![]() It fills quickly and requires being pumped too often, once every two days. ![]() So far, our main usage is with the galley sink and the 4 gallons is not large enough in a liveaboard situation. The tank drains the galley sink, the ice box, and the shower. The filter needs to be cleaned once a month. There is a screen filter between the tank and the pump to prevent clogging. A 12 volt pump discharges the contents via the head sink thruhull. The 4 gallon tank is located under the salon floor, center, a meter in front of the mast post. Yes, #023, Simmerdim is equipped with a grey water tank. Float kicks on pump when full out to a thru hull at water line. All galley, sinks, and shower drains to it. ![]() The builder, Swift custom boats, put a tank center of bilge, with a float, and a macerator pump under a seat. All in all, at this time, our grey water system does not provide much in the way of an example for other boat owners. When full the sump over flows into the bilge. A bilge pump drains the sump with a manual switch. The galley sinks drain directly overboard. It is located high in the aft area of the main salon’s bilge. Endorphin is equipped with a grey water tank (sump) which receives grey water from the 2 showers and head sinks onboard. My grey water discharge is protected against ingress by the flap check valve in the Gusher diaphragm pump. Here is the wooden mold, Grey Water Tank Mould.Here is the Grey Water Tank (fiberglassed) and the Grey Water Tank Installation. The tank has a vent and a cleanout hatch. the aft head sink The tank is hand discharged by its own diaphragm pump (Whale Gusher 8 – discontinued) through a seacock above the water line it is emptied daily. By using a grey water tank we avoid having three thru-hull seacocks and three valves for grey water discharge. It is custom made of fibreglass, like the head holding tanks. We have a grey water tank located in the bilge, adjacent to the galley sinks.
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