Toilet Commandeered by Alien

[Graham_Wright]

A gross update. :ambivalence:


Apart from the stick of rotting fish, it's now all clear. Luckily I always have my lemon toilet block in the filter housing (see photos) so that should soon disinfect everything.

On a side issue, those lemon toilet blocks are a marvel of science. That same block has been in that filter for about 3 years now and, coming back to the toilets for the first time since September 2018, there was absolutely no bad egg smell from either toilet. Before I discovered the toilet block trick, the first few pumps always stank.

Richard

Filter, photo? Early start today but I can't see either.

 

[RichardS]

Filter, photo? Early start today but I can't see either.

The inline filter housing is the black thing in my OP that the eel is stuck in. The lid of the filter, which holds the steel mesh, is unscrewed and not in the picture. The yellow toilet block goes inside the steel mesh when the lid is screwed back on .... once the eel has been despatched, of course. :ambivalence:

Richard

 

[Giblets]

I suspect that future sittings on "the throne" will be done with more than a little apprehension!

 

[Graham_Wright]

The inline filter housing is the black thing in my OP that the eel is stuck in. The lid of the filter, which holds the steel mesh, is unscrewed and not in the picture. The yellow toilet block goes inside the steel mesh when the lid is screwed back on .... once the eel has been despatched, of course. :ambivalence:

Richard

Ah - I thought that was the toilet bowl - did seem a bit small. But then, I've never met you.

Where does the filter go - in the sea water flushing feed?

 

[paulajayne]

Pour in fresh water - it should them move out.

 

[RichardS]

Ah - I thought that was the toilet bowl - did seem a bit small. But then, I've never met you.

Where does the filter go - in the sea water flushing feed?

Good grief Graham. If that black thing was the toilet bowl, the hoses would be about 6 inch diameter. That would be some boat.

The filter is indeed a sea water inlet strainer, this one in fact: https://www.jabscoshop.com/marine/m...6400-0000-toilet-pump-inlet-strainer-hose.htm

Richard

 

[RichardS]

Pour in fresh water - it should them move out.

I'm not sure how one can ever get fresh water down the inlet hose, particularly when it's already blocked.

Richard

 

[prv]

Good grief Graham. If that black thing was the toilet bowl, the hoses would be about 6 inch diameter. That would be some boat.

I've long thought that, if I was fitting out a boat for serious liveaboard cruising, I'd be investigating industrial plumbing suppliers for valves and other fittings in 3 or 4 inch bore instead of the traditional 1-1/2.

Six seems excessive, though

Pete