neurodoc
Senior Member
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2014
- Messages
- 115
- Location
- Argentina
- Vessel Name
- Fitzcarraldo
- Vessel Make
- 55 Ft Steel Trawler
Hi there, greetings from Buenos Aires! I would like to redo the plumbing of my boat: there are two heads and one galley in my 50 ft steel trawler. Toilets have electric macerator pumps which take water from the river and discharge to the same. Grey waters are also discharged overboard. I would like to install a holding tank and have some questions I request you to help me with: will the macerator pump be capable of evacuating the bowl and moving the water into the tank about 12 feet away? ... or should I install a relay pump amid-ship? Given the distance from the toilet to the tank: If I cannot drain the pipe (or hose) from the toilet to the tank by gravity (slope) will the toilet need to be flushed with a lot of water to prevent nasty smell from water standing in piping? I know there are airplane like (vacuum driven toilets)... but they are far out of my reach, and I honestly would like to keep the system as simple, as possible.
All input will be appreciated!
Kind regards
All input will be appreciated!
Kind regards