First trip tomorrow! Any must-have advice???

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  • KjellNN
    KjellNN Club Member Posts: 8,670 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 2016 #62

    We did not regard it as a silly system, we found it rather good, but I suppose it depends on what you are used to.

    We never gave any thoughy to the possibility that contamination could occur, I find it difficult to believe that Thetford would market a product that was dangerous to health.

    From what BB has said, it seems many MHs have no header tank and use direct from their fresh water tank......how is that any different in terms of contamination risk  to using from an Aquaroll?

    Some caravans do the same and it isn't any different which was why I said...

    "There is a school of thought that suggests it's possible, although unlikely, for contamination to travel from the toilet back into the flushing system and thence into the water
    container/tank."

    Yes, I read that bit.  Aquaroll or onboard tank, or MH tank, same system so presumably same risk.

    My thought was that as so many MHs seem to use the "no toilet flush tank" system, there cannot really be a risk of contamination.

  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,142 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 2016 #63

    We did not regard it as a silly system, we found it rather good, but I suppose it depends on what you are used to.

    We never gave any thoughy to the possibility that contamination could occur, I find it difficult to believe that Thetford would market a product that was dangerous to health.

    From what BB has said, it seems many MHs have no header tank and use direct from their fresh water tank......how is that any different in terms of contamination risk  to using from an Aquaroll?

    Some caravans do the same and it isn't any different which was why I said...

    "There is a school of thought that suggests it's possible, although unlikely, for contamination to travel from the toilet back into the flushing system and thence into the water
    container/tank."

    Yes, I read that bit.  Aquaroll or onboard tank, or MH tank, same system so presumably same risk.

    My thought was that as so many MHs seem to use the "no toilet flush tank" system, there cannot really be a risk of contamination.

    I didn't actually say there was, Kjell.

  • catherinef
    catherinef Forum Participant Posts: 647
    edited March 2016 #64

    My advice if it already hasn't been suggested, is if you have 13 pin electrics, make sure you have the 13 pin re-set tool, for when you twist the caravan plug and it won't fit into the socket on the car.

    Might sound stupid, but for us it would have saved an awaful lot of wasted time this weekend.  We re-started caravanning only last year so although we aren't newbies, we are new to things such as 13 pin sockets.  We have wasted around 4 hours this weekend,
    when in reality we should according to the dealer have received the tool when we bought the van from them last year.  If I'm being critical of them, this is something that should also have been covered in the handover but alas wasn't.

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