2014 275 FREEDOM WITH JABSCO PUMP OUT HEAD, CAN I FILL THE TOILET AND TANK WITH RV GUARD AND PUMP OVERBOARD TO WINTERIZE SYSTEM , AND WILL PUMP RUN IF TANK IS NOT COMPLETLY FILLED
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Legally you can not discharge anything in the waste tank unless you are at least 3 miles off shore and discharging is permitted in that area.
Typically you would pump out at a pumpout station and then winterize the tank and the toilet.
Typically you would pump out at a pumpout station and then winterize the tank and the toilet.
YES THANK YOU , I DID REALIZE TO HAVE THE PUMP OUT BOAT DO ITS DEED , I MENT AFTER THAT IS ALL TAKEN CARE OF CAN I FILL THE BOWL WITH 2 GAL OF RV GUARD AND POUR ANOTHER GALLON IN HOLDING TANK THEN PUMP OVERBOARD, AND WILL THE PUMP RUN WITH A PARTIALY FULL TANK
Even if the tank is filled withplain water you can't discharge within 3 miles. So after pumpout, add RV fluid to bowl, flush without filling tank with sea water, repeat once or twice and then leave the fluid in the holding tank.
Yes the pump will pump with a partially full tank
Yes the pump will pump with a partially full tank
THANK YOU SEASICK THAT IS EASIER THAN ANY U TUBE , WITH HAVING PUMP TAKE A SUCTION ON RV GUARD FLUID ,
It would help if we knew whether you were on the coast, or in Kansas. Putting your location in your profile always helps in getting more relevant answers to your questions.
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I pump out holding tank then shut off water intake and add pink anti freeze and flush until the pink flows back into bowl. This is with electric flush.
Fresh water flush?
I also don't fully understand how you get pink fluid flowing back into the bowl. Where does it come from (unless the system is fresh water flush and the fresh water has been treated with antifreeze.
It is my understanding i would disconnect the sea water intake and have a hose put in a gallon container of rv guard ,seem like a lot of work thanks for your input seasick
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A few questions I forgot to ask; Will your boat be stored on land for the winter? Does your raw water seacock plumbing have a strainer bowl?
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I'm not sure how it happens either but when the water supply is shut off and I go through the flush cycle the pink stuff flows back in from the rim of the bowl and then goes down the drain. Someone posted a video of how a head pump functions a few weeks ago. The video showed how there is a valve that is supposed to open and close. It sounds like many members has a similar function of disfunction with their heads.
If the fluid from the holding tank is flowing back into the bowl, it could be an indication that a joker valve if equipped needs replacing. That is a simple and inexpensive repair but can be messy. The jocker valve is a rubber 'duck bill' type of unit that allows flow in one direction but not the other. The valve allows the contents of the bowl to pass into the discharge hose and eventually the holding tank. When the flushing stops, the valve is supposed to close to stop back flow. Not all marine toilets have a joker valve but most have something similar that usually requires periodic replacement.
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