Here is a copy and paste from a forum that was addressing this very
issue, and Mike is the writer here who seems to be saying pretty much
what I was saying (Rid-X is for home septic use and is a slow acting
agent)....
COPY:
Barney, you can buy Rid-X in almost any hardware, farm supply and home
improvement store. It's a slow acting, low grade dry product that's
designed for long term use in home *septic systems*.
The reason I, AND the manufacturer of Rid-X, don't recommend it for RV
usage is that it simply doesn't contain either the quantity or type of
bacteria strains necessary to quickly and effectively treat RV
wastewater holding tanks. It is not immediately active.
Rid-X is to be added to home *septic systems* once a month. It takes a
long time to become active and the monthly doseage was determined for
an average size home *septic system*. It continually replaces the
bacteria that are lost due to the commercial cleaners, disinfectants,
bleach, etc. that are used at home and it enhances those bacteria that
do survive to help break down the solids that go into a home *septic
system* over the long haul.
RV wastewater holding tanks are NOT *septic systems*. The are, as the
name implies, holding tanks that simply store many gallons of
concentrated waste for a short period of time that culminates in a one
shot disposal into a septic system (either private or municipal).
Flushing a toilet a dozen times per day deposits perhaps a few gallons
of solid wastes and three or four times that amount of water into a
septic system. RV wastewater holding tanks, on the other hand, contain
a far greater percentage of waste solids than they do liquid/water. We
use maybe a quart of water to flush an RV toilet as compared to three
or more gallons to flush a home toilet.
RV wastewater holding tanks are not *septic systems* and the
conditions and requirements for using a bacteria based treatment are
entirely different.
RV wastewater holding tanks require a very fast acting, immediate,
supplement to the naturally occurring bacteria. On one hand, the
quantity of waste stored is relatively small when compared to a home
septic system. On the other hand, dumping that 20 to 80 gallons of
concentrated waste all at once into a receiving septic system is a LOT
different than flushing a toilet at home!
That's why the use of a highly concentrated, fast acting, multi
culture liquid bacteria based holding tank treatment is far superior
to using a product like Rid-X in an RV wastewater holding tank. We
need to do all that we can to break down the waste solids we store in
our RVs *before* we dump them into a receiving septic system.
The cost of using a quality wastewater holding tank treatment product,
one developed specifically for our needs, is about fifty cents per
dose. A single fifty cent application can last many weeks, even
months, depending upon how often you fill and need to dump the tank.
How can anyone who can afford to own and operate an RV today suggest
that fifty cents is too much money and that they use a product like
Rid-X to save money?
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