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Admeril NeilŪ Admeril NeilŪ is offline
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Default Manual or Electric Head? It is time to Replace.

Cedar bucket. Period.

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Adm. NeilŪ

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"Ken" wrote in message

:: I had a rather unpleasant experience sailing on July 4th. One of my
:: guests managed to break the head while pumping. On the up-stroke he
:: completely separated the top of the pump assembly tearing out six
:: screws in the process. Since the price of a new pump is only a few
:: dollars less than the price of a new toilet I decided to replace. I
:: removed the old Jabsco compact manual toilet and went to West
Marine
:: where a sales person highly recommended the Jabsco Compact Electric
:: Toilet. This is an extra $400 over the manual model but I started
to
:: think that it might not be a bad idea. To be honest, I am getting
:: tired of explaining the workings of a marine toilet to guests who
:: manage to forget everything you told them when they actually go to
use
:: the head. Everyone knows how to push a button. I certainly don't
want
:: a repeat of the July 4th fiasco. So here are my questions for
anyone
:: who has installed this electric toilet. Are you happy with it? I
:: notice that all the photos of this toilet show the motor on the
back
:: of the toilet, is it adjustable so that it will work to the right
:: (while facing the toilet) where there is more room on my boat? Any
and
:: all advice will be greatly appreciated.
::
:: Ken