Flojet Question

[wbwood]

Considering the Flojet system for dumping at home into our septic clean out. Our clean out is behind our home and no way to get RV close to it. I saw a thing from the manufacturer that with a 3/4" hose the maximum length is 50' on a horizontal surface and nay further could burn up the motor. My yard slopes from the road to beyond the back of my house towards the clean out. I assume that if I used it at the top of my driveway (at the road), that it wouldn't make much difference of the length of hose due to gravity and it going down hill. It would be about 100' (twice the length for horizontal).

Anyone think otherwise?

[wa8yxm]

I use a flo-jet portable with a 50' 3/4 inch black rubber hose (NOTE THE COLOR) have occasionally spliced an additional 25 feet on it (That's my gray hose, we were only dumping gray that day)..

No problems save one::::

After first use if it's not used very often the rotor will size up.. To fix (now this is way easier than you think) take a quarter, or a flat bladed tool.. on the BOTTOM (non pump end) of the motor is a slotted shaft.. The outlet tends to suggest a direction of rotation, Turn shaft in that direction using tool.

Now hook up, plug in and go

there is a fuse holder in the base of the switch module.. Be aware of it. Have spares.

Finally, if you are worried. Try to get a 1" hose. they do make them but you will have to adapt to one.

[Clay_L]

I trenched and buried a 1 1/4 inch 130 feet long pvc pipe with a male hose fitting on each end. I ran the pipe to green valve box on each end and use two short 3/4 inch hoses - one to connect to the macerator and the other to the sewer clean out. After flushing for about 5 minutes with fresh water per the macerator instructions I store the 3/4 inch hoses in a plastic tub.

[wbwood]

corvettekent wrote:
I used one last year at a friends house. He had a 100' 3/4" hose and it would trip the circuit breaker after about 5 minutes. This was all on level ground.

If you really want this to work for you, you should forget the 3/4' hose and use 1.25" PVC pipe. I would also replace the 12 gauge wire with 10 gauge.

Thanks, but I am not gonna run pvc pipe for 100' and have to connect/disconnect and store it somewhere...a 100' hose will be much simpler.

I think the gravity should work just fine. It's probably at least a 20' drop of elevation over 100'.

[corvettekent]

I used one last year at a friends house. He had a 100' 3/4" hose and it would trip the circuit breaker after about 5 minutes. This was all on level ground.

If you really want this to work for you, you should forget the 3/4' hose and use 1.25" PVC pipe. I would also replace the 12 gauge wire with 10 gauge.