jfelds
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 15, 2013
- Messages
- 60
- Vessel Name
- Kokomo
- Vessel Make
- Hatteras LRC 48
Hi Guys:
I have new Raritan Vortex Atlantes Toilets connected to a new Raritan ElectraScan. After sitting for a few hours and flushing again, the smell is like low tide. Raritan and the marine plumber who sold and installed the equipment says sea grass got inside and it dries out and then when salt water is introduced again it makes it smell. The immediate fix is to remove the bowls to the dock, turn them upside down and give them an acid bath to kill the sea grass. FYI I disconnected the ElectraScan and tried a 50/50 water/bleach solution up to the rim, let it sit for an hour and it had no affect.
Raritan says to add a 20 mesh screen, and a KO2 kit which is a chemical induction tank to "Knock Out" odors. My plumber (authorized Raritan dealer in Palm Beach County, FL) says that it won't work and to convert the toilets to fresh water and add salt tanks to continue operating the new ElectraScan. The problem with the salt tanks according to Raritan is that using fresh water they are only good for "approximately 15 flushes" which means 10 to 12, which means every couple of days I have to lug a 5 gallon pale of salt water slurry down the spiral stairs to fill up two salt tanks which would make ultimately make a huge mess and me a slave to my own s**t. Certainly there has to be a better solution. Any ideas? Thanks.
Jim
MV Kokomo
48 Hatteras LRC
Laying Marsh Harbour
I have new Raritan Vortex Atlantes Toilets connected to a new Raritan ElectraScan. After sitting for a few hours and flushing again, the smell is like low tide. Raritan and the marine plumber who sold and installed the equipment says sea grass got inside and it dries out and then when salt water is introduced again it makes it smell. The immediate fix is to remove the bowls to the dock, turn them upside down and give them an acid bath to kill the sea grass. FYI I disconnected the ElectraScan and tried a 50/50 water/bleach solution up to the rim, let it sit for an hour and it had no affect.
Raritan says to add a 20 mesh screen, and a KO2 kit which is a chemical induction tank to "Knock Out" odors. My plumber (authorized Raritan dealer in Palm Beach County, FL) says that it won't work and to convert the toilets to fresh water and add salt tanks to continue operating the new ElectraScan. The problem with the salt tanks according to Raritan is that using fresh water they are only good for "approximately 15 flushes" which means 10 to 12, which means every couple of days I have to lug a 5 gallon pale of salt water slurry down the spiral stairs to fill up two salt tanks which would make ultimately make a huge mess and me a slave to my own s**t. Certainly there has to be a better solution. Any ideas? Thanks.
Jim
MV Kokomo
48 Hatteras LRC
Laying Marsh Harbour