Roger Long wrote:
The sink drain "T" into the head intake line works great although
it means a lot of head pumping.

What I meant by lots of head pumping was filling a 13 gallon holding
tank by pumping the head.

You--and most other boat owners too--need to learn to use the "dry" mode
to do more than pump the last of the water out of the bowl. Few people
realize that any manual toilet that's working anywhere near factory
specs can move bowl contents up to 6 linear feet (further if you get
some help from gravity, at least 4' vertically, in the dry mode. You can
cut your flush water by at least 50%, doubling the number of flushes
your tank can hold if you'll do this:

Pump only 2-3x in the wet mode to wet the bowl ahead of use...or add 2-3
cupfuls from the sink ahead of solids. Switch to dry. After use, pump
enough times in the dry mode to move the bowl contents to the
tank...then switch to wet only long enough to rinse the bowl...and back
to dry to push the rinse water through to the tank.

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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

"Peggie Hall" wrote tank by pumping the head.

You--and most other boat owners too--need to learn to use the "dry"
mode

It does work and I use a variation of this method. The variation is
only because our Groco, at least, requires more wet strokes to move
paper to the bottom As soon as stuff is out of sight, I switch to
dry.

At the end of any weekend trip or day sail with lots of guests, I do a
long wet flush from empty to be sure the line is clear.

In view of the difficulty most guests have with the regular method,
even with printed instructions, I think I'll just put up with more
frequent trips to the pump out instead of trying to add another lever
sequence.

BTW tightening up that hose clamp has brought the water off pump
cycling of my fresh water pressure set down to only about once every
2 -3 hours. I can't fix the last little drip until I move the pump so
I can get at a metal joint on the tank that is weeping slightly but
it's quite livable. I'll do that when I install the accumulator tank
I bought yesterday.

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Roger Long