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Old 09-21-2017, 06:37 PM   #18
sdowney717
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Originally Posted by ranger42c View Post
Entry hole?

Yes, closing the intake should help. Once you get the bowl clear, that would help inject a solution like Sew Clean if the problem is that the discharge hose is clogged with scale.

(Ours, which had been working fine, apparently dried out while I had the system open for a few days doing other stuff, and that's what caused the scale or whatever to harden, serious clog. Before using the SC stuff, we apparently had just enough of a pathway through that water in the bowl would eventually siphon itself through the hose and into the holding tank.)

If you really have to do any take-it-apart service, you'll appreciate having pumped out/rinsed/repeated in advance.

Under normal circumstances, the macerator should be able to break up any solids... so that it's mostly a liquid going out through the discharge hose. If you have something in there that isn't turning to liquid or is otherwize blocking the macerator blade (wet wipe? etc.?), a plunger may or may not help dislodge that enough to capture it.

A plunger may be hard on the joker valve. Using it to "push" may be OK, but using it to "pull" may invert the joker valve permanently... Just a guess, though...

I was thinking of these threads, mis-remembering that they're actually two separate threads. In any case, see the especially the second thread, Peggie's post #26 which illustrates the clog:

http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s...tml#post589682
http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s...let-27621.html


-Chris
After sitting for days, it still would not clear the bowl.

Found out some toilet paper had enhanced the clog ability. Used a screw driver to poke and pulled out some then it went down.

I tried the rubber plunger, and it did not help, actually caused a bit of a mess onto the floor.
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