SV Ramble On | Taking Apart the Electroscan

[@juliebaxter5245]

Thanks from down under Australia Rich. Great video well explained. Our unit is suffering the same issue we will get on to it. Cheers BB

[@oceanbound0]

Great job as always, watched your videos as I was restoring a 78 T37 myself. Thanks for the great vids!

[@svrambleon]

Thanks for checking us out Hippy Hooch, maybe we'll run into each other out there sometime. Clock's ticking....

[@deverystockon7197]

What a great video. You made it seem so simple to do, thanks. BTW, love the cat, Twitchell😊

[@genefox306]

What kind of acid did you use to clean the electrode plates?

[@svrambleon]

Just muriatic acid (HCl), like you would use in a swimming pool.

[@genefox306]

@@svrambleon Thanks for the response. Did you dilute it like it says in the operation manual for cleaning the system? Or use it straight from the jug at 31.45%

[@phillipryker7711]

Rich, I have gone back and forth with the idea of composting vs. treatment. A friend has a composting head and loves it. I have used it and must say it is pretty bullet proof and does not stink. Yes, you basically have a litter box but doesn’t seem any worse than cleaning a treatment system or dealing with a holding tank. Pick your poison I guess. I think I will probably go composting route in the end. Just so simple. Have you considered composting?

[@svrambleon]

Phil, Jeni and I went round and round about this very subject when we started our refit 7 years ago. As you're well aware, T37s have horrible holding tanks and waste plumbing systems. Unless you count pump-outs, we opted not to have to deal with our off-cast more than once. Something about rowing a bucket of composted human waste ashore for burial on land never much appealed to either of us. Guess it really doesn't matter once you're 3 miles offshore. Environmentally, I suppose it's six of one; half-dozen of the other. Sure there are NDZs all over the globe, and for good reason, but I wonder if the Governments implementing these strict environmental standards would feel differently about some cruiser paddling up and digging a cat-hole on the beach?

[@phillipryker7711]

SV Ramble On yep, totally get it! You seem to have done a lot more research then I have. I was under the assumption I could just dump the solids into the water since they had decomposed. Sounds like I need to do some more research before making a final decision. Thank you so much for the additional data.

[@akathesquid5794]

Easy enough to get rid of all waste(d) plumbing on a boat. I don't understand the obsession with duplicating on-shore and domestic sewer systems on the water. Adding human waste to water and storing and processing it is disgusting as you can see. There is a better way. You know what it is :-)