battery question(s)

[pbdayger]

What do you do with the dried up poop… and what about the pee?

[wgerstmyer]

Originally Posted by pbdayger

What do you do with the dried up poop… and what about the pee?

Depends. If you’ll be 3 miles or more out, they can go overboard. If I’m headed into dock then into a shore toilet. If you garden and compost at home, you can use the humanure for your non-edible plants.

[jen1722terry]

Coffee chaff? What a great idea, wgerstmyer.

We've been using peat moss to sprinkle on the poo. Dries it out. No odors. We empty the tank a few times each summer into a trash bag, the into the marina dumpster.

BTW, should your boat have a holding tank, you can plumb the liquids directly to that and not have to empty so often.

And I agree with Mike O: get Don Casey's book on electronics, take your time and explore your boat's electrical system. You'll figure it out and maybe even find a few things that need improvement (like missing fuses, undersized wiring and corroded, unsealed connections).

Then again, I always agree with Mike O. He's as competent as he is generous with his experience and a real resource for all us amateurs. Thanks Mike!

18 days to my launch up here in Maine. Yippee!!

[opo]

I have this same "composting" head installed on my sailboat, installed 1.5 years ago. I have been very happy with it. The fan power draw is negligible, in the mA range. I have connected it directly to the house bank. The main draw is when you press the button to stir the solids, but even then, it is a very small power draw.

For those wondering about usage and dealing with waste, there is definitely a learning curve and some period for adjusting some habits (similar to when using marine heads for the first time). I was definitely a skeptic at first, but after dealing with holding tanks, sanitation hoses and pumps I decided to give it a go, I'm not going back. The system is really simple and, if you are not grossed out by managing/maintaining the standard marine heads, managing the waste generated on a system, like the Oggo, is a walk on the park, literally, the solids smell like soil and you never get in contact with it.

Cheers

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by jen1722terry

Coffee chaff? What a great idea, wgerstmyer.

We've been using peat moss to sprinkle on the poo. Dries it out. No odors. We empty the tank a few times each summer into a trash bag, the into the marina dumpster.

I've always used coir (compressed coconut husk). It is easy to get, and pretty cheap. But I like the idea of using coffee grounds. It would have to be dried first, but I love the smell of coffee -- who doesn't .

Originally Posted by jen1722terry

Then again, I always agree with Mike O. He's as competent as he is generous with his experience and a real resource for all us amateurs. Thanks Mike!

You're much too kind Jen/Terry. But I thank you deeply. You made my day .