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Lavac heads vs. others
Wow! I guess "the grass is always greener"! While I like my Lavac, I've often thought I
might try the Vacuflush on our "next boat." The one special advise I'd give to anyone setting up a Lavac (and this probably holds for all heads where there is an option) is try to locate and orient the pump so that it can be cleaned easily. The primary way to clog a Lavac is to get something stuck under the intake flapper. If the pump is setup right, this can be cleared in 5 minutes through an access port. One mine, I have to remove the pump, but even so, it only takes 20 minutes to be running again. I wonder if mine clogs on occasion because its an electric and you can't give it an "extra vigorous" pump to clear it? "Bryan B" wrote in message ... We replaced two vacuflush toilets with lavaks. In essence we traded an electric vacuum toilet for a manual vacuum toilet. The vacuflush was easy to plug and very unpleasant to unplug but used very little water. They were nice toilets. The lavaks have never been plugged by my children, friends children, friends, drunks, scoundrels, cat, wife, or myself. Instructions say do not sit on the toilet and press the button to flush. I think your insides would be outside if you made a seal. The lavak uses more water. They are nice toilets. We all like different stuff, thats why they make wallpaper. B wrote in message ... On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:49:17 -0700, yes wrote: Read the archives of this NG for many accurate comments. Some points - the Lavac has a small seat and no ass room. The seals ruin the paint on the seats and they always look dirty - like nobody even cleans the sea. The Lavac seats freq are wet from flushing - yuck. The lavac seat lids are prone to cracking from the vacuum pressure or kneeling on them - cost $$$ and the toilet won't flush with a cracked lid or bad seals - can't get good enuf vacuum. A friend with a big French charter boat had 5 onboard - replaced them all with Groco K's. More - Raritan PH II heads are poorly designed and regardless of Peggy's current ralationship - these are crappy toilets. I've owned 4 of them and replaced them with Groco K's. The Groco were recently factory rebuilt by Groco - like new after 12 years hard use. The PH II flush lever is horizontal and operating it puts your face directly above the bowl - nice view. The lever operates a s/s rod up and down and this rod has a "water lubricated" seal which tends to spray up in your arm and face. It's sewage water. Thanks for the first-hand info. Quite the picture you paint, so to speak. I wonder why this "technology" isn't perfected yet, but then I guess people figure that to a sailor dopey enough to sail, anything looks better than a cedar bucket or backing off the pulpit...G R. |
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