Each living organism consumes nutrients and produces waste. To change waste back to nutrients and conclude this cycle, nature employs the processes of decomposition and evaporation. As frequently the case, nature seems to do this in the most advantageous manner. There are a lot of advantages of recycling and simplifying your needs. Lots of people are aware of composting toilets. Those, particularly, who are in the alternative movement; they are using them for compost in their gardens. They start the regeneration of the Earth’s precious environment. Many people do not consider where their sewage and waste goes once it is flushed. A lot of people may think that a composting toilet is an outhouse toilet; possibly a disagreeable recollection of a camping expedition. Well, this is not the case. Composting toilets are a long way from being outhouse toilets! They vary from simple, twin chamber designs to complex systems with rotating tynes, temperature and moisture probes, and electronic control systems. They are extremely effectual natural converters of human and household waste. They save money and energy for many folks and communities.
One of the most popular brands is the Sun-Mar composting toilet. The Sun-Mar Centrex 2000-NE is one of their more popular models. It is designed for heavy to medium service in a cabin, cottage, or light residential home. For a little better idea of the seasonal capacity, it would be six adults or a family of eight, and for residential use it would be three adults or a family of five. Compost will generally need to be removed annually each spring when utilized on a seasonal basis. For residential use that is more frequent; compost will have to be removed regularly.
The Sun-Mar Centrex 2000-NE family low flush systems are ideal for a traditional sort of toilet in the bathroom. Centrex family low flush units are designed for use with a Sealand 1 pint flush toilet. The Sealand in the bathroom is joined by a standard 3” plumbing pipe to the composting unit which is beneath the toilet and on average within 15-20 feet. A Sealand one pint flush toilet is required for use with this unit and is sold separately. The Centrex 2000-NE SunMar toilets can be used with more than one Sealand low flush toilet.
The unit’s dimensions are H x W x D: 27″ x 46″ x 27” and is sent fully put together. For those with no continuous 110 volt power supply it is a non-electric unit.
A patented bio-drum is included in all Sun-Mar composting toilets guaranteeing fast and odorless decomposition. The unit consumes almost no water, saving you thousands of gallons of water while recycling waste into safe, fertilizing, useable soil. The system is odorless and is certified and listed by the NSF (National Science Foundation). It is fitted with a 4” vent stack and installation of a 12 Volt fan is optional, but is recommended for heavy seasonal use, residential use, or where the installation is particularly exposed to downdraft or surrounded by high trees or hills. We also suggest the fan if you need to install a bend in your vent stack. Sun-Mar offers electric and non-electric models.
2000 series units are supplied with a 1” drain hose which should be joined to the 1” drain at the bottom of the unit. This is for handling excess liquid.
Every electric unit is complete with a power cord and pre-molded plug that attaches to a standard 3 pin 115 Volt outlet. This powers both the fan and also the heating element. For non-electric models, 12 Volt fans can be installed in the stack and joined to a battery which draws from an alternate source of power, like a solar panel.
In case of emergency every single one of the electric units also includes a ½” safety drain. This has to be connected during heavy use, when power outages are predicted, or during residential usage. NE (Non-electric), AC/DC, Space Saver Models, and Sun-Mar Mobile units are all fitted with 1” drains which has to be joined to a drain hole, some type of container, or other facility.
Sun-Mar Centrex units function as a dependable year-round facility. It can be prepared for continuous or periodic use for the period of the bitter winter months. Through the winter, the unit may be utilized as a holding tank if your Sun-Mar Centrex will be in use frequently or in a residence where the temperature remains higher than 55 degrees F at all times The unit may be utilized as a holding tank in the winter if your Sun-Mar Centrex will be in use often or in a home where the temperature remains greater than 55 degrees F at all times. This ensures composting continues.
When you purchase your system it comes with a 5 year manufacturer’s warranty on the fiberglass tank and 3 years on replacement of all other parts. At no extra price the system is delivered complete with all needed to install and operate the system; a rake for periodic clearing of the evaporating compartment, dried bacteria for getting the system underway, as well as a 30LB bag of peat mix (all Centrex 2000 and Centrex 3000 Models come with 2 bags). Your Vent Stack and each central system consists of a diffuser vent cap for a 2” or 4” pipe as appropriate and a “Compost Quick” enzyme for hastening the composting. And absolutely your owner’s manual (specific to each system). The only exception is the 3” plumbing pipe and fittings essential to affix a 1 pint flush toilet to a central composting unit.
One of the most important tasks is the setting up of the vent stack, which is provided with all units. All vent pipes are thin wall PVC and each vent kit comes with all fittings, vent intake assembly, and pipes. Also included for every central unit is a waste inlet assembly. The complete waste inlet piping kit for A/F systems is a ten foot 1” diameter drain hose. There is an evaporating tray positioned underneath the drum screen to grab any excess peat mossTo secure.
Engineered by the air flow from within the system, every Sun Mar unit is an odor free environment. This maintains a partial vacuum at all times. Air is being drawn in from either the fan or from the vent chimney on the non-electric units. It moves through the evaporating chamber and out through the vent stack. This evaporates the surplus liquid, and also continuously pulls air in to guarantee that no smell seeps from the unit. The evaporation in electric systems is aided by a thermostatically controlled heater that is in a sealed chamber underneath the evaporating compartment.
The Sun-Mar features an exclusive Bio-drum that makes certain aerobic microbes prosper so that they go to work quickly breaking down waste and converting it helpful soil for the earth. Peat mix and waste bulking material come in through the port for the waste inlet situated at the top of the drum. To aerate and mix up the compost merely rotate the drum from time to time by turning the handle on the front on the self-contained units. On the central units this is on the side. During the rotation, the inlet door closes automatically holding the compost in the drum.
When you are prepared to clear compost from the Bio-drum, basically turn the drum backwards after releasing the drum locker. The inlet port in the Bio-Drum will open automatically and compost will release directly into the finishing drawer of the compositor. After turning, the Bio-drum locks itself in a top dead center position. It is then prepared to collect new material. One of the advantages of having an independent compost drawer for finishing is that composting can be completed without contamination from fresh waste in the drawer. The compost is slowly in the drawer until ready for removal.
Receiving the compost in an isolated container that is easily accessible is one of the two functions the finishing drawer performs. The other is to finish the sanitation and composting process. Once this is finished the compost can be safely taken out!
Sun-Mar toilets create no pollutants while accumulating nutrients and are designed not only to harness these natural processes but to optimize and hasten them. Toilet waste is over 90% water content. This can be evaporated and carried to the atmosphere through the vent system. The small quantity of residual material is recycled into an effective fertilizing soil. A further grand benefit great benefit is a Sun-Mar can manage the toilet waste where there is a poorly performing septic system. Sun-Mar units are efficient, quick to install and easy to use. Given that no chemicals and no septic systems are utilized, delicate environments can be protected. A Sun-Mar composting unit is an environmentally healthy alternative for recycling human waste.
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