TP for Vaccuflush

[bobk]

Can any one reccommend a household brand of two ply TP for use in vaccuflush systems. I'm getting tired of West Marine prices.

Bob

[34Hatt]

Well Bob you can find a Wal mart and they have RV TP for some pretty low prices! Also have RV treatment stuff for lower prices also. Amazing take Marine off the label and its cheaper

[Pascal]

I use anything in my VFs, been doing that for years, no issue. Charmin is nice and soft, yet strong.
if you use thin TP, people use more of it anyway...

[bobk]

I use anything in my VFs, been doing that for years, no issue. Charmin is nice and soft, yet strong.
if you use thin TP, people use more of it anyway...

Pascal, I use Charmin at home but always thought it was too tough and slow to dissolve or disintegrate in a holding tank. I guess it pumps out OK?

Bob

[Genesis]

On Gigabite I ran the Scott "septic safe" stuff. A LOT cheaper than "RV specific" TP (or marine); never had a problem with it. Bought it at Wallyworld in the REGULAR TP section, not the RV one.

[MikeP]

They say that the "test" for safe marine head paper is to put a square of it in a jar of water and shake it. If the paper disintegrates, it's fine; if not, it isn't.

I don't recall what brand we use but it feels "normal," meets the disintegration test, and we buy it at the local grocery store.

In reality, with a decent macerator pump, it probably doesn't matter much. I think the concern with paper is more applied to the old days when marine heads were pumped manually by the user to discharge the waste.

[bobk]

They say that the "test" for safe marine head paper is to put a square of it in a jar of water and shake it. If the paper disintegrates, it's fine; if not, it isn't.

I don't recall what brand we use but it feels "normal," meets the disintegration test, and we buy it at the local grocery store.

In reality, with a decent macerator pump, it probably doesn't matter much. I think the concern with paper is more applied to the old days when marine heads were pumped manually by the user to discharge the waste.

Mike, no macerator on my VF system. It has to be sucked past four joker valves to the holding tank and then pumped back out of the holding tank through the deck plate. No overboard discharge on 'Chateau de Mer'. It was never plumbed for it, and with the large tank, I'm not inclined to add one.

Bob

Bob

[MikeP]

Oh...OK, I just assumed all heads used macerators somewhere in the system before it's pumped into the holding tank/overboard. Our oem GM heads, for example, don't have a macerator in the head itself; the macerator is remotely located. There's no macerator at all in a VF system?

[Sparky1]

I've used Vacuflush heads for over 20 years now and have never used marine toilet paper. The only macerator on any of the VF systems I've had was for direct overboard discharge only. Not a factor if you pump your holding tank.

[Pascal]

on a VF the macerating is done by the venturi at the bottom of the head. when "stuff" is sucked in at high speed by the vacum in the vac tank, the venturi effect breaks down paper and stuff... so by the time it gets to the duck bills and the bellow pump, it's already macerated.