Peggy, or anyone: I've got a four season old Hunter 260 with a holding tank of 10-13 gals( I can't remember). Beginning last season, I started to have a horrible smell at all times in the aft berth area. The holding tank is located just aft of the aft berth. I would say that the smell got somewehat worse when the toilet was flushed. I've ruled out just about every other source of the smell, such as water in the bilge, a dead mouse, etc. and I've checked all my connections to be sure that they are tight. Several different treatments of the head and tank, including ones suggested on this forum haven't helped. Based on wht I've read here, I believe that the hose running from the toilet to the holding tank might be permeated. Other than the process of elimination (pun intended) or just replacing the hose at $7-$9/foot, is there any other test that I can run to be sure that it is the hose before I spend the money and do the filthy job. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks to all.
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I'll give it a shot
It seems to me I read ,if you take a rag, soak it in hot water, then tie it around the hose in question. After 10 minutes take the rag off and smell it. If it stinks, replace the hose. You can check the archives to be sure. good luck, Jack
It seems to me I read ,if you take a rag, soak it in hot water, then tie it around the hose in question. After 10 minutes take the rag off and smell it. If it stinks, replace the hose. You can check the archives to be sure. good luck, Jack
Do what jack suggests.
Not that it matters, but are you sure that the boat has a 10+ holding tank. it just seems big for a boat that size. Does it have a macerator?
Not that it matters, but are you sure that the boat has a 10+ holding tank. it just seems big for a boat that size. Does it have a macerator?
Second Opinion
Folks in the business will enourage you to spend big bucks on new marine hose. Common sense will tell you to replumb the system with PVC from Home Depot for under ten percent of the price (and it will lastr forever, maybe longer) I've done several systems 10-15 years ago that never need attention. Sealand make adapters to get the hose to plastic pipe (at the special marine price) but then the rest is almost free
Folks in the business will enourage you to spend big bucks on new marine hose. Common sense will tell you to replumb the system with PVC from Home Depot for under ten percent of the price (and it will lastr forever, maybe longer) I've done several systems 10-15 years ago that never need attention. Sealand make adapters to get the hose to plastic pipe (at the special marine price) but then the rest is almost free
Greg...just did mine.
I just did mine. The hot rag does work. I tested the hose from the head to the tank and no smell. I tested the macerator hose and no smell. I tested the one that is for sure the most liable to smell, the hose coming out the bottom of the tank that connects to the pumpout hose and the macerator hose and sure enough...it stunk. I'm glad I didn't do what I was going to do and replace all of them. That hose was only 2' Why is that hose the mostly your problem? Because it's always in shit...literally. I used a hair-dryer to heat up the hoses so they would come off and for the new ones to go back on. WORD OF ADVICE...use a glove. I heated the new hose kind of hot and grabbed it with my bare and and twisted it on. I felt my skin moving. When I pulled out my hand, my skin was all messed up. The combination of the heat and the twisting helps the hose go on, but it also helps your skin get all stretched so I'm now typing with a big bandage on.
I just did mine. The hot rag does work. I tested the hose from the head to the tank and no smell. I tested the macerator hose and no smell. I tested the one that is for sure the most liable to smell, the hose coming out the bottom of the tank that connects to the pumpout hose and the macerator hose and sure enough...it stunk. I'm glad I didn't do what I was going to do and replace all of them. That hose was only 2' Why is that hose the mostly your problem? Because it's always in shit...literally. I used a hair-dryer to heat up the hoses so they would come off and for the new ones to go back on. WORD OF ADVICE...use a glove. I heated the new hose kind of hot and grabbed it with my bare and and twisted it on. I felt my skin moving. When I pulled out my hand, my skin was all messed up. The combination of the heat and the twisting helps the hose go on, but it also helps your skin get all stretched so I'm now typing with a big bandage on.
The easiest and most effective solution
The easiest and most effective solution is to wrap them with aluminum foil tape from Home Depot. It is just a few bucks and you don’t need to start fooling around with expensive stiff hoses every few years. Check up my previous posting
The easiest and most effective solution is to wrap them with aluminum foil tape from Home Depot. It is just a few bucks and you don’t need to start fooling around with expensive stiff hoses every few years. Check up my previous posting
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