Those electric conversion toilets are not worth it

[DangerousPirate]

Reading this thread shows how opinions differ on whats best. Do any of these electric toilets have manual as well?
Im going to ruin it now by mentioning the baby blake.. but there is a relevance as the blake can now be electrified while still retaining its manual function , but at an eye watering price..

I truly would appreciate a model that let's you use both at the same time. A manual back up incase the electric one just packs it up midflush.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I truly would appreciate a model that let's you use both at the same time. A manual back up incase the electric one just packs it up midflush.

I’ve met the odd chap whose movements probably require both simultaneously. And the boathook as a rammer.

 

[DangerousPirate]

I’ve met the odd chap whose movements probably require both simultaneously. And the boathook as a rammer.

Give him scissors so he can macerate by hand to make things easier.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

@Chiara’s slave … Was it you with the peach stone?

 

[PaulRainbow]

I truly would appreciate a model that let's you use both at the same time. A manual back up incase the electric one just packs it up midflush.

See post #80

 

[KompetentKrew]

A liveaboard use of the boat is 5 times the use that a prolific weekend sailor spends aboard.

At least 10x

 

[Chiara’s slave]

@Chiara’s slave … Was it you with the peach stone?

I don’t think so. Besides, such things would pass unnoticed though our heads.

Re motor boats and posh heads, there was, in the 1970s a boat in the then new Brighton marina that had a collection of south American Spanish gold coins, and the words ‘you’re sitting on a fortune’ cast into a clear perspex look seat. It’s possible they’d missed the apostrophe, I’m not sure.

 

[Dockhead]

I truly would appreciate a model that let's you use both at the same time. A manual back up incase the electric one just packs it up midflush.

Well, that would be the Jabsco electric conversion. It uses the same base as the manual one, so in case of failure you could just pop it off and replace with the manual pump. 5 minute job.

But there's no reason why a decent electric toilet will "just pack it up in midflush". They are as reliable as anything else on board. Do you have a hand pump for your pressure water supply, in case your water pump "packs up" in mid-shower? I don't (but I carry a complete spare pump).

 

[snowbird30ds]

Being a mobo on a budget I can see no reason to change my trusty old rm69 bog, it's never failed me yet and no need for power.
If I want a macerator I'll get a whisk...

 

[Dockhead]

I'm confused, isn't a full turd easier to spot and swim around than a finely chopped mush of turd?
I can't see there's really a difference between the two options.

Finally chopped turd mush is broken down and disappears vastly more quickly.

 

[Dockhead]

This is an amazing piece of steam-punk engineering. A real work of art. And priced as one, too --£8 238 . But there's a lot to like about the design -- the huge pump cylinder, the fully exposed discharge pipe . . .

 

[geem]

This is an amazing piece of steam-punk engineering. A real work of art. And priced as one, too --£8 238 . But there's a lot to like about the design -- the huge pump cylinder, the fully exposed discharge pipe . . . View attachment 199203

My first boat had one. A complete piece of junk. They leak from every joint. From a bygone era.

 

[DangerousPirate]

Well, that would be the Jabsco electric conversion. It uses the same base as the manual one, so in case of failure you could just pop it off and replace with the manual pump. 5 minute job.

Not what I mean. That is a messy job, especially if something failed to work. I meant a system that uses both systems at the same time without swapping. But yeah, apparently there is a system like that.

 

[Dockhead]

My first boat had one. A complete piece of junk. They leak from every joint. From a bygone era.

Oh, you've burst my bubble!

 

[Baggywrinkle]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is my relationship with my Jabsco Quiet Flush .... curses on the previous owner!

 

[rogerthebodger]

This is my Lavac with both manual and electric diaphragm pumps in parallel

https://flic.kr/p/WonZb7

 

[Elessar]

This is my Lavac with both manual and electric diaphragm pumps in parallel

https://flic.kr/p/WonZb7

And that’s on show???

 

[Rappey]

This is an amazing piece of steam-punk engineering. A real work of art.

Bubble bursting aside ,no other toilet lasts a life time.. no plastic, just bronze, mahogany (seat) porcelain and seals.
They used to have seals like traditional stern gland packing with greaser but nowadays they are silicon type seals.
They are a love or hate item. They are also available in different colours now

 

[geem]

Bubble bursting aside ,no other toilet lasts a life time.. no plastic, just bronze, mahogany (seat) porcelain and seals.
They used to have seals like traditional stern gland packing with greaser but nowadays they are silicon type seals.
They are a love or hate item. They are also available in different colours now

I purchases a full rebuild kit for mine. It didn't make much difference

 

[Sticky Fingers]

And that’s on show???

I’d like to hope not.