JoAna
Member
can someone direct me to where I can locate the charcoal head filters? Getting some bad odor when flushing - so I guess it’s time to replace (we’ve only had the boat 4 months).
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature currently requires accessing the site using the built-in Safari browser.
Your boat looks like a sun bridge. If so my buddy's was on the port side as soon as you enter the bilge were near impossible to reach. He had it moved to a much easier reach.
I think he had a skinny kid crawl in the back and then work his way to the port and then forward a bit. Ugggg...Good to know - I'll be down there next week and hopefully I can find it (possibly move it to a more convenient location too).
Also consider modifying the fart filter so you can open it, put in new charcoal filter material, then seal it back up. Saves a TON of money.
All that's involved is cutting the filter in half, glue on a PVC connector that is threaded so you can screw both halves back together. If overall length is an issue for your boat, remove a section of the fart filter that's about the same length as the fitting so when you're done the overall length is about the same.
Pick up the charcoal material at a store that sells fish tanks and supplies or at Walmart.
Total cost each time you have to change out the charcoal is about $2 instead of a hundred for a new filter.
This is what I do, only I use a rubber "no hub" connector instead of the glue on screw fittings. Works awesome and cheap.Also consider modifying the fart filter so you can open it, put in new charcoal filter material, then seal it back up. Saves a TON of money.
All that's involved is cutting the filter in half, glue on a PVC connector that is threaded so you can screw both halves back together. If overall length is an issue for your boat, remove a section of the fart filter that's about the same length as the fitting so when you're done the overall length is about the same.
Pick up the charcoal material at a store that sells fish tanks and supplies or at Walmart.
Total cost each time you have to change out the charcoal is about $2 instead of a hundred for a new filter.
I never need to change mine either, but all I do is just make sure the holding tank never reaches the "Full DO NOT FLUSH" level.While you are contemplating the contortionism required to service the holding tank filter, consider this......relocate the danged thing. It is plumbed into 5/8" tubing with GHT fittings. Find a place up high in the bilge where you can easily access it then re-route the vent hose....just don't go down hill with the re-routing. THe filter vent line should go uphill to the filter and have no low places in the routing. From the filter, the run to the hull fitting can run down hill but never go below the hull fitting.
This adds immeasurable life to the filter because the filter media never gets waste in it. Mine is 20 years old now and has yet to be changed after I re-routed the vent line.