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How big is your waste tank?
- km1125
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How big is your waste tank?
I currently have two 40 gallon waste tanks. They both need to be replaced, along with all the hoses (ching ching $$). I had a brainstorm today and was thinking about just using one tank and plumbing both heads into the same tank. If I do this I only have to buy one tank and I could even buy it a bit larger than the original, so I could go up to 50 or 55 if necessary. It would also eliminate one whole (LONG) section of waste hose (from the rear tank to the pump out). I'd only have to cut one extra hole though a bulkhead to connect the aft head to the fwd tank and that hose run would be about the same length as the original that went to the aft tank, so overall that length would be a 'wash' over stock.
Is 40 gallons too small for two heads? We don't use them much and have never filled them even when they were working.
EDIT: Here's a graphic of what I'm talking about. (Ignore that little kink in the pumpout line from the fwd tank)
- bud37
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Re: How big is your waste tank?
One thing , there is nothing better than some redundancy...one breaks you still got one. We have one 30gl and it takes a while to fill it.....1 to 2 litres/ flush for 113L tank = lots o flushes....
Just another point of view to consider.
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Re: How big is your waste tank?
Don't know how I'd do PVC... are you talking about regular "non-bendable" PVC or something different? I'm not sure there's enough of a stretch anywhere that's straight enough, except in the pump-out line starting near the aft head and going about 6' forward towards the pumpout.
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Re: How big is your waste tank?
I do like having two tanks with monitors when others are on board. You never know when someone will use 10x water than needed and fills a tank. You can then close that head and use the other until you get to a pumpout.
Mike, how did you fit a 30 gallon for the aft head? I could do it for the forward, but no room aft.
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