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Re: [GMCnet] Portable Macerators [message #320872 is a reply to message #320867] Sun, 23 July 2017 07:56 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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Ronald,

No question whether that will work. BUT, remember that the lugs on your
sewer connection were never designed to support a heavy motor at the end of
a lever arm and with lanyard (hose) to yank on.

Back When, I had a macerator, water powered and very light weight, attached
that way. I'd just pulled the handle on 50 gallons of black water when the
mounting lugs on the macerator itself failed. A 3" geyser of black stuff
came gushing out. I was able to reach the valve quickly without taking a
bath, so only a fraction of the waste hit the ground.

I was lucky: I was alone at the family farm with 850 acres of privacy
protection and sandy soil. I'd just, for some reason, bought several
gallons of Chlorox. Later that evening we had a 3" rainfall.

In that case the manufacturer admitted problems with the device -- and he'd
designed and built the whole thing. Thetford, Camco, Valterra, etc.,
aren't going to defend the strength of their mounting lugs.

​If I HAD to use that sort of arrangement, I'd mount the pump on a portable
platform to set on the ground, with a short 3" hose to the RV connection.​
But I saved money by mounting it (actually one for gray and one for black)
on the GMC's frame.

Ken H.


On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:14 AM, Ronald Pottol
wrote:

> I need to get a macerator now, and I'm not going to have the time to
> install one for quite a while. I found this on Amazon, people seem to like
> it,
> any thoughts?
>
> I want to be able to use my coach in my driveway, and dump the tanks into
> the sewer line clean out, 1" would work so much easier with this setup.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HRMYLC/
>
> http://www.cleandump.com/products.php
> --
>
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