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Salt shaker - 8/21/2014 3:20 PM

I never do anything, just pump. my o'board is closed. but i would like to know how it works. other than switching the valves to do so (thru hull open and y valve the other way), and being offshore . do i just hit the macerator breaker? i would like to at least test this one of these days. when i got the boat, it was all switched to go overboard. I'm not sure why, but i was not able to use the deck fitting until i switched the valves.

I went thru the same thing, I what I figured out is, turn the macerator breaker on,set the y valve to the proper place, go back to where the valve is on the discharge overboard hose. Move that to open, and it should turn on. Look at the handle on the sea cock, mine is wired, and the switch to turn the macerator pump on is actually wire to the sea cock valve level, mine was a little touchy, that is if you pulled it too far, it wouldnt turn on, you should be able to here it 'click' or have someone in the cabin listen for the pump, when you see stuff stop coming out, you are finished. It's a little bit of PIA in my way of thinking. (I guess you could leave the valve for the pump over board open, so the switch is on, and control it from the breaker as well)