Hello.
I looked far and wide for another thread of someone with this question but cannot find a solution. I have just received my new Ronco Plastics holding tank yesterday, and it came with the spinwelded, female, threaded holes in the top of my tank that I requested. I have qty 5. A vent, 2 intakes, 2 discharges (pumpout and overboard).
Now that I have it, I am struggling immensely with the hardware necessary to set up the discharge fittings. The vent and intakes are very simple. Male NPT threaded to hose barb fittings. But for the discharge holes, how do I accomplish the installation of a pickup tube and a hose barb onto the same hole? What fitting accomplishes that? If you can, please be as specific as possible. I stood in the PVC section of Lowe's this AM with my new tank in the cart next to me for about 2 hours trying to come up with a solution.
It is a flat bottomed tank, so a simple PVC pickup tube with a 25 degree angle cut at the bottom is how I'd imagine to implement the portion within the tank. But what does that vertical pipe connect to at the top of the tank that can also connect to a hose barb once outside of the tank? I looked at many bushings but could not figure out how to get any to work for this use. I went to a plumbing supply store, too, and they did not know how to help.
I have called Ronco a few times and spoken to different people but I don't believe I'm explaining myself well enough via the phone, as it's not been helpful. Hoping the attached picture of the top of the tank can help, as well as my diagrams. Please note, implementation 1 and 2 are both just options, not that I'm considering one for one discharge hole and one for the other.
Thank you very much in advance. I really feel like someone has surely gone through this already with how often Ronco is suggested.
I've heard if you say Peggy's name 3 times you might even be lucky enough to have her show up in your replies :lol:
I looked far and wide for another thread of someone with this question but cannot find a solution. I have just received my new Ronco Plastics holding tank yesterday, and it came with the spinwelded, female, threaded holes in the top of my tank that I requested. I have qty 5. A vent, 2 intakes, 2 discharges (pumpout and overboard).
Now that I have it, I am struggling immensely with the hardware necessary to set up the discharge fittings. The vent and intakes are very simple. Male NPT threaded to hose barb fittings. But for the discharge holes, how do I accomplish the installation of a pickup tube and a hose barb onto the same hole? What fitting accomplishes that? If you can, please be as specific as possible. I stood in the PVC section of Lowe's this AM with my new tank in the cart next to me for about 2 hours trying to come up with a solution.
It is a flat bottomed tank, so a simple PVC pickup tube with a 25 degree angle cut at the bottom is how I'd imagine to implement the portion within the tank. But what does that vertical pipe connect to at the top of the tank that can also connect to a hose barb once outside of the tank? I looked at many bushings but could not figure out how to get any to work for this use. I went to a plumbing supply store, too, and they did not know how to help.
I have called Ronco a few times and spoken to different people but I don't believe I'm explaining myself well enough via the phone, as it's not been helpful. Hoping the attached picture of the top of the tank can help, as well as my diagrams. Please note, implementation 1 and 2 are both just options, not that I'm considering one for one discharge hole and one for the other.
Thank you very much in advance. I really feel like someone has surely gone through this already with how often Ronco is suggested.
I've heard if you say Peggy's name 3 times you might even be lucky enough to have her show up in your replies :lol:
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