Macerator Pumps

I have a Jabsco pump that I found on Ebay.

It says it draws about 16 Amps.

Look around some Marine stores and you can find the information you may need. The most expensive part for my set-up was assembling the discharge hose. I was able to use some old firehouse that I got from a friend but the "Leak Free" fittings were costly.

Overall the pump works well.

One draw back is that the outlet is 1" therefore it drains slower than the 3" flexible Pipe that most of us are used to using.
However I can discharge up to 100' with out a problem.

Hope this helps.

I use a portable Flojet and find that it gets clogged mainly from the wife's hair from the shower. It needs to be disassembled and cleaned regularly. I wouldn't have one permanently mounted for that reason. Other brands may be better.

I've had RVs both with and without macerator pumps. Initially I thought the macerator was a good idea, but now I'm having second thoughts. Besides things like hair getting tangled up in the mechanism, some waste tank chemicals break down the neoprene impeller in the pump. Replacing it isn't difficult, but it can be a real pain and might be messy depending on where the pump is located and the state of the tanks when the impeller gives out. My current RV has a SHURflo macerator. Most RV parts supply places charge an arm and leg for replacement units and parts. I've found most marine supply outfits offer the same units at sometimes 1/2 the price an RV parts house will charge. (BTW, SHURflow comes in both 12 and 24v with left or right discharge.)

Ours is a sani-con. Monaco installed them factory on almost all their coaches.

It is paired with a Techma macerating toilet.

We've never had any problems with the system. It works great, it's clean and not smelly. I'd never go back to a gravity drain

I have the portable Flo-Jet. It is handy to pump to sewer at home or while driveway camping at a friends house. I ran a 12V power supply to the compartment where my dump valves are which conveniently is directly under the 12V fuse box. I have not had an issue with clogging but have had to clean it a few times. I don't know the benefit of having one permanently installed.

One type of class "B" rig I looked at had a macerator pump permanently installed, but it had a full 3" sewage port as an emergency dump or a way to get rid of grey water.

I'd probably go that route, or at least a way to allow for a grey water bypass. For my type of camping, a macerator pump does come into good use, either to use a tote tank or to pump into an uphill clean-out.

I think they all use the Jabsco macerator. I bought a bare pump and made my own.
You can make one out of a cheap garbage disposal but it's AC.

All the pumps are basically the same, However for your job you want Sanicon. That is the one designed to be MOUNTED..

I use Flo-Jet (Same motor, basically the same pump, there may be a difference in the macerator though (That is what most folks THINK is the impeller)

The Sanicon has a "Gray water bypass" it will slowly drain gray water without the pump running, this is the other reason for recommending for your install.

One more thing. On my flo-jet the bottom (non pump) end of the motor has a slotted shaft.. Make sure you can access this once installed.

If I do not use the pump for a while the blasted impeller sticks to it's housing (This is NOT the part you can see) and it will pop the fuse like a flashbulb.. A flat blade screwdriver and a quick twist of the wrist and it works perfectly.

I made a macerator from a used garbage disposer. The inlet is 3", same as your sewer hose, you just need to modify the outlet to accept a discharge hose. Works great

I have a Flo Jet that I used on my toyhauler to drain at home into a clean out on the side of the house. It worked great. When we traded to a class A the drain pipe is angled so I can't hook up my Flo Jet to this one.

I am selling my Flo Jet (trying to sell it on craigslist) to get a box mount Sanicon since the Sanicon should be able to hook up to the angled drain pipe.

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