Don,
We had a LectraSan unit installed in our last boat, a 1981 Gulfstar 44. It worked reliably for the 12 years or so that we owned her with the exception of one problem that I''ll relate later. We never had any problems with odor and electrical consumption was never a problem. We did have a generator and a couple of 8D house batteries.
The one problem that we, actually I should say I, had was following a rebuild on the head. I was admiring my work and fully rejoicing at how easily the newly rebuilt and lubricated head was pumping when I heard a muffled whump sound come from the locker where the LectraSan was located. I had forgotten to open the outlet SOV from the LectraSan and was pumping water into the small treatment tank with no where for it to go after the tank had filled. The whumping sound was the tank splitting and dumping it''s contents into my bilge. As luck would have it, we were in the yard for a bottom job and so they hauled us right away and with a bruised ego, I set about cleaning up.
I don''t have anything bad to say about the LectraSan we had. I understand they have changed the technology somewhat since the one we had but I''ve heard good reports about the new ones. We too, are wondering which way to go - a treatment unit or a larger
holding tank. We installed a 15 gallon tank in lieu of a dirty clothes hamper in our present boat because that was all the room we could find. Now, if we opt for the larger
holding tank, we''ll have to give up part of a drawer stack or one of our water tanks. Neither sound very good so we have started looking into the treatment units again.
Snap