T&T: Fw: New Trawler Owner - Several Questions - Raritan Heads

[Larry N. Brown]

>I second Randy's comment. I installed two, replacing Crown's, and they are
> noisier.
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Gotta put in my 2/100 of a buck in here. We've lived aboard Cigano ever 
since Katrina and we've operated two Tecma Silence toilets. They work 
flawlessly and although their not actually silent, they are very quiet. Need 
very high current wiring though. They can push waste up and out a LONG 
distance. Like up 18' and out 75.

They were originally designed for civilian housing in Europe so the 
manufacturer claims they'll handle the unmentionables that sometimes show up 
in marine heads. I haven't tested this but they never seem to balk. A 
listee, who is a distributor for Tecma, told me a charter captain called him 
about a toilet that jammed when someone threw a beer bottle cap in it. 
Jammed it. The distributor told him to reverse the flushing polarity and 
flush it. Out popped the bottle cap! Rewired it and the toilet's still 
working.

Regards,

Larry and Teri
M/V Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck Cruiser
Lying: Covington, LA, but not for much longer. . .
N 30 26.7
W 90 07.1