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Hi Peggie,
I'm building a van de stadt 34, and I'm putting in a Jabsco manual toilet. As regards the waterline stuff, the bowl is about 2 inches above and I am putting in the vented loops, I've just about got enough room for a diverter valve to send the nasty stuff into the tank when its there. I sail in the atlantic from French/Uk waters and don't need a tank. in the med we need tanks, but soon the legislation will come for all. Personally I think its fine in the med, in port and non tidal seas or lakes, but I don't beleive that yachtsmen contribute greatly to pollution of the seas, one needs to look inland for the culprits. Most yachtsmen I have come across over 30 odd years of sailing are pretty responsible people, but thats another argument I suppose. cheers, Pete On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:31:02 GMT, Peggie Hall wrote: pete wrote: The problem of taking the inlet seacock further away is that the seacocks must be turned off after use of the toilet, so they have to be within the heads, which is small. I don't want any tubing between the skin fitting and the seacock... Don't forget that unless the toilet will be above the waterline (highly unlikely on a sailboat), you'll need vented loops in both the intake and discharge lines...and space in the discharge line to add a y-valve when you add the tank. What size is the boat, Pete? And which toilet (make/model) do you plan to install? Pete On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:12:18 GMT, "Roger Derby" wrote: I'm not sure of the "proper" spacing (more is better), but the nasty stuff often floats, so vertical spacing doesn't necessarily help. 18" sounds like very little. Why can't the inlet be taken from a much greater distance? Will the inlet be submerged on both tacks? Roger http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm "pete" wrote in message ... Hi all, got a little question: I'm fitting a toilet into my boat and I am finding places to fit the inlet and outlet seacocks difficult. The best position is with the outlet below the inlet and about 18 inches apart, but should the outlet be above the inlet to help prevent sucking back in what you have pumped out? The fitting diagram shows that but there is no mention of it. Is there a normal spacing apart of these seacocks? |