02/09/2008 05:37:36 PM
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DaleHollow
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Our boat has never had the macerator hook to the holding tank.
I used 5 ft. of line to connect the 2 together, this seem too far for the waste to travel, does the macerator, have that kind of force to preform the task of shoving the waste 5 ft.?, I could modify it some and get it closer, if its recommended.
Everything is winterized and not wanting to do a real flush........hope someone knows this issue...........
disregard this post as my boat isnt on a macerator its on a Purasan unit thanks for the info below, I still need some help as I posted a follow up below
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Edited: 02/10/2008 at 11:48:58 AM by DaleHollow
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02/09/2008 08:15:58 PM
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OLD HOUSEBOATER
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What are you calling the macerator?
If it is a Crown or SeaEra head you can do 6'.
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02/10/2008 10:09:25 AM
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DaleHollow
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IM calling the box under the head that is painted blue, has 3 heads on the top, about 3 inches round: (newbie sorry) that the waste is going through, course the head is on the main floor, the thing Im calling the macerator is in the hull almost under the head.
sorry dont know the brand but ill take a look at it this week and see if I can find a brand.
I bought a six foot piece of flex line, and cut about a foot off so it sounds like they used the standard distance..........is it the same principle there should be a certain amount of fall from the macerator to the holding tank, the way it sits now there may a slight lift to it, which I can cure with some wedges or sheatting under the macerator....IM hoping my unit has some drive force to push it to the tank
is there a person on this site most turn to on plumbing issues, look forward to everyone's input, sence I have noticed when someone puts something on here contray to acceptable its quickly reconized lol
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02/10/2008 11:02:48 AM
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stmbtwle
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That sounds more like a Lectra-san or Purasan... http://www.raritaneng.com/prod...atment/lectrasan.html
A macerator looks something like this:
http://www.jabsco.com/images/r...ry_macerator-pc99.jpg
A Lectra-san or Purasan are NOT connected to the holding tank, as far as I know. They treat the waste and discharge it overboard.
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Edited: 02/10/2008 at 11:20:57 AM by stmbtwle
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02/10/2008 11:47:18 AM
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DaleHollow
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your are right I have heard that unit referred to it as purasan unit............
so IM I legal to discharge this in a no discharge water if i left it hooked up?
I disconnected the line from the stand pipe that discrharges it in the lake and hooked it over to a holding tank.........will it function like this or what should i do?
totally lost Im sure u couldnt reconize that.
back to the original question about the carrie distance.......glad You guys are here to help
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02/10/2008 01:40:39 PM
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OLD HOUSEBOATER
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If you are going to the tank you don't nead the treatment unit. What lake are you on.
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02/12/2008 02:24:45 PM
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A Purasan DOES NOT have a pump in it. All it does is grind up the effluent and mix the disinfectant with the ground-up effluent. Then it shuts off and everything stays there, inside the tank, exposed to the disinfecting chemical. The only way anything gets out if it is by adding more to it. The treated waste inside the box is displaced by the new incoming material from the toilet, and forced overboard. After having been commissioned, it stays full all the time. The toilet pumping the waste into it to be treated, displaces an equal amount of already-treated waste from the other end of it and it goes overboard.
It is supposed to be installed within a six foot run of hose of any toilet that is connected to it. They are legal on Lake Cumberland and Kentucky Lake (I think) but most other inland lakes are "holding tank only." The Ohio, Tennessee, TenTom River, and any other river or waterway that is navigable all the way out to the ocean or Gulf do allow the use of treatment units. but very few land-locked lakes allow their use.
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