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Thank you aware of discharge regulations, I'm in the gulf of Mexico and know where it is legal to discharge. Just can't locate the seacock valve, there is a pump out station in the harbor just difficult to get in and out of the area with this 44ftGeez. I read "black water taste" as I was scrolling through...yikes. You don't say where you are from, but chances are your seacock for the macerator either is missing the handle, or it is strapped down. Overboard discharge of waste is a big no-no and will cost you $$ unless you are (I think) 3 miles offshore in the ocean. Never legal in lakes.
I've seen marinas with that setup and I'm always so jealous. My marina has a pumpout location, but it can only accommodate small boats, so I have to either use a mobile pumpout service (at ~$50/visit) or use the various free pumpouts around the area whenever I go by one and have the time to do it.I've spent most this season in a new location/marina. My whole dock is plumbed for pump outs, got a connection right behind my boat. Thinking about making the change permanent.
Ask your marina if you don't know the dock neighbors. Most areas have a "pumpout boat" that will come to each marina and pump your boat out for a fee. Easier than going to the pumpout station and it can be done when you are not there. It cost us $30 vesus $25 at the marina. Prices vary. The company we use is called "Mr. Stinky"! Great guy aka Lanier Pump Out... Best $30 I spend on the boat.Thank you aware of discharge regulations, I'm in the gulf of Mexico and know where it is legal to discharge. Just can't locate the seacock valve, there is a pump out station in the harbor just difficult to get in and out of the area with this 44ft
You can put water into the tank through the pump-out deck fitting. Just don't stick your fresh water hose down into the pump-out deck fitting!!!! You might want to have a dedicated hose for that - or at least a short extension to screw onto your fresh water hose.Our town public docks have a free pump out.
How do you refill your tank to do a flush?
I wish ours did but not that luckyI've spent most this season in a new location/marina. My whole dock is plumbed for pump outs, got a connection right behind my boat. Thinking about making the change permanent.
Same age; smaller boat. My 300DA has a two-way valve behind the water heater, almost against the transom on the port side.So we bought a 440 sundancer. Holding tank is full and we can't find the seacock valve. Can you pump it out without opening the valve?
Not on mine. It has a macerator pump that won't let anything go back into the tank from the waste port. We just run the daylights out of the toilet to flush large quantities of fresh water into the tank for the followup pumpout.You can put water into the tank through the pump-out deck fitting.
I was replying to Jmauld, but... you must have a direct line to the tank in order to do a pump out, right? I mean, if the macerator was inline then you wouldn't be able to do a pump out. HOWEVER, you may have a Y-valve to divert the tank to either the deck fitting or the mac?Same age; smaller boat. My 300DA has a two-way valve behind the water heater, almost against the transom on the port side.
Not on mine. It has a macerator pump that won't let anything go back into the tank from the waste port. We just run the daylights out of the toilet to flush large quantities of fresh water into the tank for the followup pumpout.
I think my setup may have been an add-on. The macerator pump is directly downstream from the holding tank, then it goes to the Y-valve to direct the effluent to either the Waste pumpout port, or directly overboard. The way we get away with being able to use a suction pumpout with this setup is that the macerator pump is the same style of pump used to create vacuum for the system. The duckbill valves let the goop get sucked right out....you must have a direct line to the tank in order to do a pump out, right? I mean, if the macerator was inline then you wouldn't be able to do a pump out. HOWEVER, you may have a Y-valve to divert the tank to either the deck fitting or the mac?