The New Guy

[A&J Outdoors]

I do not know what model control panel you have on the system. A picture would help since I am sure the model was used on multiple hulls and model years and someone will be familiar with its operation and trouble shooting
You can describe it too. That will probably help identify the part

I'll get a picture tomorrow. It has a button for discharge and one for display level beside that are two lights I think they are 1/2 and 3/4 but not sure. When I push display level neither light up.

 

[Legend]

The Saiilfish have a Groco Macerator and tank level monitor. The tanks level monitors are inside the tank floats and they just rot away with time. It is a PIA to replace the internal floats. I put an external monitor on mine and it is much more accurate and dependable than the OEM.

 

[A&J Outdoors]

I do not know what model control panel you have on the system. A picture would help since I am sure the model was used on multiple hulls and model years and someone will be familiar with its operation and trouble shooting
You can describe it too. That will probably help identify the part

This is the one I have. If I push the "show level" button it does nothing.

 

[A&J Outdoors]

The Saiilfish have a Groco Macerator and tank level monitor. The tanks level monitors are inside the tank floats and they just rot away with time. It is a PIA to replace the internal floats. I put an external monitor on mine and it is much more accurate and dependable than the OEM.

I might have to do that too.

 

[seasick]

That is a TLM model. Go to this site and click on the right hand side box to download instructions.

Tank level monitor | GROCO

GROCO TLM-10 uses simple and reliable technology (floats) to indicate tank level in fresh water or waste holding tanks.

www.groco.net

Does the holding tank macerator run when you press the pump out button? If not, that might mean that there is no power to the control panel or a bad ground. ( or a dead macerator)

You will see the instructions that if the system thinks the tank is less than 1/4 full, no lights will be lit. The sender in the tank can go bad or get stuck. In addition to often being hard to get to, the job can also be a stinky, dirty one.
Have fun!

 

[A&J Outdoors]

That is a TLM model. Go to this site and click on the right hand side box to download instructions.

Tank level monitor | GROCO

GROCO TLM-10 uses simple and reliable technology (floats) to indicate tank level in fresh water or waste holding tanks.

www.groco.net

Does the holding tank macerator run when you press the pump out button? If not, that might mean that there is no power to the control panel or a bad ground. ( or a dead macerator)

You will see the instructions that if the system thinks the tank is less than 1/4 full, no lights will be lit. The sender in the tank can go bad or get stuck. In addition to often being hard to get to, the job can also be a stinky, dirty one.
Have fun!

I haven’t push the pump out, didn’t know if I should do that if I’m not actually pumping it out. Is it ok to do that? My instructions (owners manual) doesn’t say much, just to push check level to see level, nothing about if its under 1/4 full. it might be empty. EDIT just read the top part of you post with link to instructions, thank you.

 

[seasick]

You can push the pumpout button for a brief time , just be ready or have someone near it to hear if it runs.
Does your boat have a dc breaker panel? If it does, have you looked for a switch for the toilet? Also if it does, make sure the DC panel is ON. There may be a breaker and switch for that

 

[wahoo33417]

John: Congrats on the Sailfish. Following up with on what Seasick said about getting the garden hose well down into the water tank to let the water pressure do some cleaning. My boat stays on a rack and I'm sure they wouldn't be happy with me to cut the end of a hose, which I think would be necessary to get it well down into the tank. So I just fit a length of 3/4" clear hose onto the female end of a hose barb and keep it on the boat. Actually, this was the only way to fill the tank on my previous boat, a 258 as the opening was too small to get a garden hose well enough inside. I also do the 1/2 cup of bleach once in a while.

I did several cups of bleach into a full water tank when we first bought the boat, knowing the boat had sat a while. Went for a boat ride to bounce around a bit and then let it sit before emptying it over the span of a couple of days. Other than bleach smell, I don't remember anything particularly nasty coming out.

 

[seasick]

I did not explain my method very well. A normal hose end will not fir the fill. I have a nozzle on it and hold the nozzle in the fill hole. I have to hold it to keep it from shooting out but it works well to stri up the tank and let the water overflow. I guess that in cases where the fill hose is longer and less direct than mine, the spray from the nozzle may not do as good a job of flushing the gunk of the bottom of the tank.

 

[Halfhitch]

I did not explain my method very well. A normal hose end will not fir the fill. I have a nozzle on it and hold the nozzle in the fill hole. I have to hold it to keep it from shooting out but it works well to stri up the tank and let the water overflow. I guess that in cases where the fill hose is longer and less direct than mine, the spray from the nozzle may not do as good a job of flushing the gunk of the bottom of the tank.

I agree with your method. I have a short piece of 1/2 inch flexible garden
Hose about 10 feet long, which I have cut the male fitting off of. I screw it on to my regular garden hose and push the cut end all the way into the holding tank and turn it on full blast. It boils out like crazy and at the same time I remove the deck shower sprayer and let it run full flow. I do this after doing the bleach treatment. Pretty much like wahoo described.