stupid question where is the holding tank

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I have a 1984 sea ray 340 sedan bridge equipped with a lectra san system and for the life of me I can't find the holding tank. Where would it normally be installed. The boat was surveyed in 2005 and the survey says a holding tank is in place but I can't trace it from the toilet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
open every hatch, look everywhere, pull carpets... should be pretty easy to find... you need to be familiar with the boat and know where all componenets are, especially sea cocks, thruhulls, etc...
 
Can you follow discharge hose from toilet? It'll take you to either LetraSan unit or holding tank.
 
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Originally posted by Bob J

Can you follow discharge hose from toilet? It'll take you to either LetraSan unit or holding tank.

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It goes to the LectraSan.
 
if it goes straight to the LS and you dont' have a Y valve between the head and LS then you dont' have a HT or it's disconnected
 
Try moving this question to the Sea Ray Forum. Somebody there will have the exact same Boat.
 
If you have a Lectra/San, there's a fair possibility that the boat doesn't have a holding tank (any longer). A former owner may have removed the holding tank when he installed the Lectra/San, to free up some storage space - it's done quite often.
 
Lectra/San equipped boats donot normally have a holding tank. The waste is pumped through the unit,sterilized and then pumped overboard.
 
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Originally posted by Dockboss

Lectra/San equipped boats donot normally have a holding tank. The waste is pumped through the unit,sterilized and then pumped overboard.

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...Which is now illegal in all of the increasing # of No-Discharge Zones including all freshwater I believe & most harbors & a lot of coastal areas these days. . If no holding tank is employed ( so no "Y-valve to lock) on boats in these areas, the head door must be locked from the outside or some other means of preventing any use of the head or any discharge must be put into place.

As Vic pointed out above: http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=99076
 
Don't know if this helps, perhaps yours is similar to my Trojan International where both the waste tank and fresh water tank are fiberglass compartments built into the hull, between the inboard stringers, 40 gallons each. The freshwater tank is beneath the floor of the salon, and the waste tank is in the engine room floor, behind the bulkhead.

Other than the fuel tank, there are no obvious tanks to be seen, anywhere.

RWS
 
Sandy, you're partially correct about the ever increasing number of No Discharge Zones. However, none have been added in the last few years, that I'm aware of. Admittedly it's a problem in the Mass, CT and Long Island Sound areas - but there's a whole lot of "the rest of the country's coastline" where treatment systems are permitted. In fact, most of the areas bordering on Cape Cod Bay permit their use (not Plymouth/Duxbury however). So lets not scare off the others who are in areas where they are allowed and may be legally used.

Here's the list, by state, of EPA mandated No Discharge Zones:

http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/vessel_sewage/vsdnozone.html#ma
 
Slemp, the original tank was placed directly aft of your head, which is more or less under your lower helm.
 
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