Post by quaysider on May 23, 2018 6:50:50 GMT
OK - so, SO far on our first proper outing (not bender wise - that ship (no pun untended) sailed a long time ago). We've had 2 "issues" with the jabsco ... the first happend in trip 2 with the soapdodger on board... the solenoid decided to keep letting a bit of water into the bowl whenever it felt like it.
To remidy that one, I "you-tubed" it, took it apart and cleaned the diaphram then squirted a bit of silicone spray on and re assembled - RESULT? - flush worked better than when it was new and continues to do so...
HOWEVER - AS Patty will confirm... WHEN I put the "protective wall back over the gubbings"
I must have "knocked the fresh water flush elbow" WHICH over the course of the next couple of weeks, soaked the carpet in the bottom of the wardrobe AND Patty's rucksack.
In contrast to the latest hickup, that was nothing....
On Sunday morning (after a lovely bbq with 2 other boats) AND a quick natter with Andyberg who'd turned up with some mates for a picnic (didn't see any cucumber sandwiches but he assured me there were some ;-) ) .... we discovered a leak - BLACK water side...
I think what had happened was that - as I'm sure many people do to save power, overnight we adopt a policy of "if it's yellow let it mellow" (only when we're on our own of course) and THAT meant that by the time I sat down for a read on Sunday morning, there was already quite a bit in the bowl... water and power conscious, I did what I had to do and flushed...
NOW - the "extra" volume in that first flush, combined with a 3/4 full tank.. AND the elbow of the vent hose perhaps being a bit TOO close to the top of the blackstuff meant that a sphyon effect was created... thus ruiniing the charchoal filter and beginning a "slow drip" from the vent housing... which I'd taken to be "water /air tight" thanks to a robust looking rubber seal on the cap.
Andy first "noticed" the smell just after I'd flushed... and made the usual offensive remarks... it wasn't until about half an hour later, when it hadn't dissapateed, I thought I'd take a look in the wardrobe- only to find a damp patch appearing and on touhing it, realised it was slimy rather than wet.
Luckly - this is not smellyvision!
Emergency nappys in place, I investigate the source and found it to be the "other side " of the tank... ergo, it had trickled under it. luckily the subfloor is in 1 peice so at least it hadn't gotten into the bilge.
The nearest pump out was down the Rufford branch (7 locks) and on checking wtih Andyberg, the oher option was scarisbrick marina - which we'd planned to use when we moved on anyway...
So we set off SLOWLY to them ... having phoned first to see if anyone was on duty. Luckily for us, they had a chap there until 2pm We made it there by 1.30 so it was a bum twitching journey.
I'm not usually a fan of marinas, but I must say HOW much room there is in there for boats to move around in - it's certainly the sort of place you can easily take your boat out for a couple of hours on a nice day without having to faff around.
Anyway - 1 pump out later by who has to be the most jolly chap we've encountered and we could begin to clean up properly. AND it was only 15 quid!
Alas, I'm sure I've poured about that same value of dettol under the tank to rinse through the seepage. We carried on cruising for a few hours with the front doors wide open and all the portholes out. Stopping at The Scarisans head for tea - ONLY to be told they'd ran out of food ffs. JUST eat to the rescue again with a currry delivered to the boat!
It's nearly dissipated now but Sunday night was a bit unpleasant... Suffice to say, I've now marked on the side of the tank "tipping point" (well I've marked an inch lower) in the hope this doden'st happen again. I've also ptfe taped the threads on the (now empty as the charcoal filter disintegrate) filter chamber.
So Patty, as I said at the start of this waffle... you certainly dodged a bullet there!
To remidy that one, I "you-tubed" it, took it apart and cleaned the diaphram then squirted a bit of silicone spray on and re assembled - RESULT? - flush worked better than when it was new and continues to do so...
HOWEVER - AS Patty will confirm... WHEN I put the "protective wall back over the gubbings"
I must have "knocked the fresh water flush elbow" WHICH over the course of the next couple of weeks, soaked the carpet in the bottom of the wardrobe AND Patty's rucksack.
In contrast to the latest hickup, that was nothing....
On Sunday morning (after a lovely bbq with 2 other boats) AND a quick natter with Andyberg who'd turned up with some mates for a picnic (didn't see any cucumber sandwiches but he assured me there were some ;-) ) .... we discovered a leak - BLACK water side...
I think what had happened was that - as I'm sure many people do to save power, overnight we adopt a policy of "if it's yellow let it mellow" (only when we're on our own of course) and THAT meant that by the time I sat down for a read on Sunday morning, there was already quite a bit in the bowl... water and power conscious, I did what I had to do and flushed...
NOW - the "extra" volume in that first flush, combined with a 3/4 full tank.. AND the elbow of the vent hose perhaps being a bit TOO close to the top of the blackstuff meant that a sphyon effect was created... thus ruiniing the charchoal filter and beginning a "slow drip" from the vent housing... which I'd taken to be "water /air tight" thanks to a robust looking rubber seal on the cap.
Andy first "noticed" the smell just after I'd flushed... and made the usual offensive remarks... it wasn't until about half an hour later, when it hadn't dissapateed, I thought I'd take a look in the wardrobe- only to find a damp patch appearing and on touhing it, realised it was slimy rather than wet.
Luckly - this is not smellyvision!
Emergency nappys in place, I investigate the source and found it to be the "other side " of the tank... ergo, it had trickled under it. luckily the subfloor is in 1 peice so at least it hadn't gotten into the bilge.
The nearest pump out was down the Rufford branch (7 locks) and on checking wtih Andyberg, the oher option was scarisbrick marina - which we'd planned to use when we moved on anyway...
So we set off SLOWLY to them ... having phoned first to see if anyone was on duty. Luckily for us, they had a chap there until 2pm We made it there by 1.30 so it was a bum twitching journey.
I'm not usually a fan of marinas, but I must say HOW much room there is in there for boats to move around in - it's certainly the sort of place you can easily take your boat out for a couple of hours on a nice day without having to faff around.
Anyway - 1 pump out later by who has to be the most jolly chap we've encountered and we could begin to clean up properly. AND it was only 15 quid!
Alas, I'm sure I've poured about that same value of dettol under the tank to rinse through the seepage. We carried on cruising for a few hours with the front doors wide open and all the portholes out. Stopping at The Scarisans head for tea - ONLY to be told they'd ran out of food ffs. JUST eat to the rescue again with a currry delivered to the boat!
It's nearly dissipated now but Sunday night was a bit unpleasant... Suffice to say, I've now marked on the side of the tank "tipping point" (well I've marked an inch lower) in the hope this doden'st happen again. I've also ptfe taped the threads on the (now empty as the charcoal filter disintegrate) filter chamber.
So Patty, as I said at the start of this waffle... you certainly dodged a bullet there!
