Thetford cassette toilet

[Chico60]

My flusher seens to be working intermittently, one minute press and hold button and flushes normally then next time nothing?

 

[Bertietoo]

Probably the switch has become unreliable.
I doubt if its possible to clean it. The best thing is just replace it.

Steve

 

[Chico60]

Thanks, home from trip tomorrow so will add to list of things to do.....

 

[TJBi]

Have you checked the connections?

 

[Chico60]

Have you checked the connections?

I will do over weekend, sometimes works fine then other times doesnt, intermittent.

 

[Geek]

The flush in mine has started leaking. I think it's a pipe connection on the solenoid valve. An easy fix, but a nightmare to get to.
So I've blocked off the water feed to the flush. Yes, there is no flush now, but that's no bad thing. A hand spray bottle was only 99p in IKEA.

 

[trevskoda]

Electric pump motor was a problem in my van.

 

[barryd]

Oddly my flush pump suddenly decided to pack up when I was at @MERL s earlier last year. We thought it was a fuse I think but it wasn't. The 12v power just wasn't getting to it and in the end Merl re-routed it which was a right PIA for him.

 

[TJBi]

The flush in mine has started leaking. I think it's a pipe connection on the solenoid valve. An easy fix, but a nightmare to get to.
So I've blocked off the water feed to the flush. Yes, there is no flush now, but that's no bad thing. A hand spray bottle was only 99p in IKEA.

I had a similar problem in 2024 and again at the start of my current trip. In 2024, on advice from a friend who advised of the difficult access, I threw money at the problem and replaced the solenoid valve and the vacuum breaker, which cured the problem. This year, I was unable to find a solenoid valve on Amazon France that could be delivered to a locker, so went for the vacuum breaker only and cured the problem. It is difficult to be certain, but the old vacuum breaker may have developed splits along the seam joining the two parts.

 

[molly 2]

The flush in mine has started leaking. I think it's a pipe connection on the solenoid valve. An easy fix, but a nightmare to get to.
So I've blocked off the water feed to the flush. Yes, there is no flush now, but that's no bad thing. A hand spray bottle was only 99p in IKEA.

For a big jobby you can use the shower ,

 

[alcam]

For a big jobby you can use the shower ,

Will it go down the shower plug hole ?

 

[molly 2]

Only if you poke it down with your fingers

 

[alcam]

Only if you poke it down with your fingers

Your (w)hole finger ?

 

[TJBi]

This thread seems to be going down the pan.

 

[Geek]

I had a similar problem in 2024 and again at the start of my current trip. In 2024, on advice from a friend who advised of the difficult access, I threw money at the problem and replaced the solenoid valve and the vacuum breaker, which cured the problem. This year, I was unable to find a solenoid valve on Amazon France that could be delivered to a locker, so went for the vacuum breaker only and cured the problem. It is difficult to be certain, but the old vacuum breaker may have developed splits along the seam joining the two parts.

I bought a £1.99 solenoid valve on the Slow Boat. It seemed to work OK, but the cheap price spooked me, so a bought a spare. Nearly ten years later, that spare valve is still in the drawer.
The vacuum breaker was a bit of a pig to get to clip into place, as I recall, but I didn't really look at it too carefully.
I suspect that frost has cracked something upstream of the solenoid valve. Isn't the vacuum breaker on the toilet side of the solenoid valve?
I just don't fancy the hassle of refitting the swivel pan, so the water supply to the flush is isolated for the time being.
Interesting how much longer the cassette takes to fill with no flush at all.

 

[TJBi]

I bought a £1.99 solenoid valve on the Slow Boat. It seemed to work OK, but the cheap price spooked me, so a bought a spare. Nearly ten years later, that spare valve is still in the drawer.
The vacuum breaker was a bit of a pig to get to clip into place, as I recall, but I didn't really look at it too carefully.
I suspect that frost has cracked something upstream of the solenoid valve. Isn't the vacuum breaker on the toilet side of the solenoid valve?
I just don't fancy the hassle of refitting the swivel pan, so the water supply to the flush is isolated for the time being.
Interesting how much longer the cassette takes to fill with no flush at all.

The vacuum breaker is definitely easier to get out than fit in! Yes, the vacuum breaker is on the toilet side of the solenoid valve and replacing the vacuum breaker coincided with cessation of leak. I didn't find the access as difficult as I recollected it being the first time. It is useful to have a mirror on a stick, ideally with a small LED light on it, to see what's what, but I then found it easier to work by feel rather than trying to hold the mirror with one hand and using the other to manipulate screwdriver and screw. The bowl can be rotated from below as required in order to get the retention screw holes into convenient positions.