My oldest son, Dustin, is a sort of "Drain Proctologist". He works for a company that sends cameras down drain pipes (and sewer mains) to look for cracks, tree roots, etc. I always thought it would be cool to see inside my black tank. He stoppped by for a visit this morning, and said "Wanna see your tank?".

I drained the tank, then ran the flushers for about 5 minutes. I did not backwash with grey, as that was empty. After draining completely, we shoved the camera down the toilet. It looked a little weird, but pretty clean. It was real obvious how the buildup on the sensors could be a problem. Seemed that the walls were only mucked up around the sensors. Kind of like they attracted it.

There were some globs of paper, but I figured as much since I quickly emptied it and didn't back rinse it. We then turned on the tank flusher. One the monitor, it just looked like rain - I was surprised to not see it spraying more. However, with the lighting and the darkness of the tank, it could have been an illusion.

We did see the water fill up pretty quickly. It didn't really wash any of the paper from their spots. We then turned on the SaniCon and watched the water drain. Most surprising thing was the good whirlpool that is created while it is draining. Seemed to sweep in quite a bit of particulates.

No real data to be collected here, but just some observations. Appears that tank sensor lugs attract the goop, the tank sprayers seem to do a good job at putting water into the tank (but not necessarily rinsing the walls), and the SaniCon pulls a nice swirly when draining.

Here is a picture of my son, the Doctor -

--kev

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