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Every living organism consumes nutrients and creates waste. To convert waste back to nutrients and complete this sequence, nature utilizes the processes of decomposition and evaporation. Nature seems to do this in the most advantageous manner. There are countless advantages of recycling and simplifying your needs. Countless 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. Numerous individuals do not ponder where their sewage and waste ends up after flushing. A lot of people may think that a composting toilet is an outhouse toilet; perhaps a repulsive recollection of a camping expedition. Well, this is not the case. Composting toilets are a long way from being outhouse toilets! They range from simple, twin chamber designs to complex units with rotating tynes, temperature and moisture probes, and electronic control systems. They are very efficient natural converters of human and household waste. They save money and energy for many people 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 use 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 typically need to be taken out annually each spring when utilized on a seasonal basis. Compost will have to be taken out 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 systems are designed for use with a Sealand 1 pint flush toilet. The Sealand in the bathroom is connected by a standard 3” plumbing pipe to the composting unit which is below the toilet and on average within 15-20 feet. A Sealand one pint flush toilet is necessary 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 constructed. 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 ensures fast and odorless decomposition. While recycling waste into harmless, fertilizing, useable soil, the unit uses hardly any water saving you thousands of gallons of water. The system has no odor 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 subject to downdraft or surrounded by high trees or hills. We also recommend the fan if you must put in a bend in your vent stack. Sun-Mar offers non-electric and 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 joins to a standard 3 pin 115 Volt outlet. This powers both the heating element in addition to the fan. An alternate source of energy, such as a solar panel, can be used for non-electric models; 12 Volt fans can be installed in the stack and connected to a battery which draws from the alternate source.

Every single one of the electric units additionally incorporates a ½” safety drain in case of emergency. This must be joined when power outages are likely, during heavy use, or residential use. NE (Non-electric), AC/DC, Space Saver Models, and Sun-Mar Mobile units are all fitted with 1” drains which must be connected to a drain hole, some type of container, or other facility.

Sun-Mar Centrex units act as a reliable year-round facility. Throughout the cold winter months it can be primed for constant or intermittent use. The unit may be used as a holding tank throughout the winter if your Sun-Mar Centrex will be in frequently or in a house where the temperature remains over 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 other cost the system comes complete with everything needed to install and operate the unit; a 30LB bag of peat mix (all Centrex 2000 and Centrex 3000 Models come with 2 bags), dried bacteria for getting the unit started, in addition to a rake for periodic clearing of the evaporating compartment. Your Vent Stack and each central unit consists of a diffuser vent cap for a 2” or 4” pipe as appropriate and a “Compost Quick” enzyme for speeding up the composting. And definitely your owner’s manual (specific to each unit). The only exception is the 3” plumbing pipe and fittings necessary to hook up a 1 pint flush toilet to a central composting unit.

One of the most important tasks is the putting in place of the vent stack, which is provided with all units. All vent pipes are thin wall PVC and every vent kit comes with all fittings, pipes, and vent intake assembly. Also included is a waste inlet assembly for every central system. The complete waste inlet piping kit for A/F units is a ten foot 1” diameter drain hose. There is an evaporating tray located underneath the drum screen to secure any excess peat moss.

Engineered by the air flow from within the system, each Sun Mar unit is an odor free environment. This preserves 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 constantly pulls air in to assure that no smell leaks from the system and also evaporates the extra liquid. The evaporation in electric units is supported by a thermostatically controlled heater that is in a sealed compartment beneath the evaporating chamber.

The Sun-Mar includes a one of its kind Bio-drum that ensures aerobic microbes flourish so that they go to work rapidly decomposing waste and converting it helpful soil for the earth.  Peat mix and waste bulking material go in through the port for the waste inlet placed at the top of the drum. On the self-contained units, just rotate the drum every so often by turning the handle on the front to aerate and blend the compost. This is on the side on the central units. The inlet door closes automatically for the duration of the rotation keeping the compost in the drum.

When you are prepared to clear compost from the Bio-drum, just rotate 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 ready 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.

Receiving the compost in a separate container that is easily accessible is one of the two functions the finishing drawer performs. The other is to complete the sanitation and composting process. The compost can be safely removed when this is done!

Sun-Mar toilets give off no pollutants while gathering nutrients and are designed not only to harness these natural processes but to optimize and accelerate them. Toilet waste is over 90% water content. This can be evaporated and carried to the atmosphere through the vent system. The small amount of left behind material is recycled into an effective fertilizing soil. A further fantastic benefit great benefit is a Sun-Mar can manage the toilet waste wherever there is a poorly working septic system. Sun-Mar units are efficient, quick to install and easy to operate. Fragile environments can be protected given that no chemicals and no septic systems are used. A Sun-Mar composting unit is an environmentally healthy alternative for recycling human waste.

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