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July 21, 2012
bottom of the bowl did not seal completely: you can tell if there is no water in the bowl.
The solution is usually simple: Flush the head again and make sure the pedal comes all
the way up when you remove your foot from it; then make sure the water doesn’t leak
out.
Only things which were eaten or drunk, or the toilet paper supplied with the boat, should
be put in the heads! Facial tissues, tampons, and other foreign matter will clog the
system. If these heads are used properly, they are quite reliable. Failures are virtually
always due to mis-use!
When it comes to tissue, usually “four squares is enough!”
If the toilet bowl becomes clogged from to much paper try one again to flush but DO
NOT HOLD THE PEDAL DOWN CONTINUOUSLY!! The toilet bowl fills with water
whenever the pedal is depressed . If there is a clog,IE the waste will not suck through the
small opening, you will have to follow the procedure as follows. IF YOU HOLD THE
PEDAL CONTINUOUSLY and let the bowl fill with water you cannot work on the
issue any longer without the water spilling onto the floor.
If there is a clog that wont suck through after one additional attempt, find a small object
such as a coat hanger wire or the handle end of the toilet brush and use it to gently push
the obstruction through the small opening (visible only when the pedal is depressed and
the white cover is retracted) at the very bottom (in the black plastic). However you need
to act quickly and cannot have the bowl already full if this is to be attempted.
If the obstruction does not suck through quickly stop and release the pedal to cut off the
water flow.
If the obstruction is other than the permitted waste and paper type do not
push it through!!
The problems magnify if the improper waste passes through and Jams
the system further along in the pumps!
Procedure 2: a). Turn off the main vessel water pressure and toilet pumps switches on
the DC Panel. B). open faucets and tub cold water valves and let the water pressure in the
boat drop completely and no more water comes out the faucets etc. c). close these
faucets and tub valves. d). You now can depress the foot pedal without more water
entering the bowl and this gives you time to work the problem without chance of
spillover.
If the obstruction is from excess permitted (supplied ) toilet paper you can continue to try
and gently push it through while hold the pedal down and exposing the bottom (black
area) of the bowl below the white rotating lower bowl door But if the clog is from
improper waste it must be removed (if possible without damage to the plastic
components, Try making a small hook from a straightened coat hanger and pull it up into
the bowl and remove it. If this cannot be done . you will need to cease use of the toilet
and seek help from the Owner or AYC. If this is necessary you can turn on the water
pressure and other switches on the DC panel , but do not depress the footpedal again
until this problem has been resolved.
