My head stnks. Not really the head, but hte area wunder the seats inside, where the lines to the head all connect. I have two heads so there are duplicate lines. I cleaned the are wehre they connect to the holding tank, and now it swells worse than ever. I found out that this system, on a Irwin 37, is such that the incoming water to fluch the syustem after you use the head comes form the holding tank! It recirculates the pee water supposedly. I was thinking of adding a 10 gallon or so clean water tank to draw water form and closing upt he two recirculating lines. Does this make sense to anyone? Secondly is getting fresh air to the area. The smell isn't coming fromt he tank itself as near as I can tell. But if I seal off two of the lines, as above, I would only have two intake l;ines to worry about and one exit line to the outside, for a total of thre as opposed to the current 5. Any suggestions?
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Replace the whole system! In the 70's, recirculating systems were all the rage...there were some electric models--the Monogram Monomatic...Danforth made one, and so did Thetford...and then there were boat builders who plumbed a manual toilet (usually a Raritan Compact) and 5 gal tank (made by Kracor) to be a recirculator. It was cheap--it saved 'em the cost of an intake thru-hull and seacock, and it met the requirements of the (then new) marine sanition laws. All these systems only held 5 gallons, 3 of which had to be an initial "charge" of chemical and water. And, they STANK! By the early '80s, they'd all been discontinued. Apparently that's what you have--a 30+ yr old manual toilet that's worn out and obsolete...hoses that are prob'ly that old too, and a holding tank that's too small to be of any real use. Now the question is: what's the best replacement? If your boat is under 27', that would be another self-contained--but NOT recirculating!--system: a 5-6 gal portapotty version that's designed to be permanently installed and fitted for pumpout. And new hoses. No plumbing except a pumpout hose and vent line. And because it uses so little flush water, holds about as many flushes as a 15 gallon tank connected to a manual toilet. Cost: under $200 for everything. Check out the SeaLand 965MSD and several Thetford models.
Replace the whole system! In the 70's, recirculating systems were all the rage...there were some electric models--the Monogram Monomatic...Danforth made one, and so did Thetford...and then there were boat builders who plumbed a manual toilet (usually a Raritan Compact) and 5 gal tank (made by Kracor) to be a recirculator. It was cheap--it saved 'em the cost of an intake thru-hull and seacock, and it met the requirements of the (then new) marine sanition laws. All these systems only held 5 gallons, 3 of which had to be an initial "charge" of chemical and water. And, they STANK! By the early '80s, they'd all been discontinued. Apparently that's what you have--a 30+ yr old manual toilet that's worn out and obsolete...hoses that are prob'ly that old too, and a holding tank that's too small to be of any real use. Now the question is: what's the best replacement? If your boat is under 27', that would be another self-contained--but NOT recirculating!--system: a 5-6 gal portapotty version that's designed to be permanently installed and fitted for pumpout. And new hoses. No plumbing except a pumpout hose and vent line. And because it uses so little flush water, holds about as many flushes as a 15 gallon tank connected to a manual toilet. Cost: under $200 for everything. Check out the SeaLand 965MSD and several Thetford models.
thanks peggy...but..
I suspected the recirculating system was time specific. That would account for the ten gallon holding tank for two heads. I am quite broke and will probably sell the boat soon. In the meantime, I can at least replace the hoses and set up a system using one gallon in each head to fill the bowl with fresh water, and close off and remove the recirculating hoses, which should help the smell. What I do now is pour in water from a one gallon water bottle to at elast rinse the tank. The problem is the women who get drunk and put in the whole gallon each time. I always wondered how my tank got full every cruise. Thanks.
I suspected the recirculating system was time specific. That would account for the ten gallon holding tank for two heads. I am quite broke and will probably sell the boat soon. In the meantime, I can at least replace the hoses and set up a system using one gallon in each head to fill the bowl with fresh water, and close off and remove the recirculating hoses, which should help the smell. What I do now is pour in water from a one gallon water bottle to at elast rinse the tank. The problem is the women who get drunk and put in the whole gallon each time. I always wondered how my tank got full every cruise. Thanks.
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please don't tell us where the drunken women come from, even if you are in Ohio.
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