[C320-list] HEAD ODOR

[Len]

*The simple and only way to be rid of head odor is to convert to a
freshwater head (the seawater organisms produce the head odor and you just
have to be rid of them!)*
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*Just close the head lav discharge valve, install a T connection with hose
from lav discharge hose to head inlet hose (close head inlet valve) - then
fill the lav with water about 1 thumb deep - to flush you pump the head,
the sink freshwater goes to the head and flushes out the head discharge
valve - leave the head blue lever UP at all times - your head will smell
sweet forever!!!   Been over 4 years for me.*
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*Len Krane*
*AQUA5 #1070*
*Marina del Rey, CA*
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On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Jack McDonough <mcdonough5 at verizon.net>wrote:

> OK, I imagine I'll get some responses saying that what I did won't last or
> whatever. But for those of you who, like me, are not inclined to spend a
> whole lot of time trying to do major re-fits, here is my solution to the
> dreaded Head Odor problem.
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> There are those 320 owners who are a lot more skilled than I (Jeff Hare,
> for instance) who installed a larger vent hose from the holding tank and
> installed a new fitting where the hose exits the boat.
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> Last fall I decided it was time to do something about that head odor, so,
> encouraged by Jeff's instructions, I proceeded to disconnect the hoses in
> the medicine cabinet in the head, drop them down through the holes from
> whence they came, and remove the cabinet. The procedure also requires
> removing that plastic "fence" that surrounds the sink area. Otherwise,
> there's not enough room to remove the cabinet.
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> I then removed the panel at the rear of the hanging locker in the quarter
> berth by simply removing a few screws. Easy. This gave me access to the
> place where the vent hose exits the boat. What I found was that the plastic
> collar that holds the hose against the hull was not snug against the hull
> because of the rough surface of the hull wall. That, it seemed to me, was
> the reason the holding tank fumes were coming back into the boat. What I
> did, after considering all kinds of solutions, was to buy a package of
> those Styrofoam sheets that you find in hardware stores that are used
> behind electric wall outlets to prevent cold air from invading your house.
> I cut a round hole in a couple of these and used them as a gasket to
> provide a good tight seal between the collar to the hull. The result is
> that we had no odor problem this season. Yay !
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> Incidentally, others who have gone through this exercise tie strings to
> the hoses when they drop them below the medicine cabinet and haul the hoses
> back up later with those strings. I found it much easier to crouch in the
> hanging locker and poke the hoses back up where they belong. They stayed
> put long enough for me to get back into the head and replace their hose
> clamps.
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> Jack
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> "Sure Bet"  #947
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