Our one year old Jabsco toilet stopped drawing in fresh water to flush. If I fill the toilet from a separate source it pumps the water out fine. Can you tell me the problem? We have both a salt water source and a fresh water source which we control with a Y valve. The fresh water side also has a one way valve in the line to prevent cross contamination. Thanks for any help.
Jabsco toilet
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Disconnect the toilet from your fresh water supply
And sanitize your fresh water system immediately! A check valve will NOT prevent e-coli from contaminating your potable water supply. NO manual toilet--or any other raw water toilet--should ever be connected to the fresh water supply...and every toilet mfr specifically warns against it in their installation instructions (and if you don't believe that, read the instructions for your toilet here: http://www.jabsco.com/prodInfo/overview/37010-0000_ds.pdf ONLY toilets designed by the mfr to use pressurized flush water can safely be connected to the fresh water system. If you want to flush with fresh water, tee the head intake into the head sink drain...close the seacock, fill the sink with water...flush the toilet. Because the seacock is closed, the toilet will pull the water out of the sink...WITHOUT any risk of contaminating your fresh water supply. As for why it's not the toilet isn't bringing in any flush water...either the wet/dry valve cam is stuck in the dry position--a VERY common problem in Jabsco toilets made in the last 7-8 years or the flap valve in the pump has failed. If you left it in the "dry" mode over the winter, the flapper valve is the most likely...'cuz leaving it in the dry mode "pinches" it and causes the rubber to distort.
And sanitize your fresh water system immediately! A check valve will NOT prevent e-coli from contaminating your potable water supply. NO manual toilet--or any other raw water toilet--should ever be connected to the fresh water supply...and every toilet mfr specifically warns against it in their installation instructions (and if you don't believe that, read the instructions for your toilet here: http://www.jabsco.com/prodInfo/overview/37010-0000_ds.pdf ONLY toilets designed by the mfr to use pressurized flush water can safely be connected to the fresh water system. If you want to flush with fresh water, tee the head intake into the head sink drain...close the seacock, fill the sink with water...flush the toilet. Because the seacock is closed, the toilet will pull the water out of the sink...WITHOUT any risk of contaminating your fresh water supply. As for why it's not the toilet isn't bringing in any flush water...either the wet/dry valve cam is stuck in the dry position--a VERY common problem in Jabsco toilets made in the last 7-8 years or the flap valve in the pump has failed. If you left it in the "dry" mode over the winter, the flapper valve is the most likely...'cuz leaving it in the dry mode "pinches" it and causes the rubber to distort.
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