OK, despite your all capitals post, I simply don't get either the Sani-Con or Clean Dump systems. Now, granted, I don't park anywhere for long periods of time so I suspect that if you stay in bad locations/situations for extended periods of time you may need to make some exceptional modifications to your coaches systems. I fill my fresh tanks when they are empty and I empty my black/grey tanks when they are full. That's about it for me. I use the standard dump hose and connections and, for whatever reason, this has worked perfectly for me for the last 10 years that we have been living in our RV full-time. Certainly I have had times where I wish the RV park had selected a more appropriate location for their dump connection but somehow I have been able to struggle through. I have multiple hoses that can be connected together if I need a longer run but about 90% of the time I just need the one 15' hose to get to the sewer and it's almost always downhill (not always, but a slight lift of the hose takes care of that). Please don't take this post as any kind of a disparage of your pleasure with the system, I only mean to let others know of our previous experiences and the lack of need for most RVers for this kind of a system. (Want maybe, but need? Questionable.)

Bill, basically the macerator pumps are handiest when boondocking. We use ours to pump the rv tanks into the blue boy to haul to the dump station. As for stretching a standard hose far enough to reach a sewer, (giving one is available) I would prefer to use my macerator to pump it any distance than have a slinky 50' long filled with the WORKS :) . Of course this is personal preference. The major issues I see Hogans having is that the hookup is 12" higher than his outlet. As we all know Poop runs DOWNhill not up :) . That is the main reason he is so pleased with the system. He can pump it uphill without any problem. We use ours if we stay at the kids house as they don't have a connection near where we park. So if we are there long enough I hook up the macerator and the hose and pump it to their cleanout. Side benefit, if you have neighbors you can't stand and want them to move you can always spray them down with grey water! :) :) of course none of us would do that but there have been times camped near obnoxious drunks when it has come to mind. :)

I agree, there are exceptional camping conditions that might require exceptional modifications to a coaches plumbing system and I am not trying to say what it right or wrong for anyone. I had to use a blue boy once (only once, thank God) and we just hooked up our sewer hose to the blue boy. I guess you have a little better control while filling it, but opening and closing the dump valve seemed to work just fine for me. Please.......I am not condemning any system. Some folks think they have to have electric dump valves. They don't want to touch those things! That's OK, too, but is it necessary? Hogans1947 has clearly done what IS necessary for him and having a macerator is what you want/need. New coaches built in OR were forbidden from installing macerators by law due to the misuse of this product. My '88 Prevost had (still has but is non-functional now) a macerator but the only outlet was on the passenger side. The on/off switch is on the dash. The standard use for this option was to stop by the side of the road and empty the tanks into the woods at high pressure. You could also give a hitchhiker a really bad day if you chose to do so.

SORRY ABOUT "ALL CAPS."  I'M VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND FIND IT EASIER TO TYPE WITH ONE HAND AN HOLD A MAGNIFYING GLASS IN THE OTHER WHEN USING ALL UPPERCASE.  EASIER TO READ TOO.

Have you looked at any of the visually impaired options available from Microsoft? I apologize in advance as I have not used any of these options but I understand that there are some very helpful utilities out there for Windows users.

THANK YOU.  YES. WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS.  NOW THAT THE DETERIORATION SEEMS TO HAV,E STABILIZED, A LOW VISION CLINIC IS GOING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO HELP. 

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Excuse me but are we talking of empting sewage out along the highway or in the woods??  I cannot imagine any state allowing that..... is it not against the laws??  I dont care what kind of pump we are talking about here.
southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs

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If you will reread Bills post I think you will see that he was saying they were being used by some lowlifes for that purpose. That is NOT the intended use.

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