back pressure

[BobM]

Wording for a new sign in my head

Next question: have you recently had landlubber guests aboard? 90% of marine toilet problems are caused by guests who flush something the system can't handle. So it's VERY important to tell them that NOTHING they haven't eaten first can go into the toilet except for the TP that you've provided.

...

I'm going to post it above the toilet paper in bold font LOL.

NOTHING GOES IN THE BOWL UNLESS IT COMES OUT
OF YOUR HOLE OR OFF THIS ROLL

 

[donker]

Sentiment is OK but can you work on wording to get iambic pentameter?

 

[Bill Roosa]

my shot at it.

Out your hole or off this roll
nothing else goes in this bowl

 

[Anchor Down]

Bill, that's trochaic tetrameter, in case anyone cares. Iambic pentameter would be more like:

Aside from paper off this very roll,
No foreign object should go in the bowl.
If body doesn't make it, keep it out,
You clog, you clean: of that there is no doubt.

 

[Stu Jackson]

Oh, No!!!!!

Only this subject could've dropped us so low as to resort to poetry.

Maybe Peggie could use it in the second edition of her book, the one that includes the PBA base from Raritan.

As a book end, ya know...

 

[Steve Dion]

My old H'31 had a regular thru hull fitting rather than one with a clam shell over the vent. This was much easier to deal with when flushing the vent line.

You may want to consider changing it out.

 

[Peggie Hall HeadMistress]

Some people have WAAAAAAYYY too much time on their hands!

I either have to retire or find a new line of work!

 

[kloudie1]

Woah... Peggie, that is a pretty crappy outlook .. LOL

 

[macrylinda1]

ahaa--ok --ty---i also flush oil( olive is what i always have-) after the vinegar---sometimes helps----the vinegar is always in sea water---not quite full strength--

Thanks Peggy, i'll check when I'm back on the boat. I have to say I'm not exactly sure what the joker valve does. However, what confuses me is that I had the outward bulging tank and I could hear a slight leak of air coming out of the fitting that holds the tank level indicator. So there must have been a venting issue. I think it would be unlikely that I had a clogged vent AND a clogged hose. I guess one way to make sure it's a venting issue and NOT a clogged hose is to open the pump out fitting and see if it works fine then, correct? The tank can then easily vent through the larger pump-out fiitting. if there's still backpressure, it must be an issue with the joker valve or a blocked hose.

 

[Bob S]

Thanks for the belly laugh!