Plumbing Thetford into a separate black tank (2 Viewers)

[fred flintstone]

??? Another crazy idea ???

Just wanted to know if anyone has tried this and did it work.
I hate emptying the toilet every other day. It's OK on site but when wild camping it is a struggle.
I thought about removing the cassette from the toilet and fitting a holding tank under the van (probably from CAK tanks, pardon the pun). I could then use a large diameter pipe to connect the toilet to the tank, with a one way valve
My toilet is only used for fluids so I wonder if it would be alright.
I thought about installing a submersible pump to empty it, via a hose pipe.

Any thought on this subject much appreciated.

 

[chaser]

??? Another crazy idea ???

Just wanted to know if anyone has tried this and did it work.
I hate emptying the toilet every other day. It's OK on site but when wild camping it is a struggle.
I thought about removing the cassette from the toilet and fitting a holding tank under the van (probably from CAK tanks, pardon the pun). I could then use a large diameter pipe to connect the toilet to the tank, with a one way valve
My toilet is only used for fluids so I wonder if it would be alright.
I thought about installing a submersible pump to empty it, via a hose pipe.

Any thought on this subject much appreciated.

If it's only fluid ,why not do as the French do , just do it straight into the hedge. Cut out the toilet altogether

 

[makems]

How do you manage wild camping if your cassette is only used for fluids?
Or are you a bear?

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[fred flintstone]

How do you manage wild camping if your cassette is only used for fluids?
Or are you a bear?

Bag it and bin it

 

[PP Bear]

How do you manage wild camping if your cassette is only used for fluids?
Or are you a bear?

Oy, I resemble that remark

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

Into what do you plan to drain this fluid black waste via a hose pipe?

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[makems]

Bag it and bin it

We do almost the opposite. Use the cassette mostly for solids and use the great outdoors for liquids (or the sea if warm) or bars, cafes, public conveniences if we arent staying anywhere particularly "wild". In "cassette saving" mode we can last about 4 - 5 days. I also have a spare cassette and then if worst comes to worst I carry a folding shovel to dig a hole and bury the contents somewhere where it wont be a problem.

 

[eddie]

My toilet works very well. It goes via a pipe into a 150lt tank which I can empty via a pipe or using a cassette/tank jobby (pun intended)

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

................ then if worst comes to worst I carry a folding shovel to dig a hole and bury the contents somewhere where it wont be a problem.

Can I come and watch when you try that on a Caravan Club Site?

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[fred flintstone]

Into what do you plan to drain this fluid black waste via a hose pipe?

I thought I could go on the French Aires once a week and drain it responsibly.

Anyway. My question was:
"Just wanted to know if anyone has tried this and did it work"

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

Anyway. My question was:
"Just wanted to know if anyone has tried this and did it work"

Sorry, I thought you said any thought on this subject much appreciated :-(

 

[maxi77]

Many boats have such a system, with the option of a sea discharge for when well offshore and a pump out connection fro use in marinas. Works well and no chemicals are used normally. Also many US RVs have such a system with a gravity drain into an container like a waste hog. You do need to stand upwind of them when dumping waste though. I would thing a spare cassette wold be an easier option

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[jonandshell]

If you aren't storing solids, you had best ask CAK for a yellow tank or you might get supplied the wrong thing!

 

[mitzimad]

if you want to drain into a tank i would think connecting to a thetford would be difficult unless you left the cassete in place and drained from that if its only liquids

 

[fred flintstone]

Sorry, I thought you said any thought on this subject much appreciated :-(

I meant any thoughts if it would work.. No problemo

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[fred flintstone]

if you want to drain into a tank i would think connecting to a thetford would be difficult unless you left the cassete in place and drained from that if its only liquids

I had a thought that I could drill the cassette and fit a tap which would link to an underfloor tank.
Easy peasy..

 

[fred flintstone]

We do almost the opposite. Use the cassette mostly for solids and use the great outdoors for liquids (or the sea if warm) or bars, cafes, public conveniences if we arent staying anywhere particularly "wild". In "cassette saving" mode we can last about 4 - 5 days. I also have a spare cassette and then if worst comes to worst I carry a folding shovel to dig a hole and bury the contents somewhere where it wont be a problem.

If I am in the van on my own I only have to empty it once a month, McDonalds and the woods are perfect for my waste products, It's the mrs that doesn't like the bushes.
She only does 20 miles per gallon (in the thetford) these days

 

[makems]

Can I come and watch when you try that on a Caravan Club Site?

I dont think i have ever stayed on a CC site.
A couple of CC&C sites, but big all-singing and dancing sites arent our scene.

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[vwalan]

there is a gadget that fits in the pan of a toilet that lets women have a pee then the pee can be tipped into a separate container .
the other way is simply get her to pee in a bucket ideally one with a lid .
think what you might have available .

 

[vwalan]

http://www.johnscross.co.uk/products/fiamma-bidet-200.html
something like this might help.

 

[fred flintstone]

http://www.johnscross.co.uk/products/fiamma-bidet-200.html
something like this might help.

Looks good
Might just buy her some big nappies or find a more economical woman...

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[pappajohn]

It's the mrs that doesn't like the bushes.

If the cassette is only for pee and she doesnt like squatting behind a bush where does she take a dump ?

 

[TheBig1]

already got an underslung tank that will hold urine, the grey tank. wouldnt be the first time I had a pee in the washbasin because the cassette was nearly full late at night. urine is actually sterile as it exits the bladder unless you have and infection. a quick rinse with hot soapy water and no harm done

 

[PP Bear]

already got an underslung tank that will hold urine, the grey tank. wouldnt be the first time I had a pee in the washbasin because the cassette was nearly full late at night. urine is actually sterile as it exits the bladder unless you have and infection. a quick rinse with hot soapy water and no harm done

Exactly what are you rinsing in the sink

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[fred flintstone]

If the cassette is only for pee and she doesnt like squatting behind a bush where does she take a dump ?

To go into all the gory details we put a bin liner in the toilet and after she has finished we tie it up and bin in. I already said bag it and bin it, keep up fella

 

[TheBig1]

Exactly what are you rinsing in the sink

toothpaste on your todger can be "interesting"

 

[pappajohn]

To go into all the gory details we put a bin liner in the toilet and after she has finished we tie it up and bin in. I already said bag it and bin it, keep up fella

What do you then do with said bag of shit .....
Carry it around until you find somewhere to dump it.

Sounds an awful lot of trouble when you have a perfectly good toilet...even if it does need emptying.

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[fred flintstone]

What do you then do with said bag of shit .....
Carry it around until you find somewhere to dump it.

Sounds an awful lot of trouble when you have a perfectly good toilet...even if it does need emptying.

my trouble not yours...

First thing. It is not too difficult to find a bin, they are everywhere, so we don't have to carry it round forever. We have a fire bucket with a lid to put the black sack in until we find one .... can't believe I am sat here at 11pm explaining this to someone................
Second thing. why do people on this forum only want to argue? we are all different. Live and let live.
Some people only comment to be negative... yes i mean you

original post was
Plumbing Thetford into a separate black tank
can't you just answer the question????????????

 

[fred flintstone]

Thought this was motorhomefun, where has the FUN gone???

 

[fred flintstone]

good night

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