I’m getting a pump out this afternoon. After the pump out, is there any reason that I should not open the cap on top of the black water tank to check it?
Dan Mills
Nonsuch 30U #460
sakina
West River, MD.
Dan,
After you pump out, pour a lot of fresh water into the tank (water hose into the waste outlet), pump out again, and then repeat. This should help to clean out the tank if you feel it’s important to open the tank and look.
Bob Gehrman
NS30U #396 “Quickbeam”
Baltimore, Maryland
Pumped out; followed Bob’s advice and cleaned out the tank with fresh water. All is well however it appears that I have a 15 gallon tank rather than 24 gallon the boat might have had originally. From the photo, tank seems more consistent with 15 than 24 gallons and the pump boat confirmed a 15 gallon tank given the initial pump out before the cleaning.
Dan Mills
Nonsuch 30 U #460
sakina
West River, MD.
This is an interesting conversation. Before my last pump out before having my boat hauled to hard I flushed the tank before with fresh water. They pumped it out and remarked how clear the sewerage was. Afterward I flushed the tank again with hose water and wondered why it was taking so long to fill. Upon going down into the cabin I heard the bilge pump running and found that the water I was adding to the holding tank was pumping thru the bilge. I have the original aluminum tanks. This winter I will be upgrading to poly tanks thru the INA tank replacement program. I already measured all three tanks and they are exact replacement according to the drawings on the website.
I’m glad the holding tank gave out when it did. Now I have six months to get the gob done.
Brian Cayer
Spirit~Wind
N30U 419
Westbrook, Ct