We have a Techma and love it. I feel obliged to say that having paid so much for the damn thing! It really is an excellent toilet and super quiet. The water consumption is higher than a Vacuflush, of course, but there are no skid marks left in the bowl.
One thing to be aware of, a single tampon will stop a Techma dead! (A guest who apparently had hearing problems...) It's very easy to dismantle if it should happen (get her husband/boyfriend to help) and it shouldn't ruin your trip. On Jun 15, 2:04 am, waterguy <[email protected]> wrote: > Kerry - > > The noise is the one downside of the Vacu-flush system, and that's my > one worry about my new system (not installed yet). Your setup sounds > kind of weird. I haven't heard of that before either. What they may > have been thinking is that that the VF could feed either the LectraSan > and discharge overboard, or you could switch to the Microphor to be > held aboard temporarily while in a no-discharge zone. I'm not sure > about that from your description. > > I don't know much about the Microphor system; I looked at their Web > site and it says that you periodically add chlorine slugs to treat > liquid waste for discharge overboard. It also says that it allows for > temporary full retention of liquids, up to 3 days, to be pumped > overboard once the boat leaves a no-discharge zone. If you drop the > chlorine slugs into the head, I'm not sure how that will react in the > LectraSan, which uses an electrical charge to break down the waste. > > I don't think feeding a LectraSan from a VF is such a good idea. The > VF is supposed to be fed with fresh water (don't know if yours is set > up that way), and LectraSans require salty water for the electrolytic > decomposition to work. There's an optional brine tank and salt water > feed that LectraSan sells so their system will work in fresh or > brackish water. You mix rock salt with water in the tank and there's > a variable valve that you open to mix the brine into the water intake > to the head so that the effluent will be salty enough for the > LectraSan to work. So if your VF is fed with fresh water and you're > not adding salt, the LectraSan won't work right. > > The other reason that using a VF with a LectraSan is that the > LectraSan also requires a minimum volume of salty water (whether drawn > from a through-hull or from the brine tank) in each flush to work > right, and I don't think a VF uses enough water per flush for the > LectraSan to work right. That might explain your extended cycles. > > You might want to give a call to Marine Sanitation in Seattle and talk > to one of their experts. Their Web site is:http://marinesan.com/ > > Phone is 800-624-9111 > > Given the complexity of your system, it might be time to think about > re-engineering the whole thing. The Tecma discharging into the > Microphor sounds sensible, but keep in mind the limited retention time > that Microphor mentions. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
