What Is Best To Put In Vacuflush Toilet To Clean

01-21-2018, 09:28 PM	#1
Senior Member City: Cruising Florida and Bahamas Vessel Name: Sum Escape Vessel Model: M Banks 47' Europa Join Date: Jun 2022 Posts: 214	Clean out Vacuflush Vacuum Tank Then our Vacuflush toilets have been flushing slowly and I discovered an aggregating of toilet newspaper in the vacuum tanks (non the holding tank) where h2o is accumulated for the vacuum pump to discharge into the holding tank. Does anyone have a suggestion for a chemical that will dissolve the quondam TP? Or some other method I tin can use to clean out the tanks? Yes nosotros are using marine TP and using enough of water. I retrieve it is but a long accumulated mess that needs attending. Thanks

01-21-2018, 09:32 PM	#ii
Guru City: Sydney Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 1,646	Caustic soda merely be very conscientious

01-21-2018, 09:43 PM	#iii
Guru City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes Vessel Proper name: Wearisome Hand Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45 Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: x,613	How about tilting the inlet terminate of the tank up, filling it with water, let it sit over dark, and pump it out. Echo as necessary. Ted __________________ Web log: mvslowhand.com I'1000 tired of fast moves, I've got a boring groove, on my mind..... I want to spend some time, Non come and become in a heated rush..... "Tedious Hand" by The Arrow Sisters

01-21-2018, 09:59 PM	#4
Guru Urban center: Gibsons, B.C., Canada Vessel Name: Island Pride Vessel Model: Palmer 32' Join Date: October 2007 Posts: 3,733	RVs sometimes have a similar problem. There are cleaners available. And so far I've not needed one so have no recommendations. But browse the RV places. They usually have to be immune to sit down for a while, several hours or more, simply have a look.

01-21-2018, 10:11 PM	#5
Guru City: Sidney BC Canada Vessel Name: RochePoint Vessel Model: 1985 Cheer Men PT38 Sedan Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: one,694	Endeavor using Noflex Digestor for a while, it does a great job of cleaning things upwardly and if yous follow the normal dosage subsequently it works wonders with odours ......... __________________ Thanks Mike

01-21-2018, eleven:33 PM	#6
Guru Metropolis: East Coast Vessel Name: 1000/V Maerin Vessel Model: Solo 4303 Join Date: Jun 2022 Posts: 869	I experienced this awful mess not too long ago, it was related directly to TP. In particular, Angel Soft brand that we had used for a number of years without a problem, along with many RV folk who recommended it on many of the RV forums. Shortly prior to experiencing a major blockage in the one vacuum tank, we discovered that Affections Soft had inverse their formulation and afterwards doing the TP in a glass jar exam, it failed almost every bit spectacularly as information technology blocked the vacuum tank. The blockage was a paste of TP and feces with much of the h2o content pulled out. There was no salvation other than removing the tank and flushing information technology with a hose with some mechanical loosening. I'm a retired Master plumber, it ranked upwardly there with the pinnacle yuck-worthy experiences in my time in the trade. I would VERY strongly discourage the use of caustics, sulfuric acid, or any chemical solution. Information technology's bad enough with a paste of poop and paper, but caustics only compound the mess and additionally make it very dangerous. If it doesn't clear the blockage, and then yous've got a unsafe caustic stinky mess that volition rain havoc on whatsoever it comes in contact with when it pops free. DON'T DO IT!! Use a hose to flush information technology out. If you lot can manage to affluent information technology into a normal (not-marine) toilet and affluent the belch, that'south probably best, mayhap flush it into a v gal. saucepan and then dump that in a h2o cupboard. It'south just a messy task, no getting around it. Once the tank is cleared, you may consider treating information technology with hydrochloric acid to remove urinary salts that typically build up in the tank and can initiate blockage from those buildups. Examination your TP periodically. "Marine" just means more than expensive, "Septic prophylactic" is no better assurance, either. Take a wad of your potential TP, drop information technology in a clear container of water, let stand x min. or and so, then shake it upwardly. If the paper turns to a slurry, information technology passes. If it retains its sheet grade, move to the next prospect. Utilise the brand that disintegrates near completely and quickly. Patience! Good luck!

01-22-2018, xi:07 AM	#7
Guru Join Date: October 2007 Posts: 22,553	"I'm a retired Master plumber, it ranked up in that location with the height yuck-worthy experiences in my time in the trade." As was my father , only he always said, "It washes off".

01-22-2018, 12:52 PM	#8
Guru City: AR Join Appointment: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,296	I retrieve yous managed to miss that the trouble is NOT in his holding tank but in the VacuFlush VACUUM tank. And it'south not a true clog, it's a "slurry" of water and accumulated TP (which he claims is marine/rv from WM) that's causing the toilet to flush very very slowly. We spent some time on the telephone last night and this morning I had a talk with Patrick LeClerc, CEO of Trac Ecological who makes Sew Clean Sew together Make clean He told me that Sew Make clean will "swallow" some toilet paper...prob'ly not the previously mentioned Angel Soft, simply should include marine/rv and any other "quick dissolve" TP. He recommended a 4:i dilution ratio then that the solution is stronger than the normal Sew Clean, and allow the solution stay in the system for at least 16 hours, up to 24 hours followed by a fresh water flush with plenty of water. Waiting to find out if it works. Besides have a call into Dave at Zaal (makers of No-Flex Digester). I also recommended that he open up the vacuum pump to cheque for a buildup in it around the bellows 'cuz it's unlikely that NONE of the TP fabricated it that far. Peggie "If you can't explain information technology to a 6 year quondam, you don't completely understand it yourself." --Albert Einstein

01-23-2018, ten:23 AM	#9
Senior Fellow member City: Cruising Florida and Bahamas Vessel Name: Sum Escape Vessel Model: Grand Banks 47' Europa Join Date: Jun 2022 Posts: 214	Results Well here is what I did/ am doing on this slurry of TP in the accumulator tank. I disconnected pump and filled accumulator tank with a concentrated Assimilate It solution through the toilet and let it soak overnight. Reconnected pump and permit Vacuflush cycle. So turned off water to toilet and flushed h2o in bowl. Turned off pump and relieved vacuum (flushed dry toilet) and turned off vacuum pump. I so pulled the toilet input hose to the accumulator tank, turned on the vacuum and used a hose and nozzle to spray effectually the inside of the tank through the input hose fitting to launder out remaining residue equally it was being pumped out. Put hose back together and a couple fresh water flushes after that and all is well. I am going to soak once again with Assimilate It and hose out again to get last remaining junk out of the tank. YMMV

01-23-2018, 12:02 PM	#10
Guru City: Due north Carolina for now Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: half-dozen,348	I'm curious, which type of Vacuflush do you accept? We had the components on our boat (pump separate from vacuum tank), and the tanks discharged from the bottom, no fashion to accumulate anything on the bottom. __________________ George "There's the Correct Way, the Wrong Manner, and what some guy says he's gotten away with"

01-23-2018, 01:24 PM	#11
Senior Member City: Cruising Florida and Bahamas Vessel Name: Sum Escape Vessel Model: Grand Banks 47' Europa Join Engagement: Jun 2022 Posts: 214	Quote: Originally Posted by caltexflanc I'm curious, which blazon of Vacuflush practice you have? We had the components on our boat (pump separate from vacuum tank), and the tanks discharged from the lesser, no style to accumulate annihilation on the bottom. Attached is a diagram (if I did it correctly) Fastened Thumbnails

01-23-2018, 04:00 PM	#12
Guru Metropolis: AR Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: ii,296	Quote: Originally Posted by caltexflanc I'thou curious, which type of Vacuflush do you lot take? Nosotros had the components on our boat (pump separate from vacuum tank), and the tanks discharged from the bottom, no way to accumulate anything on the bottom. Too little h2o with too much TP tin can clog the discharge port in the vacuum tank, causing TP to pile up in the tank. So tin flushing something that shouldn't have been flushed. I remember removing a fist sized blimp teddy bear from a vacuum tank...flushed past the owner'due south grandchild. Fortunately, though, the vacuum switch assembly on your vacuum tank is a 3" threaded cap at one end that tin be easily removed to clean out the tank. UNfortunately (as yous'll see in the photo Tom provided), that's not true of the vacuum tank in his vacuum generator. Peggie "If yous tin't explain information technology to a six twelvemonth old, y'all don't completely understand it yourself." --Albert Einstein

01-23-2018, 04:10 PM	#xiii
Guru Urban center: Due north Carolina for now Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: vi,348	Aye, that'southward a different set upwardly from ours. So that tube outlined on the left goes down virtually the bottom of the tank? We had the reward of having lots of space, and everything could travel down loma from one component to the next. And we're big believers in the "employ some water" lodge. So many people call back these are like airplane toilets, printing the button and release. __________________ George "There's the Right Way, the Wrong Style, and what some guy says he's gotten abroad with"

01-23-2018, 06:28 PM	#xiv
Senior Member City: Due north Port, FL Vessel Name: Vii Tenths (sold) Vessel Model: Mirage / Bully Harbour 47 Bring together Appointment: Dec 2022 Posts: 477	Sum Escape, It sounds like y'all are well on your way to cleaning upwards the trouble. 2 years agone, I had a few days with nothing better to practice, and so I asunder the 2 hose connections and removed the entire vacuum generator (actually iii of them) from the gunkhole. With bleach, gloves, goggles, a coat hanger and garden hose, I cleaned out the generator(s). They usually take 42-46 pump cycles each time nosotros flush them and so we count every few weeks to make certain they are running fine. Taking the generator out of the boat, also makes irresolute the duck bills much easier. Practiced luck.

01-23-2018, 06:40 PM	#15
Veteran Member Urban center: Sequim Vessel Name: Toad Hall Vessel Model: Bluewater 40 Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 60	You lot had two days with cypher meliorate to do than Make clean OUT YOUR HOLDING TANK???!!! Dude................actually?

01-23-2018, 06:54 PM	#16
Senior Member City: North Port, FL Vessel Proper name: Vii Tenths (sold) Vessel Model: Mirage / Great Harbour 47 Bring together Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 477	Toadhall, No, I cleaned the vacuum generators. The holding tank gets pumped out virtually every 4-five weeks. In that location is ever a list of projects to be washed on the boat. In the next few weeks, probable scrub and paint the engine room, maybe paint some of the bilges, and if I get bored, perhaps supersede some head hoses.

ten-18-2021, 10:04 AM	#17
Newbie City: Trinity Join Date: October 2022 Posts: one	Were the results from Sew Clean and No-Flex Digester always published here? I have a vacuum tank that is virtually impossible to remove and II can't get to the discharge fitting to clean it out. TP plug......

10-18-2021, 04:23 PM	#eighteen
Guru Metropolis: Edgewater, MD Vessel Name: Catalina Jack Vessel Model: Defever 44 Join Date: Nov 2022 Posts: three,005	Wow, aren't vacuflush systems the greatest!

10-eighteen-2021, 04:29 PM	#19
TF Site Team City: Seneca Lake NY Vessel Proper name: Bacchus Vessel Model: MS 34 HT Trawler Join Appointment: November 2022 Posts: 5,958	Quote: Originally Posted past catalinajack Wow, aren't vacuflush systems the greatest! Aye... especially when the boat builders install them in such hands accessible locations for EZ maintenance! __________________ Don 2008 MS 34 HT Trawler "Bacchus"

10-20-2021, 07:14 AM	#xx
Guru City: Annapolis Vessel Model: 58' Sedan Bridge Join Date: Aug 2022 Posts: 5,936	OK, so now nosotros have a boat with VacuFlush toilets. Completely rebuilt, new sanitation hoses, etc. $$$ Only I judge information technology means I now demand to pay attention to TP, unlike earlier with our electrical macerating toilets. Can folks here advise what brands/sub-brands of TP pass the "self-dissolve" test? And of those, are in that location any that are actually absorbent, don't just smear, and don't feel like sandpaper? -Chris __________________ Chesapeake Bay, Usa

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