Association Forum - Holding Tank Operation

Assn Members Area · Join

Home.

Association Forum

Ships Store

Cruising

Racing

Technical Tips

Photo Gallery - New

Boat Search - Updated

Manuals & Brochures

Swap Meet

Links

Officer Flag Line & Staff

Bylaws & Constitution

Members Area

Join the Association

Notice:
The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.

Association Forum

Username:	Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

All Forums

Catalina/Capri 25/250 Sailor's Forums

General Sailing Forum

Holding Tank Operation

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Author

Topic

Justin
Admiral

Member Avatar

502 Posts

Initially Posted - 06/05/2006 : 20:45:39

This past weekend I was inspecting the plumbing of my holding tank, trying to figure out how it works. I traced all the hoses to see where they lead and I have a question about the T shaped valve switch mounted on the left side.
In this photo, the head pumps into the bottom of the 3 connections, then the hose facing the bottom of the photo goes to the thru hull, and the one facing the top goes to the holding tank.

Can someone please tell me which end of the switch points to the flowing direction? Reading the red marker, it appears that it is currently switched to the thru hull pump out. I tried to turn the handle, but it feels jammed and will not turn. You can twist it slightly but it returns to it's current position. I didn't bother it much since I saw the replacements are very expensive and I don't want to risk breaking anything. Is there a trick to turning the valve and which direction is it flowing?

Thanks,

Justin
Previous Owner of Sapphire Breeze - 1982 Catalina 25 SK/SR
My sail blog site: https://reveriesailing.com/

Edited by - on

aeckhart
Master Marine Consultant

Members Avatar

USA
1709 Posts

Response Posted - 06/06/2006 : 11:18:17

Justin,

I can't say forsure but it looks like it's set to pump into your tank. Try flushing the head with the hatch cover off. You should be able to here the water flushing into the tank. If not,well.....it's over the side and you'll have to decide how to free up the valve..

Edited by - on

ilnadi
Captain

Members Avatar

452 Posts

Response Posted - 06/06/2006 : 11:32:35

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Justin4192</i>
Is there a trick to turning the valve and which direction is it flowing?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Most valves that have a straight handle are designed so that the flow is in the direction of the handle. Here is the trick: you need to know or guess which the common port is so that you know the two directions the handle should swing through. So make sure you are not twisting the wrong way.

There are too many hoses crossign on the bottom right. it does seem to be pointing to the hose exiting to the right, if that is the overboard.

Edited by - on

Topic

New Topic

Topic Locked

Printer Friendly

Jump To:

Association Forum

Notice: The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ.
The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.