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Old 06-04-2007, 09:33 PM   #1
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Grey Water Level Indicator

My grey water level indicator reads full all the time and has since delivery even when empty. Has anyone experienced this problem or know what might be causing it? I know it is warranty but hate to take it in for just this one issue.
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Old 06-04-2007, 10:03 PM   #2
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If your desire is to be able to read and believe your gauges, you should RV in the space shuttle. I have met very few people who have gauges that really work.
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Old 06-05-2007, 08:18 AM   #3
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If it has never read correctly from delivery it might well be a wiring issue or display issue. I'd say taking it in is your best option to get it checked out. Either that or install one of the after market type tank displays that do not use a through the wall probe. One of those is prominently advertised here on this site.
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:03 AM   #4
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There are physical situations that cause these tank indicators to display incorrectly. Both our black tank and grey tank has incorrectly read at times. I assume it has been caused by some kind of "debris" in the tank sticking to or interfering with the tank level monitor. The last time this happened with the black tank, it read incorrectly for several months, in spite of my making several attempts to correct through various cleaning methods. Finally, I tried something different, just based upon a hunch. After completing a black tank flush, I added our usual chemical, and I also added one cup of borax powder, and about a cup of laundry detergent. In a few days, after the normal black water tank flushing and backwashing, the tank indicator read correctly for the first time in several months.

In my "opinion", it was the BORAX that made the difference, because I had tried detergent in prior attempts, and that didn't do the job. So, now, after flushing the black tank, I just add a cup of BORAX, along with our tank chemical to help keep the tank level monitors clean.

So far, in the 8 to 9 months we have been using the BORAX, we haven't had any more problems.
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Old 06-05-2007, 12:37 PM   #5
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Our 2005 TK3 is our fifth trailer with absolutely unreliable tanks sensors. These things are never accurate and I do not know anyone whose are accurate. I would not bother taking it in for warranty for these items or you will be back each week. You will know from experience when it is time to dump without reference to the sensors.
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Old 06-05-2007, 12:45 PM   #6
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DO take it in for warranty. Our gray water tank read full 24/7 also. When we were in for other work, we mentioned the tank reading and they discovered they had inadvertantly pulled one of the connector wires loose while working on something else the last time we were in.

Like the others though, we rarely get a true reading on anything but the fresh water tank.

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Old 06-05-2007, 01:27 PM   #7
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Here is what you can do. Fill your tanks half full with water, add 20 pounds of ice and drive to you next destination. In that time the ice will melt and you'll have indicators that will be correct for another month.
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Old 06-06-2007, 09:25 AM   #8
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Folks those are great ideas for cleaning sensors. In this case their sensors didn't work as delivered from the factory, not after use for a while. This indicates a malfunction of some kind. If it is the display it may also be reading incorrectly for all of them.
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Old 06-06-2007, 08:52 PM   #9
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I sure do appreciate all the replies and your help. Gray water indicator has always read full since new. All other indicators are working properly. Sounds like it might be wire disconnected not completing wiring circuit. I was just trying to figure out if this was common amoung other fellow Suite owners. I has similar indicating system in my Winnebago Motorhome and it always worked great and have always made sure that I performed proper flushing of tanks. I need to take in for service anyway since I have one side of Trailair bag suspension on door side not holding air like it should. Thanks again!
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Old 06-07-2007, 01:19 PM   #10
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Sounds like it might be wire disconnected not completing wiring circuit.
Well if it's disconnected, it'll will read nothing. All lights lit up indicates the circut is working. You could try and exclange one wire for another that's working. Problem is, it a tight space down there.
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Sounds like it might be wire disconnected not completing wiring circuit.
Well if it's disconnected, it'll will read nothing.
Not true in our case. The wire was disconnected and it read a full tank.

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