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Holding tank
- John Easley
- Scurvy Dog
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- Vessel Info: Sold a 1986 42' Chris Craft Catalina. Looking for a 1999-2006 530 Voyager Pilothouse.
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- Solana
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- Wsullivan71
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- Midnightsun
- CYO Supporter
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2007 41CMY
Volvo D6-370's - Location: Montreal, Canada
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Re: Holding tank
Wsullivan71 wrote:Source of the post Another trick we learned from RVing is to dump a load of ice into the toilet and flush it into the holding tank. Take the boat out for a ride and the ice will break up any solids and eventually melt. Then pump it out as normal.
Somebody needs to explain this to me as this "trick" is not new and have heard about it dozens of times, problem is there is no way in hell this will do anything at all IMHO. If you dump ice into the holding tank in the summer which we will say is 75-80 F and by the time you untie and motor out of the marina to start trying to slosh this around I would have to assume there is no ice left! If someone has a secret on keeping ice cubes from melting in warm sewage please tell me as I really do not understand.
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Re: Holding tank
If there is no access, it's difficult to get that much ice in there. And you can't flush ice down the toilet either in an electric or Vacuflush or you're going to break something, I wouldn't recommend it. Vacuflush systems have a sensor pack on top of the tank that can be removed and would provide a means to dump a lot of ice in there but you run the risk of damaging the sensor array with all that ice banging up against it.
The best thing to do to keep the tank relatively clean is pump out often and use a product that will break down the solids. Some products use a lot of chemicals to accomplish this while others use a more natural approach with digestive enzymes. I've gone the enzyme route for a few years now and am happy with the results. There's a few brands producing these types of products now.
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