or marine heads more appropriately...since i want to elevate the tone
of discussion on this group let me ask a question.

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

anyhow, i have an electric head on the boat which has a 3 gallon
tank. it's filled with water and deodorizer. when the head is
flushed this gets recirc'd through the tank. no connection to raw
water is made. however, there's a direct connection from the rear of
the toilet to a pump out port on the boat but i'm not sure if the tank
on the head can take the pressure of the pump out, so i want to
install a holding tank.

i'm looking at a 6 gallon polypro waste tank with 2 connections and a
vent connection. it looks like these waste tanks are USCG certified
(since there will be no sea connection).

so do i NEED a tank? is the 3 gallon holding thank on the head going
to take the pressure of a pumpout without blowing up?

if i install a polypro tank with no sea discharge is that legal for
USCG cert? (it seems it is).

any hints to ensure no unpleasantness?

"wf3h" wrote in message
...
or marine heads more appropriately...since i want to elevate the tone
of discussion on this group let me ask a question.

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

anyhow, i have an electric head on the boat which has a 3 gallon
tank. it's filled with water and deodorizer. when the head is
flushed this gets recirc'd through the tank. no connection to raw
water is made. however, there's a direct connection from the rear of
the toilet to a pump out port on the boat but i'm not sure if the tank
on the head can take the pressure of the pump out, so i want to
install a holding tank.

i'm looking at a 6 gallon polypro waste tank with 2 connections and a
vent connection. it looks like these waste tanks are USCG certified
(since there will be no sea connection).

so do i NEED a tank? is the 3 gallon holding thank on the head going
to take the pressure of a pumpout without blowing up?

if i install a polypro tank with no sea discharge is that legal for
USCG cert? (it seems it is).

any hints to ensure no unpleasantness?

You are referring to the lovely & talented Peggy Hall.
I forget her company name, but she might lurk on rec.boats.cruising

On Aug 31, 8:36*pm, "Don White" wrote:
"wf3h" wrote in message

...



or marine heads more appropriately...since i want to elevate the tone
of discussion on this group let me ask a question.

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

anyhow, i have an electric head on the boat which has a 3 gallon
tank. *it's filled with water and deodorizer. *when the head is
flushed this gets recirc'd through the tank. no connection to raw
water is made. however, there's a direct connection from the rear of
the toilet to a pump out port on the boat but i'm not sure if the tank
on the head can take the pressure of the pump out, so i want to
install a *holding tank.

i'm looking at a 6 gallon polypro waste tank with 2 connections and a
vent connection. it looks like these waste tanks are USCG certified
(since there will be no sea connection).

so do i NEED a tank? is the 3 gallon holding thank on the head going
to take the pressure of a pumpout without blowing up?

if i install a polypro tank with no sea discharge is that legal for
USCG cert? (it seems it is).

any hints to ensure no unpleasantness?

You are referring to the lovely & talented Peggy Hall.
I forget her company name, but she might lurk on rec.boats.cruising

yep you're right...miss the folks who knew alot about boats

On Aug 31, 8:41*pm, wf3h wrote:
On Aug 31, 8:36*pm, "Don White" wrote:



"wf3h" wrote in message

....

or marine heads more appropriately...since i want to elevate the tone
of discussion on this group let me ask a question.

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

anyhow, i have an electric head on the boat which has a 3 gallon
tank. *it's filled with water and deodorizer. *when the head is
flushed this gets recirc'd through the tank. no connection to raw
water is made. however, there's a direct connection from the rear of
the toilet to a pump out port on the boat but i'm not sure if the tank
on the head can take the pressure of the pump out, so i want to
install a *holding tank.

i'm looking at a 6 gallon polypro waste tank with 2 connections and a
vent connection. it looks like these waste tanks are USCG certified
(since there will be no sea connection).

so do i NEED a tank? is the 3 gallon holding thank on the head going
to take the pressure of a pumpout without blowing up?

if i install a polypro tank with no sea discharge is that legal for
USCG cert? (it seems it is).

any hints to ensure no unpleasantness?

You are referring to the lovely & talented Peggy Hall.
I forget her company name, but she might lurk on rec.boats.cruising

yep you're right...miss the folks who knew alot about boats

Yes, I was going to suggest you look for her on rec.boats.cruising.
What a great specialty to have.

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:47:31 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

or marine heads more appropriately...since i want to elevate the tone
of discussion on this group let me ask a question.

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

anyhow, i have an electric head on the boat which has a 3 gallon
tank. it's filled with water and deodorizer. when the head is
flushed this gets recirc'd through the tank. no connection to raw
water is made. however, there's a direct connection from the rear of
the toilet to a pump out port on the boat but i'm not sure if the tank
on the head can take the pressure of the pump out, so i want to
install a holding tank.

i'm looking at a 6 gallon polypro waste tank with 2 connections and a
vent connection. it looks like these waste tanks are USCG certified
(since there will be no sea connection).

so do i NEED a tank? is the 3 gallon holding thank on the head going
to take the pressure of a pumpout without blowing up?

if i install a polypro tank with no sea discharge is that legal for
USCG cert? (it seems it is).

any hints to ensure no unpleasantness?

Mixing feces, urine and water, then shaking it in a tank and pushing
it through hoses is a recipe with only one result.
And it's not pleasant.
Look at the Airhead. Might fit.
Only thing I would consider for a non-portable head.
But I'm lucky that way. Don't have a boat.

--Vic

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:13:45 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Mixing feces, urine and water, then shaking it in a tank and pushing
it through hoses is a recipe with only one result.
And it's not pleasant.

Same thing the airlines do, it's called a recirculating chemical
toilet.

http://www.monogramsystems.com/p_rec...ingtoilet.html

Peggie Hall can be reached he

peggie -dot- hall -at- gmail -dot- com

She sold her business several years ago but is pretty good about
responding to EMAILs.

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:13:45 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

Peggie Hall knows just about everything about marine heads. She has a
book available he

http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books/detail-books.htm?fno=400&sku=66505&cat=1304

or from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Get-Rid-Boat-Odors-Aggravation/dp/1892399156/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251771237&sr=8-1

On Aug 31, 10:08*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:13:45 -0500, Vic Smith

wrote:
Mixing feces, urine and water, then shaking it in a tank and pushing
it through hoses is a recipe with only one result.
And it's not pleasant.

Same thing the airlines do, it's called a recirculating chemical
toilet.

http://www.monogramsystems.com/p_rec...ingtoilet.html

Peggie Hall can be reached he

peggie -dot- hall -at- gmail -dot- com

She sold her business several years ago but is pretty good about
responding to EMAILs.

ah, thanks much. will make the contact

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:47:31 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

or marine heads more appropriately...since i want to elevate the tone
of discussion on this group let me ask a question.

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

anyhow, i have an electric head on the boat which has a 3 gallon
tank. it's filled with water and deodorizer. when the head is
flushed this gets recirc'd through the tank. no connection to raw
water is made. however, there's a direct connection from the rear of
the toilet to a pump out port on the boat but i'm not sure if the tank
on the head can take the pressure of the pump out, so i want to
install a holding tank.

i'm looking at a 6 gallon polypro waste tank with 2 connections and a
vent connection. it looks like these waste tanks are USCG certified
(since there will be no sea connection).

so do i NEED a tank? is the 3 gallon holding thank on the head going
to take the pressure of a pumpout without blowing up?

if i install a polypro tank with no sea discharge is that legal for
USCG cert? (it seems it is).

any hints to ensure no unpleasantness?

The tank you refer to that's attached to the head is for deodorizer.
Not designed for anything else...

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:34:05 -0700, jps wrote:

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:47:31 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

or marine heads more appropriately...since i want to elevate the tone
of discussion on this group let me ask a question.

a few years ago there was the 'princess of poop' (i think her name was
peggy) who knew ALOT about marine heads...

anyhow, i have an electric head on the boat which has a 3 gallon
tank. it's filled with water and deodorizer. when the head is
flushed this gets recirc'd through the tank. no connection to raw
water is made. however, there's a direct connection from the rear of
the toilet to a pump out port on the boat but i'm not sure if the tank
on the head can take the pressure of the pump out, so i want to
install a holding tank.

i'm looking at a 6 gallon polypro waste tank with 2 connections and a
vent connection. it looks like these waste tanks are USCG certified
(since there will be no sea connection).

so do i NEED a tank? is the 3 gallon holding thank on the head going
to take the pressure of a pumpout without blowing up?

if i install a polypro tank with no sea discharge is that legal for
USCG cert? (it seems it is).

any hints to ensure no unpleasantness?

The tank you refer to that's attached to the head is for deodorizer.
Not designed for anything else...

Oh, wait. Did you say 3 gallons? Tollycraft typically used a head
that comes with a deodorizer tank but it wasn't 3 gallons.

It was a small tank, a gallon at most, housed inside the head's lower
shroud that also contains the motor. Sound familiar?