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NAVIGATOR OPERATING MANUAL
NW Explorations
4P: Head Systems
4P1: Overview
The head system on this boat is reliable, straightforward, and easy-to-use. First, a note about discharge of
sewage:
It is forbidden to discharge untreated sewage in inland US. waters, an area that includes all US. waters
in which this boat operates. The boat holding tank must only be emptied at proper pump-out stations
if it is in US. waters. (This rule does not apply in Canadian waters. However, in Canada, courteous
practice dictates that the holding tank be dumped only when outside confined marinas or bays, as we
are sure the reader agrees!)
The boat is equipped with two marine heads. These heads each have a separate system which macerates
waste and puts it into a holding tank. The holding tank is emptied either of two ways: by operating an overboard
macerator pump controlled at the DC power panel, or by pumping using a shore side pump out station through
the boat’s pump out fitting on the starboard side in the walk-around midships.
4P2: Head Operation
The premium heads are easy to use, odor free, and very reliable. They each work with a separate vacuum
pump/vacuum accumulator. A vacuum is maintained in the unit until the head is used, when the waste matter
in the bowl is sucked out of the head by the vacuum, then it is pumped through the system by the head pump,
which then also pumps up a vacuum again.
Note that it is this rush of the head’s contents caused by the accumulated vacuum that is important to
the head’s operation!
This sudden rush causes any solid material in the waste stream to be shattered as it
passes through the specially-shaped orifice in the bottom of the head. For this reason, proper head operation
requires that the head pedal not be held down for long periods if time.
The head uses about a half pint of fresh water from the ship’s supply with each flush.
The head is operated by a the pedal to the left of the head base (as you face the head), and operation is as
follows:
1.
Each of the head compartments has a head switch (like a light switch). Be sure it is “On”.
The switch
should be left on unless you have trouble with the head, in which case you will turn the switch
“Off”.
2.
Before using the head if the waste will be solid, lift the pedal to add water to the bowl;
3.
Use the head.
4.
Step on the pedal just long enough to hear the “whoosh” as the head is evacuated and a small amount
of water rinses the bowl - - - about five to ten seconds.
5.
Releasing the pedal, if you wish to flush again, wait at least twenty seconds or so (until you hear the
head pump stop) before flushing again.
As the pedal is released, the ball-valve at the bottom of the head seals the head so that the vacuum can be
pumped up, when the pump will stop, and the head is again ready for use.
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!
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