Since we use our boat primarily on weekends, was thinking about connecting the water intake for the head to the fresh water system, so we flush with fresh water .... and not river water (we sail in the Neuse/Pamilico area). Have you heard of someone doing this before? Complicated? Thanks again, Stuart
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nick maggio
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I left the head intake hook up still connected but hooked up a seperate sprayer to the fresh water syetem this way I have both options and mostly use the salt water for flushing and the last flush of the day with a freah water flush to clean out the hoses. I was told not to hook up fresh water to the head because it could back up (waste) into the fresh water system.
I left the head intake hook up still connected but hooked up a seperate sprayer to the fresh water syetem this way I have both options and mostly use the salt water for flushing and the last flush of the day with a freah water flush to clean out the hoses. I was told not to hook up fresh water to the head because it could back up (waste) into the fresh water system.
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Peggie Hall/HeadMistress
Don't even THINK of doing that!!
NO toilet that isn't specifically designed to use pressurized water should ever be connected to the onboard fresh water system...it cannot be done without risk of polluting the potable supply, damage to the toilet, or both. The installation instructions for every raw water toilet includes a specific warning against connecting it to the fresh water system...and, I've included the same warning in my book--which you said you have--in at least 4 places. There are only two safe ways to flush a raw water toilet with fresh water: 1. install a separate flush water tank, or 2. Pour it into the bowl using a cup or the shower head.
NO toilet that isn't specifically designed to use pressurized water should ever be connected to the onboard fresh water system...it cannot be done without risk of polluting the potable supply, damage to the toilet, or both. The installation instructions for every raw water toilet includes a specific warning against connecting it to the fresh water system...and, I've included the same warning in my book--which you said you have--in at least 4 places. There are only two safe ways to flush a raw water toilet with fresh water: 1. install a separate flush water tank, or 2. Pour it into the bowl using a cup or the shower head.
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Peggie Hall/HeadMistress
Describe for me exactly what you've done, Nick...
What do you mean by, "hooked up a separate sprayer to the fresh water system?" Just putting fresh water down the toilet through the bowl doesn't solve the problem of stagnant sea water left in the head intake...'cuz nothing that goes into the bowl recirculates (thank God!) into the intake line and the channel in the rim of the bowl, which is where the water gets trapped and stagnates. So if all you've done (I hope!) is tap into a fresh water line with what amounts to a shower hose and sprayer, the only thing you're rinsing out is the head discharge hose.
What do you mean by, "hooked up a separate sprayer to the fresh water system?" Just putting fresh water down the toilet through the bowl doesn't solve the problem of stagnant sea water left in the head intake...'cuz nothing that goes into the bowl recirculates (thank God!) into the intake line and the channel in the rim of the bowl, which is where the water gets trapped and stagnates. So if all you've done (I hope!) is tap into a fresh water line with what amounts to a shower hose and sprayer, the only thing you're rinsing out is the head discharge hose.
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nick maggio
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Yes thats what I did was hook up a spray hose rather than useing the shower head hose to put fresh water in the bowl at the end of the day to clear the discharge hose of salt water to the holding tank,the shower hose was a pain and the new hose made it easy for cleaning the bowl and easy for quest to use. I got the idea from my rv .
Yes thats what I did was hook up a spray hose rather than useing the shower head hose to put fresh water in the bowl at the end of the day to clear the discharge hose of salt water to the holding tank,the shower hose was a pain and the new hose made it easy for cleaning the bowl and easy for quest to use. I got the idea from my rv .
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Tom
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Our Head sink outlet is plumbed into the head intake line so at the enad of the day I close thesaltwater head intake, leave the discharge open, fill the head sink with fresh water and a little vinegar and then pump the head - it draws in the fresh water through the head and out the outlet - no odour problem for us and no risk of contaminating our fesh water system like you are thinking. Cheers. PS what do you think Peggy?
Our Head sink outlet is plumbed into the head intake line so at the enad of the day I close thesaltwater head intake, leave the discharge open, fill the head sink with fresh water and a little vinegar and then pump the head - it draws in the fresh water through the head and out the outlet - no odour problem for us and no risk of contaminating our fesh water system like you are thinking. Cheers. PS what do you think Peggy?
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Peggie Hall/HeadMistress
Yours is the ideal solution, ,Tom
That arrangement could even be used for regular toilet flushing...keep the seacock closed, fill the sink, flush the toilet. However, the locations of the sink drains and head through-hulls don't make it possible on some boats. The alternative would a short section of hose teed into the head intake line, with a shutoff valve, that can be used to pull clean fresh water out of a milk jug or gallon bucket.
That arrangement could even be used for regular toilet flushing...keep the seacock closed, fill the sink, flush the toilet. However, the locations of the sink drains and head through-hulls don't make it possible on some boats. The alternative would a short section of hose teed into the head intake line, with a shutoff valve, that can be used to pull clean fresh water out of a milk jug or gallon bucket.
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