The former owner of our boat installed what I'm sure he thought was a wonderful addition, a fancy electric head - a Vaccu-flush system with a macerator.
Unfortunately, this sucker is complicated, comes with a 74-page manual that Scott had to read three years ago during the night in order to make repairs I will not describe. (By the way, fixing the head is definitely on his job description).
This head also came with a stainless steel holding tank. We discovered these are not ironclad, so to speak, despite their hefty price tag.
In April, Scott stepped aboard to lift off the tarp and heard a bang. It was the implosion of the walls of the holding tank due to a vaccuum created in the tank from a stopped vent.
The long and the short of this means that we ended up hauling the sucker out of the boat (after Scott hand pumped out 10 leftover gallons of ??). This helped the smell on the boat considerably. We discovered that the sensor on the tank had been leaking slightly and that the piece of teak holding the tank in the V-berth locker was, um, not good to leave on the boat. So we removed it, used it to make a model of a new piece of wood, painted the wood with bilge paint and are replacing that. Already, with the new hoses, plugs and taps, we are well on our way to updating the old plumbing.
So far, however, the stainless holding tank, is remaining stubbornly misshapen.
We may have to look at replacing it with a plastic one.
One more thing....
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