[alberg30] Lectrasan MSD

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

From: RABBIT649 at aol.com

Thanks Bob. I guess the days of the Lectrasan are numbered, but I agree with 
you: it's not a reasonable answer.
Paul
Ashwagh #23


In a message dated 9/1/99 5:31:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bobjns at nais.com 
writes:

> From: Robert E Johns <bobjns at nais.com>
>  
>  >From: RABBIT649 at aol.com
>  >
>  >Dear George,
>  >    I have a RARITAN Lectrasan somebody gave me that I havn't installed 
yet.
> 
>  >It zaps the waste with about 50 amps for three minutes and is supposed to
>  >convert it to be legal for discharge in some places. Do you know where and
>  >where not? I forgot what the guy told me.
>  >Paul,
>  >Ashwagh #23
>  
>  Paul,
>  
>  We installed a Lectrasan after we bought Wind Call in 1976. It involved
>  rebuilding the head area including moving the panel inboard an inch or two
>  and using two doors instead of three. We got rid of it a few years ago when
>  more and more places we cruise became no discharge areas. We installed a 9
>  gallon holding tank in the space where the Lectrasan was, again having to
>  rebuild the head. The 9 gallon size is too small, but I didn't want to
>  install a holding tank under the forward berths or use a flexible tank. We
>  end up causing more pollution than we ever did with the Lectrasan because
>  many areas don't have pumpout stations and when we dump the tank, it is
>  raw, though macerated, sewage. We have stopped the long cruises because of
>  medical problems, but our cruising area was from Long Island Sound north.
>  The most prominent place to go to no discharge is Block Island, and they
>  really do enforce it, but more and more smaller places have gone no
>  discharge and it is obvious the the handwriting is on the wall. There is no
>  reasonable answer.
>  
>  Regards,
>   Bob Johns, Wind Call, #397

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