Grey water question

[SKYCHENEY]

Shower sumps also act as emergency bilge pumps.

 

[captddis]

Somebody's knickers are in a twist here, Mike also referenced "SUMP" which many have complained about ODOR, my post satisfied TWO issues at once, maybe I should not have done that, like maybe don't mention putting on safety glasses when learning to use a grinder, or turning off then battery switch when changing batteries, tunnel vision is great when flying at mach1

I wear shorts not knickers. Nothing to wad, just never understood going off in left field when a there is a simple answer. There was no mention of odor either.

 

[MikeP]

" BECAUSE THE SHOWER DRAIN IS BELOW THE WATERLINE AND THE DRAIN WATER NEEDS TO BE PUMPED UP HILL TO THE DISCHARGE!!'

Oh...right!

I knew there had to be a good technical reason. Lack of coffee or excessive rum - either could have been the explanation...

 

[Pascal]

Some larger boats also have big fiberglass sumps instead of the small rule type boxes to collect multiple showers, washing machine, condensate, etc... With a bigger pump and a big sceen. It s a nice alternative to multiple small sumps, manual pumps, or multiple thruhulls with the associated stains on the hull.

And you get an extra 2000 Gph pump...

 

[saltshaker]

" BECAUSE THE SHOWER DRAIN IS BELOW THE WATERLINE AND THE DRAIN WATER NEEDS TO BE PUMPED UP HILL TO THE DISCHARGE!!'

Oh...right!

I knew there had to be a good technical reason. Lack of coffee or excessive rum - either could have been the explanation...

Just add some rum to your coffee and it should straighten things out.

 

[lumina]

Hi All,

Mike,

Don't feel bad buddy or listen to all these haters. Rum, coffee, early morning could cloud anyone's thinking, especially if your old(er). Plus you're covered by the "no question is a stupid question" clause, which i invoked often in my youth and regularly since I bought my Hatteras. I believe the last time I invoked it was actually in a thread a while back when I asked what a seachest was and if I had any.

You still da man !!!!

 

[MikeP]

Thanks -

I learned a great new (to me) phrase today that I have frequently lived by but never knew it was a "saying." Heard it from a young lady sail boater (as in race-boat sailing). "You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning!"

 

[captddis]

Hi All,

Mike,

Don't feel bad buddy or listen to all these haters. Rum, coffee, early morning could cloud anyone's thinking, especially if your old(er). Plus you're covered by the "no question is a stupid question" clause, which i invoked often in my youth and regularly since I bought my Hatteras. I believe the last time I invoked it was actually in a thread a while back when I asked what a seachest was and if I had any.

You still da man !!!!

Haters???

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Haters???

I hate you, Dave. You're always right.

 

[captddis]

Yes I am voting Romney.

 

[SeaEric]

Well you are right about that!

 

[Boatnut]

Haters???? Why is it when someone makes an error on this forum someone has to start an arguement. So Mike asked a question most would assume he would know the answer to, someone commented on it, now we have Haters lurking around. Give me a break this forum has been taken to the point good useful questions are no longer asked. When they are asked someone seems to have to disagree and 10 pages of useless information follows. Maybe even someday people will start resoponding by following up with what solved their issues, very little of that occurs.

This thread is a perfect example of how people react when someone points out an error.

I am certainly not a hater, but I am no longer much of a poster, it just isn't worth the crap you get.

 

[lumina]

Hi All,

OBVIOUSLY I was kidding guys.......lighten up.

 

[lumina]

Hi All,

Captddis, Boatnut,

Whoa whoa whoa.....re-read my post it is a JOKING response to the teasing Mike has taken.

Boatnut, I understand your underlying point I guess but you have TOTALY over reacted to harmless kidding of a fellow longtime member.

You'd think I called the other posters democrats or something. You make me feel like I have to qualify every word that could possibly mean something offensive, like this whole Chicago thing. That would make for long crapy responses.

Kidding each other is a show of respect.

 

[captddis]

Hi All,

Captddis, Boatnut,

Whoa whoa whoa.....re-read my post it is a JOKING response to the teasing Mike has taken.

Boatnut, I understand your underlying point I guess but you have TOTALY over reacted to harmless kidding of a fellow longtime member.

You'd think I called the other posters democrats or something. You make me feel like I have to qualify every word that could possibly mean something offensive, like this whole Chicago thing. That would make for long crapy responses.

Kidding each other is a show of respect.

Gene,
It was a term that seemed out of context from you. Glad it was all in fun.
I usually mix some of my twisted humor in with with a post. Sometimes it is taken wrong.
No offense taken. Dave

 

[lumina]

Hi All,

Thanks Dave. For a second there I thought I innocently, unwittingly started the next HOF meltdown...

I'll add a lot of LOL's from now on for sure.

 

[madhatter1]

Mike asked why the shower uses a PUMP when the other discharges do not.
I believe it is called gravity or the plumbing rule that shit travels down hill.
The shower water will NOT run uphill to the discharge.

Shit Travels downhill? Seems to go uphill and find me more than my fair share. Oh well, keep working.

 

[Boatnut]

Dave said it best, I also thought the comment was out of place. No offense taken here either. I am also guilty of not comming across well, my appologies to anyone offended in my respons in this matter.

 

[MikeP]

As the original poster, I took it all as well-deserved ribbing and I probably would have responded in the same way had someone else here asked the same question. I'm still not sure what alternate physical world my mind was occupying when I posted but it seemed like such a nice place - Lance Armstrong still was listed as the winner of 7 tours de France!

 

[saltshaker]

That's the problem with written words. There's no tone to type and often it's misinterpreted. I figured it was a light hearted poke at us since calling us haters would be out of character for Gene. Now if he called us a bunch of Hatters, that would OK.