Gianni, I may have been the one you recall being an advocate of Hydrochloric acid - also known as Muriatic acid. All your plumbing parts will be non-reactive with it (remember, much waste going in

Hydrochloric acid works perfect, but it affects the mercerator electrical motor. We used to use hydrocloric acid, but after destroying two engins we don't put the acid in the toilet any moore. If it

Per Kent's comment that many of these systems are much too expensive for what you actually get, take a look at David Lynn's article in the December 2012 issue of Ocean Navigator about how to simply

Ciao Gianni, I do not know if this was the correct thing to do...BUT...I used a form of acid that was some solution of Hydrochloric acid on BeBe's aft tank valve. I poured it in the deck pump-out

Ian, That Square D pressure switch is really tricky to get adjusted correctly, but when you get it right it, it along with the pump Amel installed is so much better than any on-demand pump on the

Hi to all, I remember that some used to pour acid into the tank to dissolve the organic obstruction. But I don't remeber which, from which hole and how to work. Please, any suggestion may help. All

john, I have only really just twigged that you are a friend of Merlo who we saw recently with Keith Outram en route as ever to Antigua. I hope we meet you before too long. My SSB is now fitted -

Hi we simply changed to a 24 v on demand pump at 40psi from Shorflow problem solved. Got rid of the pesky tank too. Regards Capt Richard Piller

Hi Ian, I had exactly the same problem, I stripped and rebuilt that pump seven times and never was able to find out what was wrong with it. The new service parts made no difference. Reya

Hi Ian, I tried to replace the impeller but couldn't get the front plate off.I decided to replace the pump with a Jabsco plastic job ( similar to those used by Amel for the heads ). Three years

I have an A.M.F.A A88 fresh water pump with the bronze impeller. The pump struggles to reach cut off pressure after an overnight discharge of the batteries down to around 24.0 V. The Square D pressure

The life time depends one the situation of the boat in the harbor, if you are near metallic boats with high leakage current it can fall to 6 month other wises 1 to 3 years on CottonBay ... I check the

Kent, I use a set up similar to this: http://www.browniesmarinegroup.com/third-lung-diving/kayak-diving-hose-kits/ This has worked well for me. If you have a compressor onboard, all the

These systems are really expensive for what they are.  Some years back I read about how to put your own system together for a few hundred US dollars, but I can't find the link now.  Has anyone done

Hi, on Akwaaba we use the Power Dive 12v Deck Snorkel. We bought it in Australia. Hope this helps. Mike and Chris Smither Akwaaba santorin sloop [Non-text portions of this message have been

If you are interested in this thinks look at www.freediver.de It is more expensive but also much more sophisticated Joerg Steffen SV TAIKA Am 28.07.2013 19:39, schrieb Anne and John

Hallo Joel, Kent, Mark, Richard. Veit, Trevor, thank you very much for your reply. Hans-Joachim Johanna-Amalthea SM 436 La Palma on the way to Brasilia

I have now repaired the leaking impellor and fitted the new seals that Olivier at Amels included in my original spares kit in 2001.Fortunately the impeller was near perfect but was very hard to get

Last winter I saw a liveabords wife cleaning the hull of a 50ft yacht in the marina. She was wearing a wet suit and was in the water for at least an hour coming up occasionally to report progress. She

Hi Trevor Many thanks for your assistance again. Best regards Colin