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Back in business. New Aide circuit board and new Progressive converter installed by repair shop. The thermal fuse on the board was good on only one side, and I upgraded the converter.

I had never tested the output of the converter itself, they said it may have been putting out 17.6 volts the whole time.  It may have been part of the bad batch of 2015 converters, too, who knows?

I was a major rookie back then, Alde switches, frying my first battery, listening to other people on how to back up, etc. Thanks all!

When I dump the black tank I empty it completely, hook up the dump station hose if they have a decent fitting, then let the interior nozzle flush do its thing with the valve open.  I also close the black tank valve during this process, continue to let the nozzle work it’s magic, let water build up inside the black tank and then open the valve to allow the water volume to remove any additional affluent that might have been missed earlier.  I repeat this process a couple of times and am confident that the tank is sufficiently cleaned out.  

I dont worry too much about this process (hooking up to the tank cleaning nozzle) if we have been traveling with material in the tank as the highway does a great job of stirring things up.  We also religiously use dish soap and some Downy fabric softener after the tank is dumped and it keeps the tank surface slippery for easier cleaning after breaking camp.  

I have a label at my black tank flush that says the discharge gate valve must be open in order to use the black tank flush. I hook a hose to the black tank flush and let it “whirl” away. 

The 400 comes with a proper black tank flush, where there are jets inside the tank. It is not a “T” in the vent. To use, close both waste gates, and fill the black tank, discharge & repeat, as needed. I would assume that some of the leakage is back pressure from a 3/4” hose to what ever tiny diameter hose is on the jets...just my thoughts on the matter, I have a 320...