| Re: Thermasan Question: Chemical Toilet [message #315612 is a reply to message #315609] |
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midlf
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Registered: July 2007
Location: SE Wisc. (Palmyra)
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The speed sensor and vacuum switch can be replaced with a thermocouple temperature controller. According to the Thermasan documents I have the vac and speed were just to make sure the engine exhaust was hot enough to destroy any of the microscopic critters.
As to chemicals. What happens to the metal parts of the exhaust both before the liquid vaporizes and after. I.E will it cause any undesireable corrosion. This would have to be answered by someone with chemical smarts.
Matt Collie is the guru on these things. The Cole-Parmer pump can still be purchased. The wiper motor can be found. The bracket and the brass coupling between the motor and the pump. It took two sets of pump/motor assemblies to make one good one. Pump assembly screws on one were so corroded they had fractured the plastic, but the motor was good. The other had a good pump but the motor was toast. The whole thing is rather simple and could be easily duplicated. If you look up the price of a new pump don't choke. The exhaust injector can be easily fabricated and the control head can be cobbled up. The only thing not available is the level sensor. But that can be worked around.
You see a holding tank gauge near full. You turn on the Thermasan and a few hours later the tank is only half full. You smile.
Half is as far down as the system can pump. I presume the intake is installed at half tank so the pickup screen does not get plugged.
It does work for getting tailgaters to back off. I thought that was just rumor but it's not. It sometimes takes a while for them to figure out what is happening before they back off. In the meantime the driver and co-pilot are laughing their asses off and making bets on how long it will take.
Official note here: Only legal on "74 and earlier vehicles. But your exhaust system will not know or care.
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
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