another toliet smell
bought boat from rental it has 2 toliets and 1 lectra san
when we got the boat the feeds from the canisters were put on backwards. changed hoses and found returns on toliets were clogged fixed problem. chem. going in toliet . water going in cannaster. we still have a smell . can you help.
it also had at one time a leak in the purasan and it got in the wood in the botton. what can we do to get rid of it


mike

I'm totally confused by your post....What "cannisters" are you referring to? And what do you mean by "returns" on the toilets (toilets don't have "returns" as I understand returns)? You first say you have a Lectra/San...but then say it's a PuraSan that leaked.

The only thing I do understand well enough to tell you how to solve it is the odor in the wood from that leak: Buy a bottle of Raritan K.O. holding tank treatment...it's a live bacteria product that's similar to--but MUCH more potent and costs less--the microbial products sold in pet stores to eliminate pet accident odors in carpets. Put it in a spray bottle and spray it LIBERALLY all over the spill area. Don't rinse...let it dry. And leave that locker open so that plenty of fresh air can circulate in it. If possible turn a fan on to increase air circulation. Leave it alone for 24 hours. If that doesn't get rid of all the odor permanently, you missed a spot.

Where else do you have odor...does the discharge from your Lectra/San (PuraSan?) stink? Is the odor inside the boat? Both? How far away from both heads is the treatment device? What toilets do you have? Can you describe IN DETAIL exactly how the toilet and treatment device are plumbed...start with the head intake hose for each toilet and walk me through it. Also tell me what you're using the clean the toilets and/or what if any chemicals you're using in the system.

peg

first thing the unit that the toliets go into says lectra\san on the side.
after looking at he unit it is a purasan apparently the bottom part of the unit has been replaced i was told that some one put pinesall in to clean the toliets and caused a problem an that is way the bottom of the unit had to be replaced. in the bath rooms there is the chem. cannisters that are used with purasan cartridges. the return lines i am talking about are the tubes that are going to and from the cannisters. were the water comes from the toliet to the cannister and back to the front of the toliet to let the chem. back in the toliet.
as far as what we use to clean the toliets we were told not to use any thing buyt a little liquid laundry deturgent.
sure could use your advice. this was a rental boat
the smell is comming from the toliets. the toliet discharge goes to the purasan then out the boat through the stand pipe. there used to be holding tanks and they are no longer hook to the system.

If the treatment unit has Lectra/San on the side of it, what you have IS a Lectra/San....or was. I strongly suspect someone has tried to turn it into a PuraSan by adding the chemical cartridge to it. That may be because they destroyed the electrode pack in it by using household chemical cleaning products to clean the toilet, or because the Lectra/San needs salt, and the PuraSan chemical cartridges cost less than either a new electrode pack or a salt tank. Unfortunately, that won't work. Nor is it any longer a legal treatment device.

You need to see how both systems SHOULD be installed and how both are SUPPOSED to work. So the first thing I want you to do is spend some time reading both the Lectra/San and the PuraSan manuals on the Raritan website...start on the "waste treatment" page at http://www.raritaneng.com/products/waste_t...ment/index.html and go to the manuals for both from there....they include diagrams of the way the systems should be installed, and all the components that belong in each system...neither system should be missing any or have any extra ones.

Then I want you to call Vic Willman at Raritan--800-352-5630 x 2 to discuss what, if anything, can be done to salvage your system short of replacing it altogether.

Your odor in the toilets is most likely a separate issue. My guess is, the toilets are in serious need of rebuilding, and the treatment device may be too far away from the toilet....waste is being left in the toilet discharge hose. What make/model are the toilets? And how far from each toilet is the treatment unit?

Don't use detergent to clean 'em....nor should ANY chemical household bowl cleaners or any other household cleaning products EVER be used in ANY marine toilet....they're highly destructive to the rubber parts in toilets and to sanitation hoses. The only bowl cleaner I recommend is Raritan C.P. --a bio-enzymatic bowl cleaner that won't harm the rubber parts in a toilet or anything in any treatment device. If you don't have it, clean the toilet by hand with little Comet, Ajax, Softscrub, etc on a sponge and wipe off the excess.