Depending on when you bought it, your Microphor MIGHT actually be* a Type I....they did make a Type I* in the mid-90s but discontinued it after only a very few years.
Macerater pump, associated electrical, seals and salt water equals pain in the butt!!
Not when good quality equipment is installed correctly and operated and maintained according to directions.
...doesn't mean I couldn't apply for certification...
Only if you want to build the device and pay for an approved independent lab to do the testing, then submit those test results to the* CG...and every 5 years, pay a lab to retest it and resubmit it for certification. I think you'll find it a lot easier and cheaper to install a proven device from a reputable mfr.
I agree that certifying an automated device which I'm sure the USCG wants is very difficult otherwise there would be more and cheaper models out there.
Not the reason at all. It's the enviro-nazis, not the certification process, that's prevented the development of better and cheaper treatment devices
. Every year for 5 consecutive years, US Congressman Jim Saxton (R-NJ) introduced a bill that would have lowered the legal* bacteria count for Type I and II devices from their current levels to a max of 10/100 ml, and allow any vessel equipped with a device that meets that standard (btw, the Raritan LectraSan, PuraSan and ElectroScan, and the Groco ThermoPure all do meet that proposed new standard) to use 'em in ALL waters including NDZs....none of 'em ever even made it out of committee to the House floor...the environmental lobby who wants the whole world to be an NDZ--headed by Ed McKiernan, recently retired president of SeaLand Technology (yes, those wonderful folks who also make the VacuFlush) blocked it every year. He finally gave up.* You can read his last try here:
http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr1027.html** So the REAL reason there are no new treatment devices is because no mfr is gonna invest a penny in R&D for a device that, if the enviro-nuts are successful,* they may never be able to market
. You'll get a good idea of what Raritan and other equipment mfrs have been up against by reading this:
McKiernan-Husick MSD White Paper & rebuttal
But I have an issue finding a very low spot for the combo tank.* How critical is it that the top of the tank unit is below the head?
It's a common issue and there are workarounds if it 's not possible...call Raritan.* 800-352-5630 x 6.* Vic Willman has retired after 40 years there....ask for Jerry.
The Nature's Head composting toilet meets all "No Discharge" regulations and is a U.S Coast Guard Approved type III marine head. USCG Certification
Fred...* Federal law defines a Type III as "a device that is designed to prevent the overboard discharge of treated or untreated sewage or any waste derived from sewage"* and ANY device that meets that definition--even a coffee can!-- is automatically a USCG certified Type III MSD....no testing, no actual certification required.
And btw, the AirHead and Nature's Head are actually dessicators, not composters.
...yet municapilities are delighted to have "an emergency" every year decade after decade, and dump millions of gallons into places like the Long Island Sound on a timetable.
Every YEAR??? Where have you been, Fred...that happens every time it rains! If you like composters and dessicators, you'll LOVE incinerators...check these out:*
- I N C I N O L E T - * ** <a href="http://www.thezld.com/">The ZLD
</a>Trust me, you don't want to be downwind of either one!
-- Edited by HeadMistress on Sunday 25th of March 2012 01:41:19 PM
