are all rv toilets macerator ??

Our Bounder bath and a half has a macerator setup for the rear/main toilet. Half dumps direct.

Over the years, I have owned almost every type of RV. NONE have had a macerator toilet, nor have I ever found it needful to purchase a macerator pump.
As has been mentioned, "Gravity works!"

A real simple answer, NO

Most of our experience has been seeing macerator toilets on ocean-going boats, since they would have a far longer time between on-land black tank dumps.

luberhill wrote:
I assumed the toilets were just a dump into the black water tank,,,,now im reading there is a macerator....are they all like this ?? If so what activates the macerator ??

SoundGuy wrote:
...always service my tanks here at the house, and never have to waste my time lining up at a campground dump station. :B

Sprink-Fitter wrote:
So you never camp longer than your black tank will hold so you can go home and dump?

We can camp as long as we want without dumping. My FloJet Waste Macerator Pump is stored in it's own bag in the front storage compartment - anytime I have the need to off load grey or even macerated black water while camping I can do so by using my FloJet to pump it into a set of grey/black water containers already sitting in the back of my truck. For even greater convenience I power the FloJet from a 7-pin Bargman connector mounted next to the waste gates ...



... and wired it through a toggle switch mounted on the battery box at the front of the trailer where I can monitor the tanks as they fill and control the pump accordingly.



With a waste macerator it's all too easy. :B

SoundGuy wrote:

luberhill wrote:
I assumed the toilets were just a dump into the black water tank,,,,now im reading there is a macerator....are they all like this ?? If so what activates the macerator ??

always service my tanks here at the house, and never have to waste my time lining up at a campground dump station. :B

So you never camp longer than your black tank will hold so you can go home and dump?

luberhill wrote:
I assumed the toilets were just a dump into the black water tank,,,,now im reading there is a macerator....are they all like this ?? If so what activates the macerator ??

Are you talking about a macerator toilet or a stand alone portable macerator? I have the latter, a FloJet Waste Macerator Pump, always service my tanks here at the house, and never have to waste my time lining up at a campground dump station. :B



Apparently waste macerator toilets exist but in all the years we've been RVing I've never seen one in any garden variety TT, 5th, etc - they've all had a conventional Dometic or Thetford RV toilet that simply wastes into the holding tank below.

Some are macerator, Some are "Gravity" (Dump in the black tank) IF you have a macerator then what activates it is a button on the wall.. Push to "Flush".

Using a Macerator is a lot like a residential.. It fills with water, has a "Trap" and when you push the button normally it adds more water, then pumps it out the either adds or pump;s again (After a pause) I forget if it adds between pumps, then it re-fills to await the next customer.

you can buy and use a portable macerator if you need or want to dump your black tank stuff into a city sewer or a septic tank of someone you know.
we don't use ours very often, but it is handy when we're staying awhile in a relative's back yard. :)

Non-macerator setups are more common. As one company rep stated firmly but cheerfully in a video I watched recently: "Gravity always works." Features like macerators and electric steps set off my "KISS Principle" alarms.