Macerator frozen?

[Five O'Clock]

Hey All,

I have a macerator on board, and when I flick the breaker on, the macerator doesn't turn on. The cabin lights dim, and the volt gauge drops a little when this happens, which makes me believe there is power draining somewhere, but nothing from the macerator. After a few seconds, maybe 5, the breaker will pop itself off, sometimes it will take 10-15 seconds.

No vibrations from the macerator, and no noise either. The hose from the holding tank has the correct flow direction so I don't think it's that. Everytime i fuel up (every weekend) I get a pumpout, so I never use the macerator, but I would like it to be in working order in case something ever happened.

Any thoughts?

 

[Five O'Clock]

Re: Macerator frozen?

in the title, i just used the word frozen referring to "stuck" and the impellor not turning. not literally frozen, weather isn't cold enough for that yet up here in boston.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

Re: Macerator frozen?

Sounds like it needs to be pulled out and cleaned out. It may have something stuck in it preventing the motor to run. I had to do mine a couple of times and it sure isn't a pleasant job. One time it was a Lego block and the other was something women aint surpose to flush anyway

 

[Five O'Clock]

Re: Macerator frozen?

ha typical right? now that i think of it, one of the girls on the boat said she dropped a bobby pin down the toilet and flushed it, think that would jam it up?