Cleaning Toilet Cassettes (1 Viewer)

frankhanna

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Hi all,

If you are leaving your motorhome for a few months and you have emptied everything what is the best way to leave a cassette?

Is it,

Totally empty?
With its normal dose of Blue?
Or Filled with Cassette cleaner?

Frank
 

Mel

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Hi Frank

IMO Empty

But never tried cassette cleaner.

What do you do?

Mel
 

MikeandCarolyn

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Once a year I do the Cassette Cleaner thing and lubricate the seals-rest of the time I leave it ready for next trip with blue in it.

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Hi all,

If you are leaving your motorhome for a few months and you have emptied everything what is the best way to leave a cassette?

Is it,

Totally empty?
With its normal dose of Blue?
Or Filled with Cassette cleaner?

Frank

My personal method would be to flush at least once or twice with Thetford cassette cleaner then lubricate the seals and leave open.
 

treetops1

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I always clean ours out ,put in the blue so its ready for action ,just incase for any reason its used during the time the van is stocked up for away.:Blush:

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I leave mine empty, and allow it to dry before replacing with a smear of oil on the seal to stop that drying out. When we set off I drop in a tablet and a litre of water.

Rgds
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I can't read a thread about cassette emptying without thinking of this. Makes me laugh every time:

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I swill ours out with boiling water and spray the top with antibacterial spray.

The seal will last a lot longer if you don't fully close the handle when leaving it unused for a long time.

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MHVirgins

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I can't read a thread about cassette emptying without thinking of this. Makes me laugh every time:

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Wyn

:roflmto: Really funny! Couldn't believe the man asking towards the end, "Are you alright love"? Poor woman........:Blush:
That's put me right off my lunch now.......

Margaret
 

Heyupluv

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Well ours is not left long... it is always in use except for a couple of weeks at a time..so a good wash out...clean as a whistle.. leave empty....charge when on site before next use ( then a teaspoonfull of what ever liquid.. for fragrance only..:RollEyes::winky::winky:) no water....but I doooo put Vaseline on the rubber seals to keep them supple...:RollEyes:...

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frankhanna

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Cassette cleaner...

Hi Guys

Many thanks for the replies and the various ways to deal with this...

I have always favoured the method of a good clean out then leave it in preparation for its next use with the blue in.

I will take on board the advice re oiling the moving bits.

Thanks again.

Frank

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GJH

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I normally give our cassette a good rinse out after each trip and then charge it again (using bio washing liquid not blue stuff) as usually we don't have all that long between trips.

A couple of times a year or more I remove the seal so that I can gain better access to give the mechanism a better clean with toilet wipes before lubricating the seal with olive oil and replacing it. I then half fill the cassette with a solution of bio washing liquid in hot water and give it a good shake before emptying and then rinsing with cold water a couple of times.
 
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TheBig1

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you lot are posh, I just put the cassette on the floor and let the dogs lick it clean. I find that the blue toilet fluid helps freshen their breath :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 

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welllll..... the simple solution to the blue patches is to use Thetford Green then .......
 

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