loo question

[Teutone]

I empty mine at every opportunity , I have a SOG on mine, { no chemicals , just an extraction fan system } I would not dream of leaving it with waste in it for a couple of weeks even if I were using Chemicals or not.

Considering of fitting a SOG. Would you recommend it?
I have already decided to ban chemicals. Can't belive that Formaldehyde is sold and used by the bucket load.
We want to and have used loo for No1 and No2's and I alway sempty as soon as we are back home (only short trips so far)
Bought a bottle bio fluid but find that a nose clamp works wonders when I empty the tank :lol-053:

To all who empty their tanks in public toilets, how are you rinsing it out?

 

[Deleted member 967]

Considering of fitting a SOG. Would you recommend it?
I have already decided to ban chemicals. Can't belive that Formaldehyde is sold and used by the bucket load.
We want to and have used loo for No1 and No2's and I alway sempty as soon as we are back home (only short trips so far)
Bought a bottle bio fluid but find that a nose clamp works wonders when I empty the tank :lol-053:

To all who empty their tanks in public toilets, how are you rinsing it out?

We also have a SOG and use Tesco Bio washing liquid, if I feel need too (£1.39 lasts us a month or more full timing). We find we need to empty every other day if stationary, but always try to empty every possible opportunity while on the move. I also carry a spare cassette. If we use a site where the waste is buried, I do not use anything other than the soap I use in the portable bidet which is tipped into the loo. We do No1s and No2s in our cassette, as we regularly use places where there are no toilets. Scale is easily removed with caustic or a proprietery descaler from time to time. The more water in the cassette, the easier it is to clean out.

When emptying in a public toilet, I carry a bottle of Water (2 litre Milk container) and an Air freshener spray as well as kitchen roll to wipe up any splashes.

When using Aires we use the waste water to rinse the cassette.

John

 

[Tbear]

Considering of fitting a SOG. Would you recommend it?
I have already decided to ban chemicals. Can't belive that Formaldehyde is sold and used by the bucket load.
We want to and have used loo for No1 and No2's and I alway sempty as soon as we are back home (only short trips so far)
Bought a bottle bio fluid but find that a nose clamp works wonders when I empty the tank :lol-053:

To all who empty their tanks in public toilets, how are you rinsing it out?

Sog will use electricity. Don't know how much but if you don't have much spare capacity, it might be too much.

Take an old pop bottle of water with you. You only need to flush it really well if its not going to be used for a while.

 

[Tbear]

We also have a SOG and use Tesco Bio washing liquid. We find we need to empty every other day if stationary, but always try to empty every possible opportunity while on the move. I also carry a spare cassette.

When emptying in a public toilet, I carry a bottle of Water (2 litre Milk container) and an Air freshener spray as well as kitchen roll to wipe up any splashes.

When using Aires we use the waste water to rinse the cassette.

John

Hi John

I like the idea of using the soapy waste water to wrinse the cassette. Obvious when you think about it. Saves water and being warm and soapy should do a much better job.

Richard

 

[Teutone]

We also have a SOG and use Tesco Bio washing liquid, if I feel need too (£1.39 lasts us a month or more full timing). We find we need to empty every other day if stationary, but always try to empty every possible opportunity while on the move. I also carry a spare cassette. If we use a site where the waste is buried, I do not use anything other than the soap I use in the portable bidet which is tipped into the loo. We do No1s and No2s in our cassette, as we regularly use places where there are no toilets. Scale is easily removed with caustic or a proprietery descaler from time to time. The more water in the cassette, the easier it is to clean out.

When emptying in a public toilet, I carry a bottle of Water (2 litre Milk container) and an Air freshener spray as well as kitchen roll to wipe up any splashes.

When using Aires we use the waste water to rinse the cassette.

John

Thanks John, some sound advise. Especially the air freshener
I also use a washing peg over my nose.:hammer:

 

[spigot]

Thats a great idea, carrying a spare cassette but I hav'nt got room for one in my small campervan.

A good tip though, I made a strong steel hook with a turned wood T bar handle which can lift all but the heaviest steel sewer covers to empty the cassette, this comes in very handy especially in Spain.

 

[maingate]

Regarding the question of rinsing out the cassette...... why would you want to?

The microbes have been busy decomposing the contents and you are just rinsing them away.

We have a SOG but use bio liquid as well. I just empty the cassette, add a little water and then the bio. Job done.

 

[Firefox]

Exactly... don't rinse the cassette. Another vwallan tip I picked up on!

 

[Deleted member 967]

Regarding the question of rinsing out the cassette...... why would you want to?

The microbes have been busy decomposing the contents and you are just rinsing them away.

We have a SOG but use bio liquid as well. I just empty the cassette, add a little water and then the bio. Job done.

Hi Jim

No offence but you lot must be a lot of soft sh*tes. I use water to get rid of those hard turds that get hung up somewhere in the cassette when I empty it. There is still a film of bacteria on the surface of the cassette, as a couple of litres of water dont make the cassette fit to eat your dinner out of. Maybe its our low carb/high protein diet.

Joan says we talk a lot of Sh*it on these topics. I replied in the case of this one, YES.

If I want the cassette spotless, I fill it with a caustic solution or a propriety descaler. Then wash it out with domestos. Using it every day of the year it does get a limescale build up and this can cause the slide to stick. I would also do this when I want to change the seals or do any other repairs to the tank, otherwise a quick swill is all it gets.

I use bio when I am travelling but when on site and there is a dump near by I don't bother. If I have to put the casette in the car to empty it then I would also use bio then.

We use one site where the method of disposal is to dig a hole in the sand dune and bury the toilet waste (DEFRA approved method for this SSI site). I don't use bio when dumping there.

John

 

[barryd]

Ah good a toilet thread, great! 4 days max and its bursting. I agree with Northener. I have tried all the bio liquid, tablet rubbish and it doesnt work on my Leffe and curry powered turds. Blue stuff is the way to go (for me anyway). Mrs D doesnt poo of course and if she did it would smell of roses.

I have to say I nearly gave up motorhoming after our first trip. The couple we bought the Kontiki off left us with a half full thetford that had been stood for several months with I assume no blue in it, just their deposits. When I emptied it for the first time, the stench nearly killed me and I was supprised the local council didnt put a 5 mile exclusion zone around the Elsan!

As far as emptying in public loos is concerened I dont see the reason to worry about rinsing, the blue does its stuff and Ill just wait till I get to a CL for a rinse.

Sometimes if on an Aire or CL where the emptying point is nearby I dont put any blue in the loo and just empty the next day. I find the stuff is so powerful there is usually enough left in for 24 hours.

One of my best tricks when on an Aire where the Elsan is miles away is to carry the thetford between my knees on the scooter. This always attracts a lot of attention from fellow motorhomers who I just know are willing it all to go badly wrong. It did once after a rather heavy night when the vibration of the bike caused the over full cassette to leak all over the bike and my feet! Never fallen off yet though.

All good fun.