Thursday, November 24, 2022
Macerator Emergency Extension Hose
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Motorized City Fresh Water Tank Fill Valve with Automatic Fresh Water Pump Control
Like many Roadtrek RV models, the RT Agile has two options in getting their fresh water tank filled, either via gravity fill port located on passenger side door B-pillar or via the city water hookup. I mostly use the city water connection just because it is on the same side where the macerator dump is, and most dump stations/ campgrounds are set up this way.
Filling the fresh water tank via city water hookup involves few steps and this mod drastically shortens those steps. To fill the fresh water tank, all I have to do now is flip a switch then hookup the city water…and that’s it. No more walking around the RV, opening the sliding door, reaching and manually opening the fill valve, then doing same process in reverse once the tank gets full.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Adding a Wireless Remote Control to the Macerator
At first I thought of replacing the momentary switch with an on/off rocker switch, but someone could accidentally flip the switch on and run the macerator dry causing early macerator failure. RT used a momentary switch there for a reason.
My solution is a wireless on/off momentary switch. Again I decided to go with a momentary switch on the wireless controller as for the above reason. The wireless controller and remote transmit/receives analog signals which is prone to radio wave interferences that could inadvertently activate the controller. Although I am using a separate switch to power the wireless controller, there is always a chance of forgetting to turn it off.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Replacing the Macerator Impeller
- The original macerator discharge hose is a 1-inch ID Kanaflex hose. You can get on EBay by the foot, just click on the link.
- Macerator pump replacement: Shurflo Macerator
1. Raise the passenger wheels on ramps for easy access to underside of the RV. I made wooden ramps for this purpose. For safety, chock the driver side wheels to prevent the RV from rolling off the ramps.