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I am thinking of fitting a Macerator pump or a Gulper pump to my Jabsco manual head ,I do not have a holding tank ,although there is space to fit one. Are there any problems in fitting .?

The reason no holding tank was on my last two boats there was always a wiff of toilet.
 
rtboss1 said:
I am thinking of fitting a Macerator pump or a Gulper pump to my Jabsco manual head ,I do not have a holding tank ,although there is space to fit one. Are there any problems in fitting .?
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You need an electric pump to pump the flush water in as well. The easiest solution is a Jabsco Electric Conversion kit.

rtboss1 said:
The reason no holding tank was on my last two boats there was always a wiff of toilet.
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That's an age thing!:rolleyes:
 
Cheaper to buy a complete toilet assembly. I got one from Force 4 for about £200 delivered to Spain when to replace the motor from the pump, not the whole pump, just the motor, would have been £155 and involving major disassembly.
 
cmedsailor said:
Easiest but very, very noisy.
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I'm sure it is quite noisy, but it combines the macerator pump with the flushing pump. As an alternative, there's Jabsco's "Quiet Flush" conversion kit, but that's about £250 more expensive, and probably not as quiet as we'd all hope.
 
pvb said:
I'm sure it is quite noisy, but it combines the macerator pump with the flushing pump. As an alternative, there's Jabsco's "Quiet Flush" conversion kit, but that's about £250 more expensive, and probably not as quiet as we'd all hope.
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"Quiet Flush" although expensive as you correctly mentioned, is MUCH quieter than these conversion kits (hopefully we mean the same; this https://www.jabscoshop.com/marine/m...29200-0120-electric-conversion-12-volt-dc.htm).
"Not as quiet as we'd hope"...well, again, probably a correct statement (!), but is there any quiet electric toilet? In any case it's much better than the conversion bowthruster kit....
 
cmedsailor said:
"Quiet Flush" although expensive as you correctly mentioned, is MUCH quieter than these conversion kits (hopefully we mean the same; this https://www.jabscoshop.com/marine/m...29200-0120-electric-conversion-12-volt-dc.htm).
"Not as quiet as we'd hope"...well, again, probably a correct statement (!), but is there any quiet electric toilet? In any case it's much better than the conversion bowthruster kit....
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Yes, that's the cheaper conversion kit. As for electric toilets generally, I've never found it a chore to use a manual Jabsco, and they're quiet with almost nothing to go wrong.
 
rtboss1 said:
I am thinking of fitting a Macerator pump or a Gulper pump to my Jabsco manual head ,I do not have a holding tank ,although there is space to fit one. Are there any problems in fitting .?

The reason no holding tank was on my last two boats there was always a wiff of toilet.
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Why do you want to fit a macerator pump? Is it to get rid of the “whiff of toilet”? If so, you’re not pumping enough flush water through to get all the waste out of the boat, followed by a good lot of dry pumping to shift the water. Just a bit more exercise rather than a pump....
 
I fitted a macerator pump which also included a flush pump. It kept seizing up so I replaced it with a whale diaphragm pump and separate flush pump and now it works a treat and not noisy.

I also fitted the same whale diaphragm pump in parallel with the henderson Mk V pump on my Lavac also works a treat.
 
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