[C320-list] Waste Tank Question

[Simon Rock]

Hi Bruce,

I think tank monitors are standard on Catalina's now. The last three boats I
bought (320/375) have all come with tank monitors. But they could have been
installed by the Australian distributor. I have my monitor on the instrument
panel, I flick a switch and it tells me how much is in each. Much easier and
quicker than removing cushions, pieces of board and doing a visual
inspection/tapping the side.

I would have thought that if you can smell your waste tank as full - it
really overtime to empty it. You don’t want it overflowing....

I have never pumped my tanks, I just head offshore, and open the gravity
drain  and feed the fish.

Cheers


Simon Rock
Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

Cat375 #54 Rock The Boat
Cat375 #41 Rocket

Cat320 #1163 Rockstar (Sold)

Experience The Whitsundays
www.cya.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Hunter
Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2013 10:01 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com; c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Waste Tank Question

I NEVER understood why tank monitors aren't standard equipt. We installed
the Sensa Tank 100. VERY easy install and comes woth everything to monitor 3
non-metallic tanks, I put the digital display right by the battery selector
switch and it does indeed look factory installed (get a Multi-Tool from
Harbor Freight to make the hole). Since it only draws power when you touch
the monitor I simply went with an inline fuse directly to Battery #1.
 Seacoast Services was the cheapest I could find at the time at around $170.
It'll say it monitors 4 tanks but that's including the propane tank (extra
parts needed) which we didn't do. The sensors are stick on's so no drilling
the tanks and we monitor all 3 tanks for what many people pay to monitor 1.
Here is the link if you want to read about it.
http://seacoastservices.com/sensalevel-indicators/


Bruce Hunter
Nauti Time #719



On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 2:46 PM, Doug Treff <doug at treff.us> wrote:
 
My PO left me a poopsicle too!  Gotta say I was surprised when I found it.
Sure am glad the tank and associated plumbing was not damaged! 
Although I doubt seriously I would have bought a boat with a bilge full of
sewage. Yuk!

---
Doug Treff
doug at treff.us


On 2013-12-02 21:58, Martin Rosenberg wrote:
> How do you check the status of your waste tanks? The PO of my boat 
> stored it for the winter with the tank FULL. I didn't know and since I 
> wasn't