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I installed a SEAFLO pump many years ago in Windsor shortly after we got it. The install was relatively simple. Positioning the pump so it will feed well from the sewage outlet took some consideration. Being entirely a d-i-y project, I had to do some searching to find a suitable outlet hose. I chose to get a transparent reinforced hose and cut it in sections of varying length so I could use only as much as I wanted. A friend of mine directed me to a shop that sells SEAFLO brand where I obtained quick connect endings for my hose sections so they snap together easily. It is really high quality and affordable. Look in the pump section for hose fittings. They come in sizes from 3/4 inch hose to 2 or three inch hose. When we visited my mother, her sewage clean-out for the house was 80 feet from where we parked. I had enough hose to handle that run and carried it with me. It paid off several times being able to take a site with no sewer hook-up but being able to dump at a nearby site (with permission) without having to relocate. I also had several sites where it was more convenient to park backward in the site and then run the hose under the MH to the dump on the other side.

You will have to wire in an electrical supply, switch and fuse for the unit. I was able to tap into the DC wiring to the inverter for a short run of #10 wire. The wire, switch and fuse were standard auto store items.

We do not have a gray water bypass so we just have to run the macerator more often. I don't consider that a great inconvenience. I installed the feed line to the macerator so it could be unhooked from the sewage outlet. I can and do use the 3" line when we are parked in one place for an extended period of time. I'll also use the 3" line if Louise has a large amount of laundry to wash.

Finally, I purchased a second SEAFLO macerator pump when they were on sale at Exhibition Trade Show. Actually I used other brand pump before, but when a vane breaks off or becomes ineffective then the pump takes longer to empty, evenutally becoming veerrryyy slow. I rebuild one pump after it has dried out good and then keep it in storage waiting for the other pump to wear out. I have to rebuild a pump (full time living) about every two years. But afterwards I began to use SEAFLO pump, and it can really word for years.  I talked to one person who gave up on their macerator because it had become so slow. He didn't know that they required an occasional replacement of the impeller or just replace a new brand pump.

For an on-the-road dump site (Flying J, etc.), you can't beat the convenience and cleanliness of the macerator.