tdschafer
Well-Known Member
So, due to a myriad of reasons the boat did not get splashed until after July 4th. We went for our first family trip to Atlantique this past weekend. As circumstances would have it, I ran down to stock it up the night before we were to disembark. As I was leaving I popped in to use the head & discovered that it had no suction. I stepped out & heard the pump running continuously , ba-dump, ba-dump, etc, etc....
I thought I had used it when I did the shakedown run a few weeks earlier. All the symptoms were pointing me in the direction of the dreaded duckbills. I just couldn't understand how they went from fine to f*%ked with nothing solid flushed.
Well, I dug into the problem the next morning & found my answer.....
Those my friends are beads from a Damprid (little bucket style). You see, in the fall I usually put one on the floor of the head & one in the galley sink. Then I hang another 4 bag style ones around the cabin & in the closets. This past fall though, my mom passed on September 17th & I only made it down to the boat once to strip the bedding & remove the tops. I dropped off the Damprids as well. I called the marina & asked my buddy (who's my mechanic) to finish shutting it down for me when he winterizes the systems. Apparently they placed one of those Damprids on the counter in the head which spilled over when either they did their shakedown run or when I did mine. The head seat was up (in my defense only males were aboard up to this point) and a few of those damn little BB shaped things fell in. Then when I did my only flush of the season to that point, they found the duckbills. Moral of the story? Don't put those Damprids on the counter & put the toilet cover down!! I will only use the bag style Damprids from here on out! Cheers!
Todd
I thought I had used it when I did the shakedown run a few weeks earlier. All the symptoms were pointing me in the direction of the dreaded duckbills. I just couldn't understand how they went from fine to f*%ked with nothing solid flushed.
Well, I dug into the problem the next morning & found my answer.....
Those my friends are beads from a Damprid (little bucket style). You see, in the fall I usually put one on the floor of the head & one in the galley sink. Then I hang another 4 bag style ones around the cabin & in the closets. This past fall though, my mom passed on September 17th & I only made it down to the boat once to strip the bedding & remove the tops. I dropped off the Damprids as well. I called the marina & asked my buddy (who's my mechanic) to finish shutting it down for me when he winterizes the systems. Apparently they placed one of those Damprids on the counter in the head which spilled over when either they did their shakedown run or when I did mine. The head seat was up (in my defense only males were aboard up to this point) and a few of those damn little BB shaped things fell in. Then when I did my only flush of the season to that point, they found the duckbills. Moral of the story? Don't put those Damprids on the counter & put the toilet cover down!! I will only use the bag style Damprids from here on out! Cheers!
Todd
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