Don't wash your hair in the shower. Keep it cut short. Oh, you meant
maintenance on the mascerator. Shoot. I got confused. Do not let it sit
over winter with "stuff" in it. Some people flush the tanks after dumping,
some don't bother.
Most of them fail in the pump section, not the motors. Use big
electrical conductors and heavy duty switches. Plumb them so that they can
be isolated and removed with "stuff" in the tanks. I personally hate to
work on black tanks and drains, so I keep a spare mascerator on hand so i
can swap it out. As far as the plastic tanks go, some people have a fair
bit of success patching them. I have not.
If they are undamaged from running into things, then the failures I
have encountered have been to the top of the tanks where the top and bottom
parts are joined along the seam/flange where they are mounted to the coach.
Also around the welded in pipe connectors, I frequently see cracks that
leak when the tank gets nearly full. That usually means that the tank has
lost most of the plasticizers that keeps them flexible. Time to replace the
tank when they get that way. Plastic is not supposed to last 40 years.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403
> Is there any recommended scheduled maintenance required on a macerator? I
> have a twist on unit, and it seems that after each trip I'm pulling hair out
> of the cutting blades. Probably not a bad idea to completely dissemble and
> clean every year?
> Any ideas or advice besides washing hands and not chewing finger nails?
> Scott.
> --
> Scott Nutter
> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final
> drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
> installed MSD Atomic EFI
> Houston, Texas
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