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Post by lg260ss on Apr 3, 2021 17:42:03 GMT -5
Do you leave your AC running when you leave the boat. Does your condensate from the ac drain to the tank? AC condensate should not drain to black water tank, to sump pump and then overboard! I’ve already answered you on this once already, look up three or four posts |
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Post by gofast24 on Apr 4, 2021 10:34:47 GMT -5
He has a 4460, I'm not aware of them ever having Gray water system. I'm sure they may vary depending on country of delivery and if it was delivered to a lake location in the US, but all the 4460s I've seen have had a single black water holding tank. Yes, same with our 4160, only black water tank, all grey water goes to sump pumps which then flush overboard. |
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Post by Rich on Apr 8, 2021 7:13:06 GMT -5
Just as an FYI, I'm on a fresh water lake.
Per state rules, all waste water (grey or black) must go to holding tanks. So the boat's plumbing was modified when it arrived on the lake to meet state requirements.
On my boat, the A/C condensate drain originally was plumbed into the shower sump, and the shower sump was then plumbed into the holding tank (my boat only has one black holding tank) instead of going overboard.
After a few years of complaining that the females on board should try to stop filling the holding tank so quickly, I finally realized that my tank was being filled by the A/C condensate. So yes, during humid weather, we were mostly filling my holding tank with freshly distilled water!
I finally plumbed only the A/C condensate drain overboard. Now my holding tank lasts for a reasonable period of time!
Other boaters would just drain their A/C condensate drain into their bilge and let the bilge pump handle it, but I prefer a dry bilge.
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Post by gofast24 on Apr 12, 2021 10:26:00 GMT -5
Good solution, pump AC condensate overboard! Just distilled water! Have to wonder how shower or sink water would pollute a fresh water lake? Assume you AC condensate water runs down hill to a thru hull?
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Post by lg260ss on Apr 12, 2021 18:23:48 GMT -5
Good solution, pump AC condensate overboard! Just distilled water! Have to wonder how shower or sink water would pollute a fresh water lake? Assume you AC condensate water runs down hill to a thru hull? On lake George in NY, all boats must have a gray water system or have their overboard drains sealed. Lake George is drinking water quality water. Soaps used in showers and sinks are detrimental to the health of the lake. |
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Post by gofast24 on Apr 14, 2021 9:27:25 GMT -5
Lake Lanier is also drinking water for the ATL and 3 other counties, no restrictions on sink or AC condensate going overboard. Heck, 90% of boaters on lake pee in water when swimming?  |
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Post by lg260ss on Apr 14, 2021 14:14:47 GMT -5
Lake Lanier is also drinking water for the ATL and 3 other counties, no restrictions on sink or AC condensate going overboard. Heck, 90% of boaters on lake pee in water when swimming? Yup, lots of pee in all lakes. Lake George is known as one of the cleanest, clearest lakes in the country. They have a lot of rules but if those rules keep my favorite place clean and clear, I’m fine with it. |
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Post by tc33obx on May 12, 2021 8:51:17 GMT -5
on the 4460 it wasn't that way. It has to do with what they had in the area and the Shower sump is right there.
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Post by gofast24 on May 13, 2021 9:20:23 GMT -5
Thinking that if you order a new boat and know lake rules it will be operating on you could ask Regal to plumb water systems accordingly? Still not sure why AC condensate cant go into lake? If 3 miles offshore on Atlantic you can dump black water tank and use macerator toilets direct to sea  |
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