Gogarty wrote:
Anyway, having just launbched the boat and in the course of checking
systems I ran the Lectrasan. Turned it on and pumped as one is supposed
to without actually using it, thank God. It had been wintereized and
was full of clean water and antifreeze.

Uh-oh...you may not be out of the woods after all...'cuz if you ran the
LectraSan before thoroughly flushing ALL the antifreeze out of it, the
antifreeze damaged the electrode pack.

So in addition to making sure the seacock is open, it would have been
smart read the maintenance instructions. They specifically warn against
using antifreeze in the Lectra/San at all. Antifreeze won't damage
anything just sitting in the L/S over the winter, but too many people do
what you did...and antifreeze will destroy the electrode pack.

Running it with only clean FRESH water in it doesn't do the electrodes
any good either....though only one or two treatment cycles using fresh
water isn't nearly as bad as running it with antifreeze in it. Once all
the antifreeze is flushed out, all the fresh water in it should be
replaced with a brine solution (directions for making that with the
correct amount salinity are in the instructions too) by flushing about 5
gallons of it through the toilet without running the L/S.

The
cover now has a pattern displayed in white Marine-tex but the unit seems
as good as new.

Maybe...maybe not.

--
Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304