Vacuflush issue

Thank you both! That was what I was hoping to hear. I replaced the pump on the VF this fall but haven't had enough time with it to see if this fixed my vacuum issue. Come spring when I can let it go for a weekend and listen to it, I can decide to reinvest in the Elegance. Hind sight, wish I would have seen this before I spend the money on the pump. The Elegance definitely seems the way to go. I will be using a pressurized fresh water setup, so sounding fairly easy to do, affordable, and quiet. The load pop from the VF always wakes me up in the middle of the night.

Now I just need to figure out how to reroute the tubing...
 
can the elegance replace an existing VF head without changing the rest of the system???
 
What "rest of the system"?

The Marine "Elegance" is self contained; it has no vacuum pump, vacuum tank or vacuum generator. The input from the pressure water supply is pretty cut and dried, but the discharge line goes directly from the toilet to the holding tank - so that line will, in all probability, need to be re-routed - plus the wiring is completely different.
 
That brings up a question, what kind of wiring will I need to do? Not exactly how the wiring works right now on the VF. I assume both the vacuum switch and the pump are running off the same circuit breaker with the switch being in the middle to trigger the pump to run when it sees fit.

My assumption is that there is a switch to turn on the Elegance between the circuit and the pump there, but that is manually tripped instead of the VF's vacuum sensor switch. Or, I am way off base, which could very well be the case...
 
Craig, on a VacuFlush all the wiring is done down at the vacuum generator or vacuum pump and vacuum tank - below deck. Wiring isn't run to the actual toilet.

On a Marine "Elegance," the wiring is run right to the switch control module at the toilet, in the head compartment. The switch control module is mounted somewhere in the immediate vicinity of the toilet, and a special cable is run to the wall switch, which must be mounted either in the wall or the side of the sink vanity.

With a VacuFlush, the "activator" is a mechanical pedal on the actual toilet pedestal, little or no electric wiring necessary to the actual toilet. For the "Elegance," it's a good deal different; it is activated by a wall-mounted switch. All the component parts are included with the toilet when ordered, but the installation is a good deal different than with a VacuFlush.

Here's the link to the Marine "Elegance" Owner's Manual. You can look it over and get an idea of what's involved:

http://www.raritaneng.com/pdf_files/Marine Elegance/L460v0210.pdf
 
so the elegance pushes water to the holding tank in the old manner instead of the VF sucking it. So to replace my VF system I need to remove the VF vacuum pump and plumb direct to the holding tank???
 
Hey Vic, based on the diagram, that is basically what I expected for any of the control switch setups. I can reuse the VF pos/neg wiring from the circuit board to whatever control switch I purchase for the Elegance, from the control it then depends on which control panel I decide to go with.

pdecat - from what I understand, the answer is yes. I assume most holding tanks, the tubing goes in at the top (or near the top) so that when it pushed the water to the tank, it falls into the tank... at least that is where my VF tube goes in. So, you would no longer need any of the VF pump or vacuum and strictly use the Elegance toilet with everything built all in one essentially. This is what is making this very attractive to switch to. No more hanging upside down to repair the VF system (at least on my boat).
 
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