Toilet thread! Does anyone change their filters?

[iain26]

Just wondering if anyone changes the sog filter on the Thetford cassette and if so, do you do it monthly as recommended by Thetford. Does it really make any difference?

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Just wondering if anyone changes the sog filter on the Thetford cassette and if so, do you do it monthly as recommended by Thetford. Does it really make any difference?

I change the carbon filter on the outside of the cassette locker every 12 months

 

[tony_g]

Changed ours after 18 months, probably about 9 months actual travel. No difference. Had a SOG I fitted on a previous van. Didn't change the filter often. Did a good job and no smells outside the van ever.

 

[TCG]

change at the start of each season

 

[g3cwi]

I just rinse in the sink to get the lumps out.

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[Lenny HB]

Yippe a toilet thread.

If you don't change the filter you get a terrible ammonia smell outside the vehicle. The last 2 vans we have had SOG underfloor outlet filters recommended change is 12 months but I found that it's best to change them every 3 months. The Thetford version has a tiny filter to be effective I would think it needs changing every few weeks. You can refill the filters yourself at a fraction of the cost of a replacement filter.

Anyone who says it doesn't smell when the filter is old must have something wrong with there smell sense, it bl**dy stinks. Just go outside near the vent when someone is using the loo you will soon smell it.

I've just modded my floor venting SOG to a roof vent so filters required and no smell outside the van at people level.

Lenny's Modding the new Gin Palace

Did you mount the pump directly to the ply board or did you put it on any vibration damping? Did you put any damping under the ply? Now managed to get some soundproofing rubber under the ply, it has made it slightly quieter but not sure it was worth the hours groveling on the floor to do it.

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[Kannon Fodda]

As a singleton, if I'm using my loo, I'm not going to know if it's getting smelly outside. Of course if I'm on a site and in the morning I get up and everyone else has gone, perhaps I might need to take a hint

Thetford say their filters are good for a season (4 weeks continuous use). No doubt what is one person's season, will be different to another. But if I equate that to 28 days or so of MH use, I'm probably due to change mine.

 

[jwells]

I just rinse in the sink to get the lumps out.

 

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[jwells]

Anyone who says it doesn't smell when the filter is old must have something wrong with there smell sense, it bl**dy stinks. Just go outside near the vent when someone is using the loo you will soon smell it.

It does ensure social distancing!!

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[Landy Andy]

Change mine each year.