MartinGPerry
New member
A better cure for smelly heads
As others have pointed out, flushing with fresh water is no help against the smell, the problem lies in bugs growing in the inlet pipes and pump.
The best solution for this is to fit one of the small inline devices, (Lee Sanitation do one I think, I bought mine at West Marine in the States), that comes with a deodorant catridge. Throw the cartridge away they are expensive and useless, next time you are in Cherbourg go to the Hypermarket and buy a swimming pool filter chlorine tablet - its about the size of a small tin of baked beans and costs about £2
Whack it with a hammer to break it up and put a couple of pea size pieces in the in line holder, one tablet will give you enough pieces for years of sailing.
Now, when you flush the loo it will smell mildly of chlorine - about as much as a swimming pool, and the H2S smell is banished until its time to ad another tablet - ususally lasts about a week of daily use or a month or so of weekends. Its just a metter of unscrewing a cap on the to add a new tablet.
This has the added bonus of sterilisng the inlet pipe, pump and bowl heads each time the heads are flushed and also keeps the bowl white
I have had this fitted for three years now, it has had no effect on the heads valves or seals and the heads are as sweet as when they were new
Martin
Blue Chip
As others have pointed out, flushing with fresh water is no help against the smell, the problem lies in bugs growing in the inlet pipes and pump.
The best solution for this is to fit one of the small inline devices, (Lee Sanitation do one I think, I bought mine at West Marine in the States), that comes with a deodorant catridge. Throw the cartridge away they are expensive and useless, next time you are in Cherbourg go to the Hypermarket and buy a swimming pool filter chlorine tablet - its about the size of a small tin of baked beans and costs about £2
Whack it with a hammer to break it up and put a couple of pea size pieces in the in line holder, one tablet will give you enough pieces for years of sailing.
Now, when you flush the loo it will smell mildly of chlorine - about as much as a swimming pool, and the H2S smell is banished until its time to ad another tablet - ususally lasts about a week of daily use or a month or so of weekends. Its just a metter of unscrewing a cap on the to add a new tablet.
This has the added bonus of sterilisng the inlet pipe, pump and bowl heads each time the heads are flushed and also keeps the bowl white
I have had this fitted for three years now, it has had no effect on the heads valves or seals and the heads are as sweet as when they were new
Martin
Blue Chip
