Every living organism consumes nutrients and produces waste. Nature makes use of the processes of decomposition and evaporation to convert waste back to nutrients and bring to an end this cycle. Nature seems to do this in the optimal manner. There are a lot of advantages of recycling and simplifying your needs. Lots of individuals 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. Lots of individuals do not think about where their sewage and waste ends up after flushing. Lots of individuals may think that a composting toilet is an outhouse toilet; possibly a nasty recollection of a camping excursion. Well, this is not the case. Composting toilets are far 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 quite efficient biological converters of human and household waste. They save money and energy for many individuals and populations.
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. When utilized on a seasonal basis compost will usually have to be extracted annually each spring. Compost will have to be removed regularly for residential use that is more frequent.
For a traditional kind of toilet in the bathroom, the Sun-Mar Centrex 2000-NE family low flush systems are ideal. Centrex family low flush units are designed for service 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 under the toilet and more often than not within 15-20 feet. A Sealand one pint flush toilet is vital 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 is delivered entirely assembled and its dimensions are H x W x D: 27 x 46 x 27”. For those with no continuous 110 volt power supply it is a non-electric unit.
All Sun-Mar composting toilets feature a patented bio-drum which guarantees fast and odorless decomposition. The unit consumes almost no water, saving you thousands of gallons of water while recycling waste into nontoxic, fertilizing, useable soil. The unit 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 recommend the fan if you need to put in a bend in your vent stack. Sun-Mar offers electric and non-electric models.
2000 series units are complete with a 1” drain hose which should be attached 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 heating element and also the fan. An alternate source of power, like a solar panel, can be used for non-electric models; 12 Volt fans can be put in the stack and joined to a battery which draws from the alternate source.
In case of emergency every one of the electric units additionally includes a ½” safety drain. This is supposed to be joined during residential usage, heavy usage, or when power outages are anticipated. NE (Non-electric), AC/DC, Space Saver Models, and Sun-Mar Mobile units are all fitted with 1” drains which should be connected to a drain hole, some type of container, or other facility.
Sun-Mar Centrex units function as a reliable year-round facility. During the bitter winter months it can be primed for nonstop or periodic use. In the winter, the unit may be utilized as a holding tank if your Sun-Mar Centrex will be in a residence where the temperature remains more than 55 degrees F at all times or in use regularly. This ensures composting continues.
When you acquire your unit 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 cost the system comes complete with everything required to install and operate the system; dried bacteria for getting the unit up and running, a rake for periodic clearing of the evaporating chamber, 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 comes with a diffuser vent cap for a 2” or 4” pipe as appropriate and a “Compost Quick” enzyme for quickening the composting. And unquestionably your owner’s manual (specific to each unit). The only exception is the 3” plumbing pipe and fittings required to link a 1 pint flush toilet to a central composting unit.
One of the main tasks is the installation of the vent stack, which is included with all systems. All vent pipes are thin wall PVC and each vent kit comes with all fittings, pipes, and vent intake assembly. Also included for every central system 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 placed underneath the drum screen to trap any extra peat moss.
Every Sun Mar unit is an odor free environment engineered by the air flow from within the system. This keeps up a partial vacuum continuously. Air is being drawn in from either the fan or from the vent chimney on the non-electric systems. It moves through the evaporating chamber and out through the vent stack. This constantly pulls air in to ensure that no smell leaks out of the system as well as evaporates the surplus liquid. The evaporation in electric systems is aided by a thermostatically controlled heater that is in a sealed compartment below the evaporating chamber.
The Sun-Mar features an exclusive Bio-drum that makes certain aerobic microbes prosper so that they go to work speedily breaking down waste and transforming it useful soil for the earth. Peat mix and waste bulking matter enter through the port for the waste inlet situated at the top of the drum. To aerate and mix up the compost basically rotate the drum from time to time by turning the handle on the front on the self-contained systems. This is on the side on the central systems. The inlet door closes automatically during the rotation storing the compost in the drum.
Simply rotate the drum backwards after releasing the drum locker when you are all set to clear compost from the Bio-drum. The inlet port in the Bio-Drum will open automatically and compost will drop directly into the finishing drawer of the compositor. After rotating, the Bio-drum locks itself in a top dead center position. It is then set to receive new material. Composting can be completed without contamination from fresh waste in the drawer because it has an independent compost drawer for finishing. The compost is gradually in the drawer until ready for removal.
One of the two uses the finishing drawer performs is to collect the compost in a separate container that is easy to get to. The other is to finish the sanitation and composting process. As soon as this is done the compost can be safely removed!
Sun-Mar toilets create no contaminants 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 back to the atmosphere through the vent system. The small quantity of left over material is recycled into a useful fertilizing soil. One more grand alternative benefit is wherever there is a inadequately performing septic system; a Sun-Mar can manage the toilet waste. Sun-Mar units are economical, quick to install and simple to operate. Delicate environments can be protected since no chemicals and no septic systems are used. A Sun-Mar composting system is an environmentally healthy option for recycling human waste.
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