From what I could see in your photos, all of your hose connections appear to be properly double clamped except for the connections into and out of the macerator. Standards call for double clamps on ALL sanitation hoses, with the screws on opposing sides of the hose...so you need to go back and add another clamp to those and any others I couldn't see that have only one. Otherwise, it appears to be a nice tidy job.
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Thank you Mistress Peggie
Thank you for the professional tip. Being relitively new to this holding tank scene, I was un-aware of that standard, though it makes good scense. After that thrashing you gave "Bob F." and "Crazy Dave" I certainly don't want to incure your wrath. I'll add more clamps tomorrow.
Thank you for the professional tip. Being relitively new to this holding tank scene, I was un-aware of that standard, though it makes good scense. After that thrashing you gave "Bob F." and "Crazy Dave" I certainly don't want to incure your wrath. I'll add more clamps tomorrow.
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Hey, wait a minute...
I only beat up on Crazy Dave...I never even mentioned Bob's name! So how'd HE get "thrashed???"
I only beat up on Crazy Dave...I never even mentioned Bob's name! So how'd HE get "thrashed???"
True
True you didn't lace Ol'Bob as throughly as you did Dave, but you did set him straight on the 5 gallon gas can. However I personally can't see why anyone would trade a perfectly good 16 gallon holding tank for a 5 gallon gas can.????? I bet you look good in a whip and black boots :^) Have a good Friday
True you didn't lace Ol'Bob as throughly as you did Dave, but you did set him straight on the 5 gallon gas can. However I personally can't see why anyone would trade a perfectly good 16 gallon holding tank for a 5 gallon gas can.????? I bet you look good in a whip and black boots :^) Have a good Friday
Sorry
I apologize Ms Hall. My last comment was out of line and not at all professional. I just got over excited talking to a very intelligent woman and about a boat at the same time. Brigg
I apologize Ms Hall. My last comment was out of line and not at all professional. I just got over excited talking to a very intelligent woman and about a boat at the same time. Brigg
LOL! No apology needed...
If I'm gonna dish it out, I'd better be able to take it or learn to how duck! I gotta go oil my whip now...
If I'm gonna dish it out, I'd better be able to take it or learn to how duck! I gotta go oil my whip now...
Peggie - Question
Why don't they put the outlet fitting on a holding tank on the bottom of the tank so all materials would naturally drain into the "drain"? This would eliminate all the stagnant material (sludge) that builds up and give a little more capacity for useful purpose? Just wondering. Dave
Why don't they put the outlet fitting on a holding tank on the bottom of the tank so all materials would naturally drain into the "drain"? This would eliminate all the stagnant material (sludge) that builds up and give a little more capacity for useful purpose? Just wondering. Dave
A couple of reasons
There was an article a while back recommending a "KISS" tank installation above the waterline, drain fitting on the bottom to dump using gravity, and always going through the tank, whether holding or flushing directly overboard. I'm not thrilled with that arrangement. It may be simple, and it does eliminate the need for a pump...but it also means that waste is always sitting in the "dumpout" line under a certain amount of pressure when the seacock is closed--which is all the time in coastal waters, increasing the potential for odor permation. Going through the tank all the time to go overboard at sea means keeping a below waterline thru-hull open all the time, and the required vented loop adds still another component that has to be maintained and can create problems. And then there's the matter of always being forced to maintain the tank for odor control etc whether you're in waters where you have to use it or not. Everybody is looking for a way to make systems maintenance free, but most of the "improvements" just replace one set of problems with another set. They may appear to eliminate some maintenance, but in reality they only make it easier to ignore needed maintenance.
There was an article a while back recommending a "KISS" tank installation above the waterline, drain fitting on the bottom to dump using gravity, and always going through the tank, whether holding or flushing directly overboard. I'm not thrilled with that arrangement. It may be simple, and it does eliminate the need for a pump...but it also means that waste is always sitting in the "dumpout" line under a certain amount of pressure when the seacock is closed--which is all the time in coastal waters, increasing the potential for odor permation. Going through the tank all the time to go overboard at sea means keeping a below waterline thru-hull open all the time, and the required vented loop adds still another component that has to be maintained and can create problems. And then there's the matter of always being forced to maintain the tank for odor control etc whether you're in waters where you have to use it or not. Everybody is looking for a way to make systems maintenance free, but most of the "improvements" just replace one set of problems with another set. They may appear to eliminate some maintenance, but in reality they only make it easier to ignore needed maintenance.
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