Holding Tank Filter for 29S

[dexmot74]

Planning to install a Holding Tank Filter on my 2017 29S. Any idea where the breather line is before I go digging?

Thanks!

 

[Someday*]

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Sorry to hijack your thread…does anyone know what the green handled valve is on my R29 holding tank in the photos above? it’s my 1st time seeing it. Thank you.

 

[S. Todd]

The breather line for the holding tank is down under the bed in the master as per the photo attached by Someday. It goes to the vent that is on the starboard side up by the gunwale. ( If you look at the owners manual for the R29 on page 6 the vent location is marked by the number 6. )

The handle question by Someday: That handle is used to close the line for the Macerator. It is required to be closed in waters where overboard sewage discharge is prohibited ( most everywhere unless you are way offshore ). I understand that new regulations require these handles be removed to verify that the discharge line is permanently closed whereas they used to just be secured as closed by a small padlock or a zip tie. Someone else may be able to provide the exact site for this authority.

 

[S. Todd]

If you don't have a copy of the "Owners Manual" for your R29, you can download it from the link located on the left side of the Tugnuts Home page. (In my view it is helpful and accurate for our 2021 model.)

 

[SJI Sailor]

It is required to be closed in waters where overboard sewage discharge is prohibited ( most everywhere unless you are way offshore ). I understand that new regulations require these handles be removed to verify that the discharge line is permanently closed whereas they used to just be secured as closed by a small padlock or a zip tie. Someone else may be able to provide the exact site for this authority.

Hmm, interesting and that would be a fairly big change. As far as I can find the previous rules are still current and on the books, e.g.: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/c ... tion-159.7

 

[dbsea]

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Sorry to hijack your thread…does anyone know what the green handled valve is on my R29 holding tank in the photos above? it’s my 1st time seeing it. Thank you.

As others have mentioned this is your macerator discharge valve, but you're in florida and you have some different/crazy rules there regarding waste overboard... :-D

 

[dbsea]

It is required to be closed in waters where overboard sewage discharge is prohibited ( most everywhere unless you are way offshore ). I understand that new regulations require these handles be removed to verify that the discharge line is permanently closed whereas they used to just be secured as closed by a small padlock or a zip tie. Someone else may be able to provide the exact site for this authority.

Hmm, interesting and that would be a fairly big change. As far as I can find the previous rules are still current and on the books, e.g.: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/c ... tion-159.7

I leave the handle on mine and it's also in the open position, but I only use it when 3 miles offshore in Canada during summer cruising!

 

[Someday*]

I had thought that the overboard discharge "handle" was going to be the black "Y" type handle...that's what made me ask about the simple green handled valve that I found on my R29. (It was in the "open" position )

I'll need to close that valve and find a way to either remove the handle or secure it so if get inspected they know I'm not discharging overboard.

 

[S. Todd]

SJI Sailor, Thanks for the cite. I can not remember where I heard about the alleged requirement to remove the handle but it would have been somewhere on the Great Lakes. I think I will rely on the citation you provided because my zip tie arrangement that locks it closed works well and is simple to open when I clean the tank before its winter storage.

 

[SJI Sailor]

USCG Auxiliary inspection has been happy with our arrangement like that (cable tie on a closed handle).

Just to summarize: leaving the handle installed is OK but if so, it must be closed (not open) and also secured in the closed position. A cable tie counts as securing. Relying on the macerator switch is doubly insufficient (the valve is neither closed nor secured).

 

[dbsea]

USCG Auxiliary inspection has been happy with our arrangement like that (cable tie on a closed handle).

Just to summarize: leaving the handle installed is OK but if so, it must be closed (not open) and also secured in the closed position. A cable tie counts as securing. Relying on the macerator switch is doubly insufficient (the valve is neither closed nor secured).

You've guilted me into closing mine and putting a zip tie on it! :-D

 

[SJI Sailor]

Haha, missed that implication of what I wrote but glad it helped!