Crappy topic:( Rich K
On 2012-09-13, at 16:35, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Makes sense, but I am truly disappointed that we have only had one toilet > joke in this entire thread! > > Joel > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 13, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Gary Russell <captnga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There is another possibility to consider. In the case of my boat there were >> times when the level of the effluent in the tank was above the bowl in the >> tank. In my case the tank is transverse in the boat (head on the port side) >> and when on starboard tack the fitting on the port side of the tank is >> submerged and the effluent pressure goes back to the joker valve. The joker >> valves are never perfect and they will leak some. What I did is run a pipe >> through the tank from the head fitting in the tank to the opposite side of >> the tank, so the fitting is on the port side but the pickup is on the >> starboard side. Then when on starboard tack the effluent sloshes to port >> and the pickup is out of the effluent. When on port tack, the pickup is >> submerged, but is below the level of the head so it doesn't matter. That >> solved the problem for me. Does that description make any sense to anybody? >> >> Gary >> S/V Expresso >> '75 C&C 35 Mk II >> >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: >> Yup, it's not just salt, but an extraordinary amount of excess minerals are >> excreted through the kidneys (think about kidney stones,) and can build up >> in the hoses and the tank as well. For the last couple of years I have done >> an annual job of flushing a bunch of fresh water through the system, and >> then pouring about four gallons of cheap white vinegar down the head. I >> make sure some is in the bowl, and that the hoses are full of it. I let it >> sit for a day or two, then flush the whole system with fresh water. After >> that job I need to disassemble the pump and lubricate the O-rings with >> silicone grease. >> >> This particular problem sounds like a bad joker valve, though. >> >> Wal >> >> >> you wrote: >> Salt from urine crystallizes on your joker valve >> and the joker valve leaks back. Ideally we are supposed to flush clean >> water thru but it never happens on the Great Lakes when you are trying >> to conserve holding tank space. >> >> >> -- >> s/v Stella Blue >> www.wbryant.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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