Tileman
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I'm considering using a macerator to empty my black and grey tanks at home. Can anyone offer advise?
That one I installed was actually bought as a 'portable' one (in a hard plastic case). The only permanent thing about it is I hard wired 12V from the battery (other side of the coach) and hung the on-off switch in the bay.I bought a portable one to use when required.
I never could figure that one out.It's amazing how many RV parks seem to think that sewage flows uphill.
At least 3/4". 1" is even better. At home I used a short flex hose at the pump and fed it into 1-1/4 pvc pipe to cover the distance to the septic port. You don't need to cement the pipes together - it's not a pressurized line. Or use 1" or 1.25" plastic hose, like for a pool or sump pump.use the 3/4 inch hose, less pressure drop over distance.
HAHA before burn pits we dig holes. When mortars began popping some found themselves in warm foxholes.The truck camper has one packed so the tanks can be emptied in difficult places. I had a marine macerator on the bus. My daughter and I both have long hair. I got tired of taking the macerator apart to clean hair out of it, so it got bypassed. If I even need a pump again, I will buy a trash pump from Harbor Freight and build an adapter to lock it onto the sewer hose outlet. The trash pumps do not seem to have the problem with hair that the macerators have.