[C320-list] Mascerator

[Guy Henry]

No, but i wouldn't think it's necessary.  The seacock should only be open
while pumping.
On Oct 14, 2014 4:32 PM, "Greg Flanagan" <greg.flanagan at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Yes.
>
> # 1076
>
> > On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:24 PM, "tharrison at innovations-plus.com" <
> tharrison at innovations-plus.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz <
> schwartz781 at optonline.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Ahoy....I am just getting around to install a macerator in #245, that I
> have had for 1 year. I plan to only use it when pump out facility is not
> available, I am planning on installing the power switch near the macerator
> and the thu hull just forward of the holding tank. As I plan to only open
> the thru hull when pumping overboard, I am not planning on installing a
> vented loop. Do you folks have a  vented loop in this line? Thanks.....Joe
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Bronwen Young wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Our macerator was seized when we bought our boat in 2012 (built in
> 1995).  I replaced it.  Fairly easy to do.
> >>> This Spring, 2014, it stopped evacuating the holding tank.  I took it
> out and brought it home.  I needed to remove
> >>> some fibrous material and a fair number of hairs from its metal plate
> and choppers.  Then I checked it in a bucket.
> >>> It very nicely shot a whole bunch of water into a second bucket.
> >>>
> >>> Moral: they may run for years, but they may need to be cleaned every
> once in a while.
> >>>
> >>> Hope this helps.  Oh, when you are retightening the hose clamps,
> finish off with a socket set.  Just using a
> >>> screwdriver won’t get them tight enough.
> >>>
> >>> Eric and Bronwen
> >>> FanaSea #198
>