Quote Originally Posted by JIM CHALOUPKA View Post
Can someone give me the step by step procedure for using the Macerator pump for holding tank draining.

I want to try it out and practice, before the need arises.

How long of a hose can one use?

Does the pump produce much head?

What maintenance is required? Is periodic use enough?

I have heard that the pump should not be run dry. If that is the case, how does one know when the tank is empty and to turn off the pump.
Wouldn't looking for the flow to stop at the hose end be catching it too late?

How do you clean the discharge hose in a way not to contaminate the potable water tap?

JIM

Jim,

You left yourself open on this one

To really appreciate the macerator pumps use you will need a tank full of nasties, with lotsa solids and paper, even better if well aged. Hose length is immmaterial as long as you have it running downhill, remember downhill! Head pressure depends on what is being ground at the time, in other words it is not a constant flow but rather a rather vial spurtting! Maintenance, I would throw it away when it quit working or after one use, whichever is first! (Usually happens at the same time) Ahh, to know when its empty (the
tank)......you will have probably abandoned the entire idea well before the tank empty's, either your gag reflex has triggered, your neighbors, or someone as far as 1/4 mile away.....perhaps even the police have arrived.
The hose, you don't clean it, you throw it away (in a yellow bio hazzard bag)or burn it!


John