| [GMCnet] Macerator outlet hose [message #243160] |
Wed, 12 March 2014 10:30  |
glwgmc
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Registered: June 2004
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Hi all,
While on this trip of now 2800 miles, I have been reminded just how convenient the modification I made to our macerator outlet hose is. When originally installed on our Royale I routed the outlet up and out beside the forward edge of the generator. The hose coiled and stored there instead of a pipe mounted under the coach. That worked well but that hose was always either too short or too long so I put machined brass 3/4" hose connectors on the end so I could add more hose if needed.
Later I cut the fixed portion of the outlet hose even with the inside of the door and added a hose connector there. I store different lengths of 3/4" hose where the rear batteries used to live at the back side of the gen compartment. When dumping I just grab the required length and screw it in place. When finished, the liquid stays in the extension hose so nothing leaks when the extension is removed. It is easy to raise that end to fully evacuate the outlet hose. It can be quickly coiled, the two ends screwed together and the hose stored without touching the contaminated hose. The outside of the extensions can also be cleaned quickly and easily if required.
I find this significantly faster and cleaner than the fixed outlet hose stored in a tube under our Clasco where you have to grab near the contaminated end to fit it back into the tube. It sure seems to me that over time the waste left in that fixed hose leaks out, runs in the tube and re contaminates the outside of the fixed hose every time it is reinserted. JWID, but it sure works well for me.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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