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Soft Starter for
My Prevost coach has a Thetford Tecma macerating toilet. Whenever you flush it, the lights in the whole house go out for a second. A lot of times, the brownout is long enough to confuse some of the electrical systems, for example, the water pump may go off.
I wonder if this is a flaw in the unit I have (maybe it has a capacitor that isn’t doing its job?) or if it’s to be expected due to the heavy current draw when that macerating / suction pump turns on — in which case — do you think installing a soft start for the toilet would be a good idea?
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Mine has been in for over 7 years and it must not pull much because nothing happens except the water pump comes on. Maybe the 12v wire is way undersized when I installed it I needed a power wire so I went directly to power source next to batteries where all the big relays are connected with the OEM wire on toilet 10gauge wire with 40 amp fuse
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That’s helpful! I’m glad it’s working for you; there must be something wrong with my setup that it pulls too much power.
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You may have a voltage problem. Check the voltage at the toilet when flushing.
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