with hot water then wash the dishes and pans. I rinse them in the other half of the sink and the soapy rinse water goes down into the grey tank. After I am done I pour the dirty, soapy water in the plastic tub down the toilet and flush. Dish soap and lots of water is all you need. I have never used any other product in the tanks.

In the four years we have had our MADP, we have never had a black tank issue, bad smells or any problems with the tank sensors.

Don't make it more difficult than it has to be.

We do that sometimes FatChance,

[Unicorn Driver]

Originally Posted by EdInArk

I've used Commando on our black tank and the gauge read empty when it didn't before the cleaning. I suppose that means it worked.

Will check that out.

[Spdracr39]

Originally Posted by FatChance

We full-time and I do the dishes everyday. I use a plastic tub in the double kitchen sink into which I give a good squirt of Dawn dish soap and fill with hot water then wash the dishes and pans. I rinse them in the other half of the sink and the soapy rinse water goes down into the grey tank. After I am done I pour the dirty, soapy water in the plastic tub down the toilet and flush. Dish soap and lots of water is all you need. I have never used any other product in the tanks.

In the four years we have had our MADP, we have never had a black tank issue, bad smells or any problems with the tank sensors.

Don't make it more difficult than it has to be.

Thats all fine and dandy till you dump a spoon down the toilet Now that was a challenge.

[Unicorn Driver]

Originally Posted by Spdracr39

Thats all fine and dandy till you dump a spoon down the toilet Now that was a challenge.

Ah, it must of happened to you. Hope it did not cause any issues.

We always double check:-)

[FL420]

Originally Posted by Spdracr39

Thats all fine and dandy till you dump a spoon down the toilet Now that was a challenge.

No kidding![emoji33]
My DW once left the dish pan full of dirty water for me to carry to the toilet to dump. There was very little water in the pan but I couldn't see through it so even though I hate the feel of cold slimy dishwater I swirled my fingers around the bottom of the pan. Feeling nothing I carried it to the toilet and dumped it.
Too late to do anything about it the last thing out of the pan was a dinner knife I had missed. The heavy handle made sure it made a perfect entry into the 3" hole all the way to the bottom of the tank.
I lucked out in two ways. Firstly, there are no turns in my coach's plumbing from the toilet to the tank so the knife was laying on the bottom of the tank directly below the pipe. Secondly, I had previously purchased a magnet with an extendable telescoping handle that was almost long enough to reach the bottom of the tank.
That problem was solved with a generous wrapping of duct tape and a short scrap of 1/2" ID PVC pipe. I still hate swirling my fingers through greasy water so I never open the toilet valve until after I empty the pan of water into the bowl but that is a less than ideal procedure. I'm counting on siphoning the water out of the pan into a gallon jug to carry to the toilet to be a better solution.
[emoji40]

[run26dlf]

Dawn causes too much suds....use cascade

Originally Posted by Unicorn Driver

Thanks both,

The sensors normaly work for a couple of months months after I use the Extreme clean. My grey and fresh water tank sensors are fine, its just the black tank that acts up :-)

I will give dish wash soap a go.