I think I would consider using it on the flower beds (maybe not the vegetable garden tho...) There's probably some law about disposal, but I imagine its certainly a lot more pleasant thing to bin than those biodegradable plastic bags of dog poo.
No, just bagged, tied and put it in the harbor dumpster which is truck tip-type. That's legal and recommended instead of using any small trash receptacle that may be handled. It's a much smaller bag than I expected and not much bigger than some of dog poop bags stuffed in stations around our harbor.
Although it's possible to do so, I would not use human waste on anything I was planning to grow and eventually eat. Flower beds, sure.
They have been discussing that ad nauseum for years on the UK boat and off grid composting toilets. I couldn't possibly read them all but the consensus seems to be 6 months that any harmful bacteria can survive. They seem to be advanced in the UK on this subject and much other info you get on this subject is not correct.
wait.... IIRC, Shearlock (The Boat Galley) talks about 2 _cups_ not 2 quarts? Are you sure about that number?
You are clever -- you can build one to suit! Composters are very simple things. A bucket, a stirrer, a vent hose, and a funnel. Our Ballad would never fit a Nature's Head or AirHead unless maybe right in the cabin center: too narrow, with pinched IOR ends. Hell, it barely fit the tiny little Jabsco it came with. Maybe a C Head could be modified to fit -- but the C Head was (and is) basically a garage-made composter.
There is a western idea of not eating food grown with human feces. I think it is wrong.
Nice setup! Having 3d printed fluid containers previously (a washer fluid bottle for my wife's classic mini), additive manufacturing 3d printing is hit and miss in the waterproof department. Even when there are no leaky seams between layers, I'd be a little wary about the possibility of bacterial growth/smell on residue sitting in the creases between layers. A quick brush of epoxy over the 3d printed part will make it a lot smoother and easier to clean, just a thought!You are clever -- you can build one to suit! Composters are very simple things. A bucket, a stirrer, a vent hose, and a funnel. Our Ballad would never fit a Nature's Head or AirHead unless maybe right in the cabin center: too narrow, with pinched IOR ends. Hell, it barely fit the tiny little Jabsco it came with. Maybe a C Head could be modified to fit -- but the C Head was (and is) basically a garage-made composter.
So I moved the head back to the nav station from the forepeak and built a custom cabinet to fit it. Still in Advanced Prototype stage, where unfortunately many of my designs tend to remain, but....
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You can see the hull curvature we had to accommodate. Still managed to fit a 6 gallon poop bucket in there: cat litter container, because rectangles.
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Custom-made epoxy/glass pee tank holds 10qts (more than you really want to store between dumpings) and includes carry handle, sealing lid, and float switch to signal near-full condition. Pee funnel I bought from an Etsy dude who 3D prints them.
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Other features which may or may not ever work as planned: a 'flush' switch which runs an inline blower for some timed interval (2 minutes?). Blower is explosion-proof because burritos. A muffin fan which runs for maybe 30 minutes, or maybe at timed intervals, or maybe hard-wired to the solar PV (??). A super-bright LED strip behind the pee tank which illuminates with the flush button or when the float switch says FULL. You could (hopefully) view pee level thru that oval sight glass.
I had been reluctantly planning a flip-up cover (or Ensolite/vinyl cushion) to make it look more bench-y and less toilet-y, but that was for another person's sensibilities. I'm not especially bothered by it. A simple curtain will give the delusion of privacy.
None of this is hard, or I couldn't do it.
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I think its for that big stick thingy that sailboats have... (see photo in post 245)
