Hello, I been getting a foul odor when I flush the toilet. I have found that the intake line was caked up with crud. I have been reading the site for a while and thought I may have a joker valve issue. I took the toilet apart and I am not sure if there is a joker valve on this toilet. Also not sure what model raritan this is and if it is plumbed correctly.....I have attached some images of the rear of the toilet...thanks
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Do you have a clue to the make/model/age?
That would help a lot, at least to educate you! 'Cuz if I know what the make/model/approx age is, I can prob'ly give you a link to an exploded drawing of the whole thing that MIGHT help you understand how it works. The photos kinda sorta look like it might be at least part of a Raritan Atlantes, but there's a whole bunch of parts missing...just about everything, in fact, except some hoses. What have you done with the rest of the parts?
Assuming that it might be an Atlantes, do you have any idea as to its age? You're gonna need some drawings to know where to put all those parts back...and there are several Atlantes models! If you'd asked questions before you started taking things apart, it would have been very easy to solve your intake odor problem...but we'll manage one way or the other.
Meanwhile, I can tell you that the joker valve in all toilets is in the DISCHARGE fitting...so there's no way it could have a thing to do with any problems in the flush water INTAKE.
That would help a lot, at least to educate you! 'Cuz if I know what the make/model/approx age is, I can prob'ly give you a link to an exploded drawing of the whole thing that MIGHT help you understand how it works. The photos kinda sorta look like it might be at least part of a Raritan Atlantes, but there's a whole bunch of parts missing...just about everything, in fact, except some hoses. What have you done with the rest of the parts?
Assuming that it might be an Atlantes, do you have any idea as to its age? You're gonna need some drawings to know where to put all those parts back...and there are several Atlantes models! If you'd asked questions before you started taking things apart, it would have been very easy to solve your intake odor problem...but we'll manage one way or the other.
Meanwhile, I can tell you that the joker valve in all toilets is in the DISCHARGE fitting...so there's no way it could have a thing to do with any problems in the flush water INTAKE.
A second look in the cold light of morning...
After looking at your photos again, I suspect that there's a remote intake pump somewhere in the bilge and also a remote macerator pump somewhere downstream of the bowl in the discharge line. I don't THINK Raritan ever designed a toilet to work that way, which means it's a something that a PO cobbled up....in which case, it just might NOT have a joker valve.
Your odor problem is easy to solve: replace the intake line. However, if I'm right about what you have, I think you'd be better off with new toilet.
After looking at your photos again, I suspect that there's a remote intake pump somewhere in the bilge and also a remote macerator pump somewhere downstream of the bowl in the discharge line. I don't THINK Raritan ever designed a toilet to work that way, which means it's a something that a PO cobbled up....in which case, it just might NOT have a joker valve.
Your odor problem is easy to solve: replace the intake line. However, if I'm right about what you have, I think you'd be better off with new toilet.
Peggie,
I am not sure of the exact age of the toilet. I know it is at least 12 years old, and never had any other parts than what is shown in the picture. The toilet is fed from a remote raw water pump in the engine room. I have replaced all intake lines, and flushed the toilet with muratic acid and there is no more odor.
I am not sure of the exact age of the toilet. I know it is at least 12 years old, and never had any other parts than what is shown in the picture. The toilet is fed from a remote raw water pump in the engine room. I have replaced all intake lines, and flushed the toilet with muratic acid and there is no more odor.
I now know a bit more about your toilet...
I forwarded this thread and your photos to Vic Willman, tech services manager at Raritan. His reply:
It's a Raritan Jett Head, using an Atlantes bowl. We sold a number of them, back in the early 90's. It didn't have a joker valve in it. It used a high
volume, remotely-mounted supply water pump that blasted everything out by forcing a high pressure flow of water through a 1/4" nozzle in the base of the toilet. It broke everything up and blew it out through the rear of the unit. We offered them in both 115 volts AC and 12, 24 or 32 volts DC.
The DC versions used a 3/4 horsepower motor that had a centrifugal pump head mounted on it, from the Hayward Swimming Pool filter company. They drew a tremendous amount of battery power (70+ amps) for the duration of the flush (approx 10 seconds) and used 3-5 gallons of water per flush. These days, they're pretty much of a dinosaur, and we no longer support them. The AC
versions used the standard 3/4 horsepower Hayward Swimming Pool filter pump complete, with strainer.
They worked pretty well, but the motors didn't hold up and as a result, the pumps rarely lasted more than a few years. I still get requests for replacement pumps and/or motors for them, but we can't supply them any
longer. I usually refer them to Head Hunter, who makes a similar pump, for their replacement pumps.
Neither version was ever a high volume item, we only sold a couple dozen per year, if that. They were used mostly by commercial fishing and other work boats that spent the bulk of their time at sea and so mostly discharged directly overboard.
He also attached a couple of PDF documents--manuals for it. I'll be glad
to attach em to a reply if you'd like to email me. (EMAIL, not PM)
After reading his reply, I'm even more convinced that you'll be a LOT happier with new toilet. Check out the Raritan Elegance:Raritan Elegance toilet Practical Sailor rated it "best in show" in comparision of every major macerating toilet earlier this year.
I forwarded this thread and your photos to Vic Willman, tech services manager at Raritan. His reply:
It's a Raritan Jett Head, using an Atlantes bowl. We sold a number of them, back in the early 90's. It didn't have a joker valve in it. It used a high
volume, remotely-mounted supply water pump that blasted everything out by forcing a high pressure flow of water through a 1/4" nozzle in the base of the toilet. It broke everything up and blew it out through the rear of the unit. We offered them in both 115 volts AC and 12, 24 or 32 volts DC.
The DC versions used a 3/4 horsepower motor that had a centrifugal pump head mounted on it, from the Hayward Swimming Pool filter company. They drew a tremendous amount of battery power (70+ amps) for the duration of the flush (approx 10 seconds) and used 3-5 gallons of water per flush. These days, they're pretty much of a dinosaur, and we no longer support them. The AC
versions used the standard 3/4 horsepower Hayward Swimming Pool filter pump complete, with strainer.
They worked pretty well, but the motors didn't hold up and as a result, the pumps rarely lasted more than a few years. I still get requests for replacement pumps and/or motors for them, but we can't supply them any
longer. I usually refer them to Head Hunter, who makes a similar pump, for their replacement pumps.
Neither version was ever a high volume item, we only sold a couple dozen per year, if that. They were used mostly by commercial fishing and other work boats that spent the bulk of their time at sea and so mostly discharged directly overboard.
He also attached a couple of PDF documents--manuals for it. I'll be glad
to attach em to a reply if you'd like to email me. (EMAIL, not PM)
After reading his reply, I'm even more convinced that you'll be a LOT happier with new toilet. Check out the Raritan Elegance:Raritan Elegance toilet Practical Sailor rated it "best in show" in comparision of every major macerating toilet earlier this year.
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