I love my vacu-flush - that is, at least as much as an individual could love a biological wasts receptical. The PO installed it so I can't tell you much about the challenges of installation. What I CAN tell you is that each flush is ~1 pint of fresh water meaning that the ~20 gallon holding tank is good for ~150 flushes.
Many people live by the mantra that if it didn't come out of you then it doesn't go in the head. I've never had to follow that guidance and I've never, ever had the head become clogged. I've had conventional toilets become clogged more often than the one on my boat though I'm not sure feminine hygiene products would make it. It flushes with water from your freshwater tank so it does increase freshwater usage but the trade off is that the head doesn't smell and you can go considerably longer between pump-outs. If you exceed 3 miles from shore I believe you can pump overboard which is why the PO also installed a masserator pump. My y-valve no longer exists - just a thru-hull valve for the masserator pump discharge. There is a good amount of argument regarding the need to restrain the handle but it seems the answer lies in the fact that 2 actions are required to discharge overboard. Open the valve AND operate the masserator pump switch. I've been voluntarily and unvoluntarily inspected with no issue noted regarding the lack of a restraint on my thru-hull. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 10:13 AM Edd Schillay via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Listers, > > I’m looking to replace my Jabsco manual electric-conversion head on my C&C > 37+ to a better electric one. While Jabsco makes a “Lite” version which has > the same mounting holes and same connections as the one I’m replacing, I’d > like to consider other manufacturers as well. > > Has anyone done this? How did you mount it to the floor? There is no > access underneath there. Any insights welcome to help me save costs and > avoid a, pardon the pun, crappy job. > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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