[C320-list] Holding Tank Vent

[Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com]

Shit happens...
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Regards,
OD

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----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Moriarty [patm at psiurethanes.com]
Sent: 06/10/2008 01:32 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Holding Tank Vent

Replaced all the hoses and still had the smell. Finally replaced the 
tank and the dumpster still smells. I think the guy who had the boat 
before just didn't dump that often and the tank can permeate just 
like the hoses, it was a fresh water boat so the salt critters were 
not the problem.

Pat #130


  At 03:15 PM 6/10/2008, you wrote:
>Using Odorlos and fresh water to flush is the best way to keep 
>smells out of the head...as long as you flush with saltwater, you 
>will keep critters in the intake hose that die give that awful smell 
>every time you get back to the boat. Over time, those hoses will be 
>permeated with that sulfur smell and then you'll have to change 'em...
>
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>Regards,
>OD
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "warren updike" [wupdike at hotmail.com]
>Sent: 06/10/2008 12:45 PM
>To: <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Holding Tank Vent
>
>In researching the holding tank issue ala "odors" a few years ago, I came
>across a web site authored by a woman who is much revered by the RV people.
>One of the points she made is that smells may come from a lack of aerobic
>bacteria in the holding tank.  When there is insufficient air flow
>circulating in the tank only the anaerobic guys survive and they are the
>ones that generate the odors (methane, etc.)  She recommends that the vent
>hose and vent opening should be larger than what we typically find on our
>boats.  Was it one inch or 3/4?  I don't remember.  Just that it should be
>larger than what we have.
>
>In addition to using only fresh water flush, we started using Odorlos
>(odorlos.com) each time we pump out.  We no longer have head odors in or out
>of the boat.  That doesn't mean that our S*$# don't stink, only that we and
>our boating friends no longer have to endure it.
>
>
>Warren & Pattie Updke
>Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
>Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>It's comes from an overfilled holding tank. As Pat says and something I
>always do take a hose and flush it out good while pumping out the tank.
>Keeps odors from coming out when flushing the head. If I smell something
>when someone is flushing the head it's always a clogged vent.
>Keep it clean and open!
>Joe
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of mike hunter
>Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:53 AM
>To: C320-List
>Subject: [C320-list] Holding Tank Vent
>
>Has anyone had a problem with a clogged holding tank vent?  I was told it?s
>a good idea to drill out the small vent hole at the base of the stanchion to
>a larger diameter.  Has anyone done this?
>
>Thanks!
>
>
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