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mikestock
Explorer
Jan 02, 2020

Commercial macerator or homemade from garbage disposer

I am looking to get a macerator and looking for recommendations. One reason I am looking at a homemade is that it, to me, would be handier to have a 120 vac model than to have one wired to my batt...
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valhalla360
Navigator
Jan 02, 2020
Your average garbage disposal operates via gravity...simply grinding the solids that pass thru via gravity.

Unless you are thinking of something different, I don't think it will work.

PS: Running a 12v circuit to the other side of the rig, isn't too hard, so why mess with DIY when you can get a unit that is designed to do the job.

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