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Can anyone tell me if you can manually flush an electric head when the
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Leonard wrote:
Can anyone tell me if you can manually flush an electric head when the power is out? I have an electric Lavac head, where the electric pump is actually 4 feet "downstream" of the head. It can be setup with a manual pump in series, which would be handy since the electric tends to suffer from minor clogs. I don't have room to do it, but I can swap out the pump in about 10 minutes, or even do strip down and clean in about 20 minutes total, so its not a big deal. Although I'm generally pleased with the Lavac, I hesitate to recommend it to people that are really looking for something as close as possible to a home toilet. Most guests are baffled by its operation, and prefer to hold it until they get ashore! |
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On Sat, 06 May 2006 09:33:23 -0400, Jeff wrote:
Although I'm generally pleased with the Lavac, I hesitate to recommend it to people that are really looking for something as close as possible to a home toilet. Most guests are baffled by its operation, and prefer to hold it until they get ashore! My wife and I are going to sail test a steel cruiser shortly and her rationale for wanting this particular boat as a liveaboard/passagemaker was the presence of a new manual Lavac. For someone just five feet tall, she seems consumed by the notion that Lavacs are the one marine head you can "flush a pair of jeans down". Personally.... R. |
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It depends on the head. Some have manual pumps that are connected to a
motor. Disconnect the motor and stick in the handle and you have a manual head. |
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rhys wrote:
My wife and I are going to sail test a steel cruiser shortly and her rationale for wanting this particular boat as a liveaboard/passagemaker was the presence of a new manual Lavac. Your wife does know that they can be installed on other boats, doesn't she? |
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rhys wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2006 09:33:23 -0400, Jeff wrote: Although I'm generally pleased with the Lavac, I hesitate to recommend it to people that are really looking for something as close as possible to a home toilet. Most guests are baffled by its operation, and prefer to hold it until they get ashore! My wife and I are going to sail test a steel cruiser shortly and her rationale for wanting this particular boat as a liveaboard/passagemaker was the presence of a new manual Lavac. For someone just five feet tall, she seems consumed by the notion that Lavacs are the one marine head you can "flush a pair of jeans down". Personally.... R. Sorry, Lavacs are not that powerful. The pump is simply a Henderson Mk V bilge pump. The manual version can pass small debris and waste fairly well, but the electric can get its flapper clogged by a small bit of solid waste; I end up stripping our down once a year (a 20 minute task). The difference is that you can give a mighty yank on the manual, while the electric just chugs along at a modest pace. There is one electric vacuum head that can pass a t-shirt, but I think it requires fresh water; Peggie probably knows which one it is. |
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On Sat, 06 May 2006 15:54:03 -0600, Paul Cassel
wrote: rhys wrote: My wife and I are going to sail test a steel cruiser shortly and her rationale for wanting this particular boat as a liveaboard/passagemaker was the presence of a new manual Lavac. Your wife does know that they can be installed on other boats, doesn't she? Yes, but I wanted to avoid describing a Lavac head as "icing on the new cruiser cake", a simile I suspect even Peggie H. would avoid. R |
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Thanks for the insite. My wife decided we need a Jabsco "Quiet Flush"
in the master cabin. We will also install a Raritan "PH-II Electric/Manual" in the guest head. I can't find any conversion system for the Jabsco, but the downstream idea should work fine. Thanks again for the info. |
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Thanks for the insite. My wife decided we need a Jabsco "Quiet Flush"
in the master cabin. We will also install a Raritan "PH-II Electric/Manual" in the guest head. I can't find any conversion system for the Jabsco, but the downstream idea should work fine. Thanks again for the info. |
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Leonard wrote:
Can anyone tell me if you can manually flush an electric head when the power is out? Only if the toilet is actually a manual toilet to which a motor has been added. Macerating electric toilets and others that were designed specifically to be electric toilets cannot be flushed manually. However, I've always been baffled by the big concern over whether an electric toilet can be flushed in the event of a power failure...'cuz if that should happen, so whether you can flush a toilet will be the LEAST of your worries...you'll also lose all your electronics and engine...but at least you'll still be able to use a bucket if you can't flush the toilet. -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304 |
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