NW Explorations
GREY LADY OPERATING MANUAL
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Generator Problems
The generator monitors its own operation! It was two fault-detection systems: one of these will detect any loss in oil
pressure, the other detects overheating. If either condition occurs, the generator will shut itself off, and it then will not
keep running when you try to restart it.
Heads & Holding Tanks
First, a note about discharge of sewage:
It is forbidden to discharge untreated sewage in inland US. waters, an area that includes all US. waters in which this boat
operates. The boat holding tank must only be emptied at proper pump-out stations if it is in US. waters. (This rule does
not apply in Canadian waters. However, in Canada, courteous practice dictates that the holding tank be dumped only
when outside confined marinas or bays, as we are sure the reader agrees!)
The boat is equipped with a Jabsco-Flush Marine head. This head each has separate vacuum pump which macerates
waste and puts it into a holding tank. The holding tanks are emptied either of two ways: by operating an overboard
macerator pump controlled at the DC power panel, or by pumping using a shore side pump out station through the
boat’s side-deck pump out fittings.
The Jabsco-Flush Heads
This premium head is easy to use, odor free, and
very reliable. It works with a separate macerator
pump. The rocker arm switches above the head
will flush the effluent and rinse the bowl.
These heads use about a pint of
fresh
water from
the ship’s supply with each flush.
Each head is operated by two toggle switches
near the sink and to the left of the head base (as
you are sitting on the head), and operation is as
follows:
1. Before using the head if the waste will be solid, push the add water toggle switch (top one).
2. Use the head;
3. Push the flush side of the toggle switch to evacuate the bowl. (bottom one)
ONLY THINGS WHICH WERE EATEN OR DRUNK OR THE TOILET PAPER
SUPPLIED
WITH THE BOAT
SHOULD BE PUT IN THE
HEADS! FACIAL TISSUES, TAMPONS, AND OTHER FOREIGN MATTER WILL CLOG THE SYSTEM. IF THESE HEADS ARE USED
PROPERLY, THEY ARE VERY RELIABLE. FAILURES ARE VIRTUALLY ALWAYS DUE TO MISS-USE!
Generator dipstick inside unit
Generator in aft area of ER
Breaker switch inside unit
Jabsco freshwater electric head
Head toggle switches for
water & flush
