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Posted by Gregory Absten
on December 8, 2007, 9:01 am, in reply to "Holding tank vent odor"
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We used to have the same problem - smelled like you were pumping out each time you flushed just because of the odor from the vent tube. We had saltwater flush too. You solved it cheaper than we did so I think I'll try your method next time. We went down to home depot and got one of those home water filtration cartridges and bought the charcoal filters for it. Worked great but it was more expensive, and sounds like yours does the same thing. I didn't know I could get the activated charcoal at the pet store.
thanks - Greg
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: The odor from our holding tank vent was
: getting pretty bad and the cost of a
: commercial vent line filter stank as well;
: $80+ and $65+ replacement elements. I found
: a simple, effective, and cheap soloution.
: Taking a length of 1.5" PVC and adding
: end caps with 5/8" nipples, I put a
: small wad of polyesther aquarium filter
: material on either end and about 12 ounces
: of activated charcoal in the middle. I
: simply put the filter in line and the odor
: is GONE! The entire cost was less than $20.
: I used 24" of PVC but I think half that
: length would work. I also left one end cap
: unglued so as to be able to change the
: charcoal. Both the charcoal and filter
: material are available from the local pet
: store and the rest came from Home Depot
:
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