FLOJET MASCERATOR PUMP

IT’S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SINCE I WAS FORCED TO BUY THE FLOJET MACERATOR PUMP TO EMPTY THE SEWAGE FROM THE CAMPER.

SINCE I’VE BEEN CAMPING ALL MY LIFE, AND ABLE TO GET BY WITHOUT THIS EQUIPMENT, I FIGURED THERE WERE SEVERAL OF YOU OUT THERE THAT HAVE WONDER ABOUT THIS PUMP.

THE PUMP COMES IN A HARD BLACK STORAGE BOX.

THIS MAKES IT EASY AND SAFE TO STORE IN THE BACK OF THE PICK-UP.  BESIDES THE PUMP, THERE IS ROOM FOR THE HAND SWITCH AND POWER CORD.

YOU ATTACH THE PUMP TO THE TRAILER DUMP PIPE, NOTICE IT LOOKS LIKE A STANDARD SEWER HOSE CONECTION TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

NEXT YOU ATTACH A FRESH WATER HOSE (GREEN) AND THE DISCHARGE HOSE (YELLOW).  IT’S A GREAT IDEA TO USE TWO DIFFERENT COLORED HOSES SO THAT YOU DON’T MIX THEM UP.

IT’S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO USE THE FRESH WATER HOSE USED TO SUPPLY WATER TO YOUR CAMPER.  IN THIS PICTURE YOU SEE WE USE A WHITE HOSE FOR FRESH WATER SUPPLIED TO THE CAMPER WHICH GOES THROUGH THE BLUE WATER FILTERS LEANING AGAINST THE CAMPER WHEELS. 

SINCE THE PUMP RUNS OFF OF 12 VOLT POWER I CONNECT IT DIRECTLY TO ONE OF MY WALMART CAR BATTERIES.  I LEAVE THE BATTERY, IN IT’S PLASTIC CASE, OUT ALL WEEK AND HOOKED TO MY SMALL SOLAR PANEL SO THAT IT IS CHARGED UP EACH SATURDAY TO “EMPTY THE SHITTER”.

THE SWITCH TO TURN THE PUMP ON AND OFF IS ON A SIX FOOT CORD SO THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BEND OVER EACH TIME FOR THE SWITCH.

AFTER EVERYTHING IS ALL HOOKED UP YOU OPEN THE TANK VALVE, TURN ON THE PUMP AND EMPTY THE TANK.  YOU CAN EASILY HEAR THE WHINE OF THE PUMP CHANGE WHEN THE TANK IS EMPTY.  IT’S A “STAND THERE AND WAIT” TYPE OF CHORE, YOU CAN’T WALK AWAY AND GET A FRESH CIGARETTE, OR YOU COULD BURN UP THE PUMP IF IT RUNS DRY.

AFTER THE TANK IS DRY, YOU TURN ON THE GREEN FRESH WATER HOSE TO BACKWASH THE TANK.  PUMP OUT THE BACKWASH WATER AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TANK.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE BLACK WATER TANK, THE METAL IMPELLARS IN THE FLOJET MASCERATOR PUMP WILL GRIND THE SOLIDS AND PUMP THEM EASILY THROUGH THE 50 FOOT YELLOW GARDEN HOSE.

THE SYSTEM WORKS GREAT, AND OTHER THAN THE COST I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. 

I GUESS IN THEORY YOU COULD SET UP CAMP IN THE YARD AT UNCLE HANS’ AND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO EMPTY THE TANKS JUST RUN THE YELLOW HOSE INTO THE TOILET IN THE GUEST HOUSE.

TOO BAD WE’RE 1,839 MILES AWAY.