HOW TO: Calibrate RV Tank Monitors

Since we're sometimes pretty serious boondockers (that's camping without hook-ups for you RV newbies), we want to know the exact level in all of our holding tanks - fresh water, grey water and black water - and our propane level too.
We have a fresh water capacity of 105 gallons, 65 grey and 45 black. The limiting factor for boondocking is always the gray tank. We can easily spend 7 days out in the desert, with both of us showering every day, cooking every meal on board, doing dishes etc. If we know we're going to want to stay in one spot longer, we can make it up to 10 days by being REALLY frugal with water. When the grey tank is full, we always have about 1/4 tank of fresh water left, and the black tank usually takes about two weeks to fill.
We had a "blue boy" water tank our first year on the road for transporting waste water to the dump without moving the RV, but since we're full-timers, we have other priorities for our limited space, so we sold it. Now, we just manage our resources and time to make sure we aren't forced to move before we're ready, just to find a dump station.
A key part of knowing how long you can stay in one place without hook-ups is knowing the levels in your fresh, black and grey tanks. This video will show you how we calibrate the tank monitors so we always know where the levels are.
This is not something that needs to be done on a regular basis. We calibrated our tank monitors shortly after purchasing our motorhome, and have never needed to touch them since.
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