AAA Marine Toilet

[Beatrice]

AAA Marine toilet

Has anybody any experience (maybe I should re-phrase that)..... knowledge of the above !! Mine is beginning to play up, with poor flushing etc so I need to determine the availability of spares/servicing routines etc.

Helo much appreciated

 

[Kilter]

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AAA Marine toilet

Has anybody any experience ...
Helo much appreciated

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No specific experience of that make but it must be big if you need a helicopter to lift it! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

If it's really in a bad way then you might consider changing it, which is what i did last year. I went for a Lavac, very reliable, parts easy, good value and uses very little water so good for use with holding tank...and we'll all need tanks sooner or later.

 

[HeadMistress]

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who's never heard of AAA marine toilets... Are you SURE that's the brand name of the toilet, and not just the bowl maker or seat/lid maker?

Got any idea how old it is? 'Cuz over past 3 decades, brands have come and gone--some rather quickly. In which case,even if you could still find even a kit with all the rubber bits, the hardware is so worn that your best course is to give it a decent burial and focus on which toilet is the best replacement for your boat and those who'll use it.

 

[rogerthebodger]

AAA are a supplier of mainly boating bits from taiwan but I dont think they do toilets now but have a look on there web site web page all kinds of stuff and not the best quality but OK but prices are good.

TMC also a taiwan company do supply toilets and these may have been badged AAA . I converted one of my jabsco to electric using a TMC conversion kit again OK but not completly up to scrach. Did buy is as a damaged kit and there for cheap and will investigate later. There web site isweb page

 

[HeadMistress]

Good info, Roger. From that I'm guessing that AAA may have sold TMC toilets under their own "private label" AAA brand name.

The question is, does it make sense to put any money into a toilet that can be replaced with another of the same quality for not much more. I don't think so. Yet there are many people who, over 10 years, have spent $500 or even more to keep a $100 toilet working...not particularly well, either. I also know people who just replace their $100 toilet every year with another $100 toilet as a matter of course...which makes even less sense when you consider that there are $200 toilets that will work flawlessly for at least 20 years if they're only kept well lubricated and rebuilt every 5-6 years.

You don't have to break the bank for a Blake to have a good reliable toilet...but cheap toilets--especially putting any money into a cheap toilet--is about the best example of "penny wise, pound foolish" I know of.

 

[Beatrice]

After a bit more reserach, I have come across a very faint, expolded diagram of a "Brydon Boy". This appears to be what I have!

Any body come across these beasties? and if so, are there servicing kits available/worth getting/

Thanks

 

[HeadMistress]

The Brydon Boy was a Canadian version of the Jabsco manual, built in Canada under a licensing agreement. Brydon went out of business in the early 1980s...no hardware parts have been available for more than 10 years. Jabsco did offer a service kit for it, but even discontinued that about 3 years ago...so it can no longer be repaired or even maintained, 'cuz no parts or spares are still available for at all any more.

It was a very well made toilet...far better and more durable than anything in its price range made today. But everything has a lifespan...and I'm afraid it's time for a new toilet.