Flojet macerator: is it reliable? Maintenance issues?

[profdant139]

(I searched the archive for this topic but came up empty. Please forgive me if this has been discussed previously.)

I'm seriously considering a Flojet sewer pump -- several public dumps in our area have closed, and we need to be able to clean out the tanks at home. And my sewer cleanout is just a few inches uphill from my tank valves, so gravity and my old slinky won't do the job.

Yes, the Blue Boy method works, but it is a tedious task to dump a partial load in the tote, dump the tote into the cleanout, rinse and repeat. So I am leaning toward the Flojet as a less-burdensome alternative.

But before I pull the trigger on this expensive item, I want to know if there are any reliability or maintenance issues. This is not an item that I want to play with on my workbench, if you know what I mean.

Thanks in advance for your comments -- I would especially appreciate hearing from those who have first-hand experience.

[Old-Biscuit]

I bought on in 2008 to use at Sister place....pumping 75' with a 2' rise
I ran 12VDC to dump line area and just plug it in
3/4" garden hoses
50 gals black...roughly 10 minutes then I shut it down for 5 minutes then pump 70 gals of grey for another 10 minutes then flush while running with clean water

Have used it over the years at numerous places....but Sisters is the longest distance

Once a year I disassembly the head and clean impeller and chopper plate ...usually hair
Impeller is nitrile (synthetic rubber)
Chopper plate metal


Haven't had any real issues in the 12 yrs I have owned/used it

[2oldman]

Mine works fine. I don't use it that often, but it's really handy for pumping waste water into a blue boy in the truck bed.

The only issue I had was powering it. It takes a lot of amps which heats up wires, so I cut off the wires real short and clip them to a garden battery.