Scary
Guru
How about this, a couple of nights ago my Electrasan blew up. I believe I had blockage in my vented loop and the water pressure from my Galleymaid toilet pump literally blew the side out of my Electrascan. I have the ability to divert waste from the Electrascan to my holding tank or directly through my through hull. I also due to the draft of my boat use a vented loop between the Electroscan and the through hull. I would not have thought my waste pump could develop enough pressure to rupture the tank, apparently it does. Fortunately I had been working on the system so the tank was mostly water. It was a very loud bang. Not shot gun load but loud enough to make you duck. You would think with the vented loop you would not be able to build pressure. I can also though a Y valve pump by passing the Electroscan through the vented loop to the through hull. When I trying pumping fresh waste water through the vented loop the Galley maid pump actually stalled. So I know the blockage is in the loop somewhere. If your not familiar with the old Galleymaid pumps they look like truck starter motors with weird corkscrew stators instead impellers. Anyway not a pleasant surprise. Thank god for shop vacs. At first I thought somehow I had ignited the chlorine gas created by the salt water and Platinum plates in the Electroscan under electrical charge. But after investigation and finding the blockage I think it was water pressure.