Got some great advice about venting holding tanks from Dennis Massoth
of Marine Sanitation in Seattle.

"We're now putting in two holding tank vents," he said. "One to port
and one to starboard. No matter which way the wind blows, we'll get
air flow through the top of the tank"

It would be important to install a second vent line fitting, as iar
would just blow through the top of a "T" without really scouring
across the surface of the tank. There's a rubber fitting called a Uni-
Seal that will form a leakproof ring around the new hole cut for the
second vent.

With two vents, there's no "dead end" for wind entering the vent line.

Makes a ton of sense to me. Thought I would pass it on.

On 5 Mar 2007 17:13:51 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

With two vents, there's no "dead end" for wind entering the vent line.

Makes a ton of sense to me. Thought I would pass it on.

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I think Peggy would certainly approve.

You betcha. Try to make those vents 1" or bigger in diameter. Just
plain mushroom thru-hulls, none of that tiny screened crap. (no pun
intended!)

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:13:51 -0800, Chuck Gould wrote:

Got some great advice about venting holding tanks from Dennis Massoth
of Marine Sanitation in Seattle.

"We're now putting in two holding tank vents," he said. "One to port
and one to starboard. No matter which way the wind blows, we'll get
air flow through the top of the tank"

It would be important to install a second vent line fitting, as iar
would just blow through the top of a "T" without really scouring
across the surface of the tank. There's a rubber fitting called a Uni-
Seal that will form a leakproof ring around the new hole cut for the
second vent.

With two vents, there's no "dead end" for wind entering the vent line.

Makes a ton of sense to me. Thought I would pass it on.

Beenthere, donethat. Far Cove's holding tank has two 1" vents on opposite
corners, piped to fittings just below the rubrail, near the bow, on
opposite sides.

Works great!
druid
http://www.bcboatnet.org

On Mar 15, 8:41?pm, druid wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:13:51 -0800, Chuck Gould wrote:
Got some great advice about venting holding tanks from Dennis Massoth
of Marine Sanitation in Seattle.

"We're now putting in two holding tank vents," he said. "One to port
and one to starboard. No matter which way the wind blows, we'll get
air flow through the top of the tank"

It would be important to install a second vent line fitting, as iar
would just blow through the top of a "T" without really scouring
across the surface of the tank. There's a rubber fitting called a Uni-
Seal that will form a leakproof ring around the new hole cut for the
second vent.

With two vents, there's no "dead end" for wind entering the vent line.

Makes a ton of sense to me. Thought I would pass it on.

Beenthere, donethat. Far Cove's holding tank has two 1" vents on opposite
corners, piped to fittings just below the rubrail, near the bow, on
opposite sides.

Works great!
druidhttp://www.bcboatnet.org- Hide quoted text -

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Good to hear from you, Lloyd.

Everything going well?