Damn electric heads...fixed them once and for all

[JiffyLube]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

I'm aware of that... but if you don't pump out the tank and have pumped oil into it...you'll regret it.

........Why?

[JiffyLube]

Originally Posted by Giulietta

I also experimented with palstimo's consent...they are also expecting to see how long it will take, maybe a modification to design??

You might have been able to design and have manufactured the Improved Impeller, and with this simple alteration made a $million$!...to late now

[artbyjody]

Kinda curious on that one too since Olive oil is organic will break down and dissolve anyways...now if using motor oil or something like that I would agree whole heartedly. But EVO?

[ianhlnd]

Alex, does the head in the first picture leave compression lines on your legs? HaH! I'll bet your legs go to sleep after a good dump.

Ha-Ha- I'm slow, but I can take a cofortable dump while I enjoy a cup of expresso. Photos to follow tomorrow if within wifi range.

[sailingdog]

Originally Posted by JiffyLube

........Why?

If you've poured oil into the head and pumped it through to the holding tank, it will sit on top of the contents of the holding tank. The nasty head smells are usually caused by one of two things: Rotting sea life, or Anaerobic Bacteria, which is why your head holding tank has to be vented well.

If the holding tank isn't basically empty at this point... the oil will prevent oxygen from reaching the contents of the holding tank, promoting the growth of the anaerobic bacteria, and killing off the aerobic bacteria.

[Giulietta]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

If the holding tank isn't basically empty at this point... the oil will prevent oxygen from reaching the contents of the holding tank, promoting the growth of the anaerobic bacteria, and killing off the aerobic bacteria.

But I guarantee my turds are already dead!!!

I swear..they don't move..hey're dead....

[sailingdog]

GUI-

It's the bacteria that live on your turds that are the problem. and if they're big enough for you to see with the naked eye... you got other problems.

[Valiente]

Originally Posted by ianhlnd

Ha-Ha- I'm slow, but I can take a cofortable dump while I enjoy a cup of expresso. .

On Alex's boat it's the expresso that gets dumped...VERY EXPENSIVE expresso!

It was amazing...20 minutes of cooking, Portuguese swearing and lots of crying, and you get handed a mouthful of warm coffee. Alex just has one of those tiny stovetop things on board, because a proper coffee maker would "add too much weight".

Thank God there was Sagres beer...

We tried to tell him that very expensive spilled coffee polishes the floorboards, but he didn't believe us. I think he's looking for crew with gimballed ankles...

[Valiente]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

GUI-

It's the bacteria that live on your turds that are the problem. and if they're big enough for you to see with the naked eye... you got other problems.

They aren't worms, they are percebes! They go nice with a little olive oil you might have aboard for the head.

[JiffyLube]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

If you've poured oil into the head and pumped it through to the holding tank, it will sit on top of the contents of the holding tank. The nasty head smells are usually caused by one of two things: Rotting sea life, or Anaerobic Bacteria, which is why your head holding tank has to be vented well.

If the holding tank isn't basically empty at this point... the oil will prevent oxygen from reaching the contents of the holding tank, promoting the growth of the anaerobic bacteria, and killing off the aerobic bacteria.

I see...,makes sense. We don't winterize boats in southern California (use them year round), so I didn't know that.