Our ’87 38-200 came to us with a Lectra-San. Not legal in the Great Lakes and a bad idea in our home waters of Lake St. Clair. There is a Ronco B-188 at the bottom of the starboard cockpit lazeratte currently used as a water tank. Yesterday I removed the water heater, removed the“floor” board covering the tank and wiggled the tank out. The plan was to convert this to a waste holding tank. At 25 gal. it seems perfect. I am struggling to decide how to add a pump-out fitting. The bottom front corner is a good location but I don’t know what kind of fitting to install. As a holding tank it better never start to leak.
I had thought that this tank was the standard holding tank from Ericson and since our boat was a special build many things are not normal. Searching this site suggests that some 38-200’s have the holding tank at the forward end of the locker area, forward of the tank I pulled. It looks like a good spot. That’s where the Lectra-san is currently, nestled against the hull, and it looks like plumbing is straight forward. Shorter hoses even.
Should I rework the B-188 into a holding tank? If so how do I install another 1 ½” fitting for the outlet?
If I go with a new tank, in the front of the locker, does anyone know which tank model fits best? I found one post that lists a B-130 but it is not listed on the Ronco website.
Mike
I had thought that this tank was the standard holding tank from Ericson and since our boat was a special build many things are not normal. Searching this site suggests that some 38-200’s have the holding tank at the forward end of the locker area, forward of the tank I pulled. It looks like a good spot. That’s where the Lectra-san is currently, nestled against the hull, and it looks like plumbing is straight forward. Shorter hoses even.
Should I rework the B-188 into a holding tank? If so how do I install another 1 ½” fitting for the outlet?
If I go with a new tank, in the front of the locker, does anyone know which tank model fits best? I found one post that lists a B-130 but it is not listed on the Ronco website.
Mike