pros & cons of waste pumps with macerators
We have a Class A and my husband is thinking of purchasing a waste pump. We utilize only campgrounds and rarely need to use other dump stations. Why would we want one of these? Wheat are the pros and ...
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I will discuss 3 systems
Sewer Solution (I recommend against)
3" stinky Slinkey (Regular 3" waste hose...I use often)
Macerator pumps (I use sometimes)>
The sewer solution is a macerator pump, but water powered, Water, clean, fresh, drinkable, water is becoming more and more scarce. This product wastes that resource, I Drink a lot of water. Thus I'm against simply sticking a fresh water hose in the sewer and running it.. Other than that it's not a bad system.
3" hose: This think dumps my tanks (36 gallons) in about 1 minute, True it's a bit bulky and if you don't have a good one there are all sorts of possible issues (I have some very good ones) like holes, or ends coming off, but hey, "Stuff Happens".. Seriously other than occasional replacement you get a good hose (Rhino flex or better) and you are not going to have problems. But it has limits.
It wont' pump up hill, and well much more than 20 feet is an issue.
Macerator pumps use a 3/4" to 1" hose (can use smaller) mine is a portable so it uses a 50' 3/4" BLACK rubber garden hose (Why black, well if you can't figure that out...)
It pump;s UP hill
It pumps up to 75' (I have a 2nd hose)
The hose is easy to coil up and stow
The thing takes about 6 minutes per tank however,, Long time
But runs on nice clean plentiful Electricity.
The only "issue" is that since it is only used "occasionally" the impellers stick to the housing and I have to manually free them before connecting.. now this sounds hard so I'll give you the procedure
Take any flat tool. Mending bar, Straight screwdriver, Quarter
Turn the thing upside down
insert tool in slot and twist,, Clockwise as I recall.
That's it (Wow was that easy)
Sewer Solution (I recommend against)
3" stinky Slinkey (Regular 3" waste hose...I use often)
Macerator pumps (I use sometimes)>
The sewer solution is a macerator pump, but water powered, Water, clean, fresh, drinkable, water is becoming more and more scarce. This product wastes that resource, I Drink a lot of water. Thus I'm against simply sticking a fresh water hose in the sewer and running it.. Other than that it's not a bad system.
3" hose: This think dumps my tanks (36 gallons) in about 1 minute, True it's a bit bulky and if you don't have a good one there are all sorts of possible issues (I have some very good ones) like holes, or ends coming off, but hey, "Stuff Happens".. Seriously other than occasional replacement you get a good hose (Rhino flex or better) and you are not going to have problems. But it has limits.
It wont' pump up hill, and well much more than 20 feet is an issue.
Macerator pumps use a 3/4" to 1" hose (can use smaller) mine is a portable so it uses a 50' 3/4" BLACK rubber garden hose (Why black, well if you can't figure that out...)
It pump;s UP hill
It pumps up to 75' (I have a 2nd hose)
The hose is easy to coil up and stow
The thing takes about 6 minutes per tank however,, Long time
But runs on nice clean plentiful Electricity.
The only "issue" is that since it is only used "occasionally" the impellers stick to the housing and I have to manually free them before connecting.. now this sounds hard so I'll give you the procedure
Take any flat tool. Mending bar, Straight screwdriver, Quarter
Turn the thing upside down
insert tool in slot and twist,, Clockwise as I recall.
That's it (Wow was that easy)
