Vented Loops

Vented loops are anti-siphon safety

devices for use with both manual and
electric marine toilets installed below
the waterline (static or heeled).
29015-0010 38 mm (1½")
29015-0020 25 mm (1") 1½"
29015-0000 19 mm (¾")
29015-1000 Replacement Valve

NOTE: This data is only applicable to Jabsco

Marine Toilets - For all other makes of marine toilet 1"
and for all other applications and all other types of
product, please refer to the instructions supplied
with the product concerned. ¾"
1. What is a Siphon?
Water flows downhill whenever it can. It will do so
even if it has to rise at first, provided its final level
is lower than its initial level and there is no air in
the connecting pipework. A system in which water
rises and then falls as it flows of its own accord
under gravity is called a siphon.

2. How to prevent a siphon

Manual and electric marine toilets flushed with sea
or river water require connections through the hull
below water level. If the toilet is installed below the
boat's waterline, the possibility of flooding the hull
through an open seacock must be prevented, not WATERLINE
only for the discharge pipe, but also for the inlet
pipe.
If no precautions are taken, a toilet below the
waterline is at risk of flooding at all times when the
discharge or inlet seacock is open (A).
A loop of pipe above water level (B) may prevent
flooding, but there remains a risk that a siphon will
be created by pumping the toilet, or when the boat
heels, or by wave action.
LOOP

WATERLINE

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To break the siphon, air must be let into the top of
the loop of pipe, allowing water to drop back on VENTED LOOP ONE-WAY
both sides of the loop, and stopping it from flowing VALVE
into the hull.
A Vented Loop (C) is fitted with a one-way valve at WATERLINE
the top, permitting water to be pumped through the
loop and out of the hull, but preventing the
formation of a siphon that would allow water to flow
back into the hull.

3. How to prevent a siphon in the

discharge of all models of Manual
and Electric Toilet and Holding
Tanks

AT LEAST 200 mm
(8") ABOVE STATIC
AND HEELED
WATERLINES

HEELED

VENTED
LOOP
WATERLINE
WASTE DISCHARGE from
TOILETS (all models) or
HOLDING TANKS STATIC

PUMPED WASTE FROM DISCHARGE

IN UNRESTRICTED TOILET OR WASTE SEACOCK
WATERS ONLY HOLDING TANK

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4. How to prevent a siphon in the
inlet pipe SEAWATER OR RIVER
AT LEAST WATER INLET to
200mm (8") MANUAL TOILET
ABOVE STATIC
This product is designed solely for use AND HEELED
with Jabsco Vented Loop. Do not over- WATERLINES
tighten cap as this may damage the
VENTED LOOP
valve and cause a leak. FITTED IN PIPE HEELED
BETWEEN PUMP AND
TOILET BOWL
Do NOT fit a vented loop into the inlet pipework of
WATERLINE
a pump, where it will admit air (as it is designed to)
and impede or prevent priming.
STATIC
Trouble-shooting tip: if the anti-siphon loop makes
a hissing noise when the pump is running, and the
MANUAL PUMP
clean water flush pump won't prime, the vented ON TOILET
INLET
SEACOCK
loop has been fitted in the pump's suction line
instead of its discharge line.
Remedy:
In a manual toilet system, remove the vented loop
from the inlet line and fit it in the discharge line
between pump and toilet bowl. DO NOT FIT VENTED LOOP
IN SUCTION PIPE BETWEEN
In an electric system, where the inlet line requires SEACOCK AND PUMP

X
a vented loop, a solenoid valve must also be
fitted.

MANUAL PUMP
ON TOILET INLET
SEACOCK

37068-2000
5. Lite Flush and 37010 Series
Solenoid Air Valve
Electric Toilets
In the Lite Flush and the 37010 series electric
toilet installations where the clean water inlet line
has to be protected by an anti-siphon loop, the
vent in the top of the loop needs to be kept closed
under suction, so that the pump can prime and
run.
Fit an electrically operated solenoid air valve
(37068-2000) in the top of the vented loop. The 29015-0000
solenoid will close the air valve only when the Vented Loop
pump is running, allowing the valve to perform its 19mm (¾")
normal siphon-breaking function at other times.
Continued on page 4...

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...continued from page 3
5. Lite Flush and 37010 Series SEAWATER or RIVER WATER INLET to ELECTRIC
Electric Toilets TOILET Lite Flush and
...continued from page 3 37010-series only
5. Lite Flush and 37010 Series SEAWATER or RIVER WATER INLET to ELECTRIC
Electric Toilets TOILET Lite200mm
AT LEAST Flush(8")
and
ABOVE STATIC AND
37010-series HEELED
only
WATERLINES
...continued from page 3
5. Lite Flush and 37010 Series SEAWATER
SOLENOID or RIVER WATER
AT LEAST 200mmINLET
(8") to ELECTRIC
VALVE
Electric Toilets TOILET Lite Flush and
ABOVE STATIC AND HEELED
HEELED
WATERLINESVENTED
37010-seriesLOOPonly
SOLENOID
PUSH BUTTON
VALVE
SWITCH TO OPERATE AT LEAST 200mm (8") WATERLINE
HEELED
VENTED
ABOVE STATIC AND HEELED
TOILET PUMP
WATERLINESLOOP
...continued from page 3
STATIC
5. Lite Flush and 37010 Series PUSH BUTTON SEAWATER
SOLENOID or RIVER WATER WATERLINE
INLET to ELECTRIC
SWITCH TO OPERATE
VALVE
Electric Toilets TOILET PUMP TOILET Lite Flush
INLET and
HEELED
VENTED
37010-series
LOOP
SEACOCK only
STATIC
...continued
PUSH BUTTON from page 3 ...continued from page 3
AT LEAST 200mm
INLET WATERLINE
(8")
5. Lite
SWITCH Flush
TO OPERATE
TOILET PUMP
and ABOVE
37010 5. Lite
STATIC
SEACOCK Series
AND Flush
HEELED and 3701
WATERLINES
6. Deluxe Flush, Quiet Flush & Electric Toilets Electric Toilets
AT LEAST 200mm (8") STATIC
Designer Style Electric Toilets SOLENOID
ABOVE STATIC AND HEELED
VALVE WATERLINES TOILET FLUSH
INLET PUMP ABOVE
HEELED
VENTED
6. Deluxe Flush, Quiet Flush & SEACOCK
LOOP
WATERLINE
AT LEAST 200mm (8")
Designer Style Electric Toilets ABOVE STATIC AND HEELED
PUSH BUTTON WATERLINES TOILET
HEELEDFLUSH
WATERLINE
PUMP ABOVE
SWITCH TO OPERATE
VENTED
TOILET PUMP WATERLINE
LOOP
6. Deluxe Flush, Quiet Flush &
AT LEAST 200mm (8") WATERLINE STATIC
Designer Style Electric Toilets ABOVE STATIC AND HEELED
HEELED
TOILET FLUSH
VENTED WATERLINES INLETPUMP ABOVE
LOOP STATIC
WATERLINE
SEACOCK
WATERLINE
FLUSH WATER INLET HEELED
TO TOILET SEACOCK
VENTED STATIC
LOOP
6. Deluxe Flush, Quiet Flush &
FLUSH WATER WATERLINE
AT LEAST 200mm (8")
Designer Style Electric Toilets TO TOILET
INLET
ABOVE STATIC AND HEELED
SEACOCK TOILET FLUSH
WATERLINES
PUMP ABOVE
STATIC
WATERLINE

6. Deluxe Flush, Quiet

FLUSH WATER 6. Flush
INLETDeluxe& Flush,
HEELED Quie
TO TOILET SEACOCK
Designer Style Electric
VENTED Toilets
Designer Style Electr
LOOP
WATERLINE
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