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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 11:33:10 GMT
Dulcinea holds 1.5 metric tonnes of fresh water. Stainless steel tanks. Life support systems are important when the Armageddon comes. I suppose it could be viewed as excessive for a 30ft boat but worse things happen at sea.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 11:34:56 GMT
As anybody who has worked in any hierarchical structure could tell you, shit rolls downhill. So your system would work up until the point the tanks were equally full. After that you would need a pump. I imagine quite a strong one (and an efficient non-return valve). But the 'buy a fricking big boat' solution would work too, as would the 'just wipe your nadgers with a flannel' motif. Cor it's good here. ETA I'll always conclude the 'Thetford' type solution is best but a side hatch in the toilet compartment would be good since this would obviate the need to hoick the cassette through the boat (as well as effectively dealing with noxious odours). I was not suggesting the tanks were connected !! I just meant that if the capacities were such that you did a pumpout at the same time as filling the flush tank it would be convenient. There would of course be a pump for the toilet and it would draw water from a float switch/solenoid valve cistern setup filled by a second pump by the flushing tank. Too damn complicated. And you are the one who has been known to complain that some want their boat to be exactly like a house. KISS. Anyway if the feed was pressurised then the float valve could work exactly as it was intended. No solenoid needed. You might need another expansion tank though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 11:37:39 GMT
My mum's narrow boat had a tonne of shit under the bed. Used to heave the boat right over. Quite funny in a way but what was not funny is that it was a dump through toilet which means that the fumes escape every time it is operated. Not nice at all. That WAS a very toilet smelling boat ! Could have been worse. Might have been a ton.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 11:44:01 GMT
I was not suggesting the tanks were connected !! I just meant that if the capacities were such that you did a pumpout at the same time as filling the flush tank it would be convenient. There would of course be a pump for the toilet and it would draw water from a float switch/solenoid valve cistern setup filled by a second pump by the flushing tank. Too damn complicated. And you are the one who has been known to complain that some want their boat to be exactly like a house. KISS. Anyway if the feed was pressurised then the float valve could work exactly as it was intended. No solenoid needed. You might need another expansion tank though. I've had a Lavac sea toilet on the barge servicing 4 people full time for 6 years. I bodged up a little tank (nylon heating header tank) with a solenoid valve and a float SWITCH to provide the flushing water. It's worked perfectly well with no issues.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 11:58:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 13:02:29 GMT
The longer well deck works well for us and even with the best part of a ton of water in the tank it does not make more than a couple of inches difference to the trim. This could be because the boat has no ballast apart from a few weights to level it side to side, it does however have a 15mm base plateπ Best part of a ton? How big is the tank? Between 900 and 1000 litres π So as it's not heavy water it's the best part of a ton
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 13:15:50 GMT
Best part of a ton? How big is the tank? Between 900 and 1000 litres π So as it's not heavy water it's the best part of a ton
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 14:19:07 GMT
6ft X 4ft X 15 inches would be a littl less than a tonne.
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Post by Jim on Dec 17, 2021 14:29:35 GMT
I had a polyprop tank made up to fit under my bow deck, trapezoid shape, holds about 750ltrs/750kg. Lasts us a while. It's about .5m deep, 1m long and 2m on the long edge of the trapezoid.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 15:16:04 GMT
6ft X 4ft X 15 inches would be a littl less than a tonne. Can't remember the exact size but I measured it when I got the boat years agoπ― Not going up there before Christmas so can't measure it anytime soon.
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