Toilet won’t flush, fill, or drain

DanW

Toilet won’t flush fill or drain. The breaker is on. This happened after a child spent a little time in the bathroom. What could have happened that both the flush and fill pump are not working?

thanks,
Dan

Ian

Assuming electric pump version, “flush” and drain are the same and done by the pump at the bottom of the head; fill is usually by a separate pump, on my 310 behind the cabinet of the vanity. The fact both don’t work suggest perhaps another poppable breaker somewhere - maybe in the battery switch box? I have a number of them under the helm too, not sure though if there is one for the head pumps.

DanW

Yes, it’s the electric head. Flush and fill are separate pumps so it’s weird they both quit working. I was out on the hook. Haven’t found any breaker yet but will look in the engine room tomorrow. I suppose the breaker On the panel could have gone bad, but that seems unlikely. I’ll keep hunting. Thanks. 

Ian

When I first got ours I couldn’t understand why the rocker pressed one way to fill, the other to flush worked but the big red push button only flushed (or filled, can’t recall) when it was supposed to do both. Took out cupboard and found a wire that runs the non-operative function had slipped off big red. Compressed the terminal and checked others and all good again; maybe a ground common to both has done the same as the kid pressed buttons or after the prior working use.

trip_n

does your head hava gfci outlet ?
could they dropped a toy or ....
time to get the hands stinky

Ian

Runs off 12vdc so no GFI cause and even if clogged you’d here something pumping or trying to - until parts break off.

DanW

So, I couldn’t chase it down yesterday because I was anchored out with guests. But today took apart the cabinet under the sink in the head. Ground wire came loose. Doesn’t look like it was crimped very well from the factory. I guess it took 18 years to work itself loose. Glad it was an easy fix though. Thanks everyone for your help!

Dan

Aqua_Aura

Good easy fix. I had the same issue with my CO monitor, it was dead and the crimp connector had let the wire fall out. 

reneechris14

one heII of a poop if you have to hold on to a ground wire. Lol