[C320-list] HEAD ODOR

[Dick Walker]

Yes this works



Cheers

Dick Walker


On Aug 11, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Len <aqua5len at gmail.com> wrote:

> *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:
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>> 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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>> aving Having mmmmmmmmmmmmHLast
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