HI! my macerator died.

We are on the road with our new 2552 purchased in April 2018.  I am using both the Sanicon and the manual dump systems.  If we have a septic connection at the campsite I usually hook up the old school 3 inch hose, open the manual valve at the back and the grey water electric valve.  This allows us to take leisurely showers. I don't dump the black tank util it at least 2/3's full.  Last night we pulled into a campground with only electric and water, so, before parking,  I drove through the central dump station and dumped both tanks using  the Sanicon system. The Sanicon is fast, clean and convenient.
I had Phoenix install an old school 3 ' hose storage tube under the coach as part of our delivery package.  Earl thought it was overkill, but I like it!!!. 

We picked up our 2400 in April and I installed a storage tube for the sewer hose, If I would have known PC would install it I'd had them do it. Lack of communication on PC's part. Having a 3 inch dump valve is no good without a hose, If I order another PC I'll go through every detail and leave nothing for granted.

  Lynn

I think some of the confusion of manual vs macerator is that although one uses the 3" slinky with rhe manual gate valve, you must still open the appropriate electric valve to dump.  Overiding the electric valve manually would damage the gearing.  How to safely  mannually open the electric valve was covered in an earlier post.

I can't find the post that explains how to over ride  the electric valve, I assume you unhook the bracket so the electric motor is unhooked, then simply pull the valve by hand?

  Lynn

The procedure was explained in topic "electric termination valves".   In my rig, one would have to crawl underneath halfway the coach to operate one of the manual valves.  Your coach may be different.  If you cant find the topic, i will try to explain it

I can't find the post that explains how to over ride  the electric valve, I assume you unhook the bracket so the electric motor is unhooked, then simply pull the valve by hand?

  Lynn

Here is the thread that Swiftboot was referring to -  https://forum.phoenixusarv.com/index.php?topic=3189.msg26760#msg26760

Though I'm new to rving I was new to the macerator and it seemed too hard to operate.  I had to crawl under the motor home and I'm old for that.  Plus something was leaking.  So I took my 2006 PC to the shop and said put something in that's simple for me to use by myself.  So the hose is stored and I hook it up to the black and then the gray.  Simple.  Hope I'm not missing something about dumping.  Let me know.  I love reading all your comments and the fact you are so willing to help each other.

I had to crawl under the motor home and I'm old for that.  Plus something was leaking.  So I took my 2006 PC to the shop

Hi nwcamper,

2006 was the first year Phoenix introduced the Sanicon/macerator with electric valves along with the 2000 watt Tripp-Lite inverter with two 12V batteries.  But both features were options that were not popular in 2006.  Both features became standard in 2007 boosting their popularity.  I also wonder if the Sanicon/macerator was setup differently in 2006 because it is very easy to access and operate on our 2007 2350.  I greatly appreciate having our Sanicon/macerator.  It's not as fast as the manual method, but it is a much cleaner method.

As far as your comment on leaking....ours leaked too.  Ours dripped while dumping and also after dumping but always stopped soon thereafter.  After eight years our original pump needed replacing so I installed a new pump and it too dripped, but I figured out to solve the dripping given I was into the project.  It had to do with the force on the pump from the hanger strap.  Too much force from the strap caused the dripping.  Too little force and the strap was not supporting the pump adequately.

But all this means less to you than most others given you had your Sanicon system removed.

Though I'm new to rving I was new to the macerator and it seemed too hard to operate. I had to crawl under the motor home and I'm old for that. 

Hm. I have the same rig you do, and no 'under coach' adventures needed to use the macerator. My process is- (after getting the macerator hose ready and TAKE THE PLUG OFF THE END OF IT  )

1) open black water valve with electric switch
2) Run macerator until it sounds like all effluent is drained.
3) Close black water valve.
4) open grey water valve with switch
5) run macerator until done
6)close grey valve, rinse end of hose, put away

A bit late, but I wonder as to why you needed to crawl under. Glad your new setup works for you. The Macerator saved me driving 200 miles home with full tanks new years day. Handy port-o-let was 'willing and able' to take my load.