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Macerator installation
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:16:43 GMT, Peggie Hall
wrote: jeannette wrote: Possibly a check valve in front of the macerator so it isn't constantly loaded. Mine has one. Close the valve then turn the macerator off. Not a check valve...a y-valve (aka diverter valve) that allows you to choose between pumping out or going to the macerator. No I did mean a check valve in front of the macerator. The Y valve is just after the toilet. It diverts to either the tank or overboard. The checl valve is between the tank and the macerator pump. I open it before turning the pump on and turn it off when done. I used it twice so far in 2 years when I got out of the San Francisco Bay, past the 3 miles limit. I do have a question for you Peggie. I am looking for a Tank Level Monitor. I saw some time ago a system that worked with sensors on the outside of the tank. My tank is fiberglass. Do you (or anyone) know where I can find that? Jeannette However, whether the boat should even HAVE a macerator or any other pump to dump the tank depends on whether the boat is in coastal waters that provide immediate access to open sea...'cuz it's illegal to dump a tank in ANY US waters....only when at least 3 miles out to sea. And that doesn't mean 3 miles from shore in a lake, river, bay or sound...it means 3 miles from the nearest point on the whole North American coastline. So unless he has immediate access to open sea, he might as well just remove the macerator altogether...'cuz the fines for dumping a tank illegally are very steep. Jeannette Bristol 32, San Francisco http://www.eblw.com/contepartiro/contepartiro.html |
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