A New Twist from Jabsco makes for Safer, Cleaner Boating
Although Jabsco is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of marine toilets, it continues to search for new ways to improve its products and functionality. The new
‘Twist ‘n’ Lock’ manual toilet range does just that by addressing the issues of syphonic flooding and waste backflow.
In their Installation Instructions Jabsco have always promoted the use of sea cocks, vented loops and the correct positioning of holding tanks. However, modern boat design tends to work against these basic principles, with sea cocks hidden from view and even holding tanks installed above, rather than below the toilet.
The new Jabsco ‘Twist ‘n’ Lock’ design uses a remodelled piston in the pump-out assembly. At the end of normal pumping out, at the bottom of the pump stroke, the user simply turns the handle through 90o which locks the piston down onto the base outlet valve keeping it securely shut. Turning the handle to the normal operating position opens the lock again.
It is a simple and intuitive solution, yet means skippers can sleep easy in the knowledge that even in a big seaway, with a less than perfectly installed unit, no water, or worse, waste, will find its way into the cabin.
The ‘Twist ‘n’ Lock’ system is being installed on all Jabsco Manual Toilets, both Compact and Regular Bowl sizes and at no addition to the retail price.
