Toilet while travelling
What's every body's thoughts on travelling with the toilet ready to use, or after a stopover? we've always travelled with everything empty, but heading to Cornwall shortly and wondering if it would cut out a lot of hassle having it ready to use when children decide they need the toilet! and also after our overnight we'd be quicker away if we didn't empty till we got to our final destination, thanks
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the toilet is an integral part of our vans features and its there to be used, far handier than finding 'somewhere else'
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Does using this facility have an adverse effect on the nose weight?
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Rather her than me. Even using it in some pull ins on normal roads it shakes the van a bit as HGV's pass. Must be really bad at the side of a busy motorway.
On the OP, I always recharge ours before travel. Although only travel with a few litres in the flush.
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We always have enough water on board for a cuppa and facility use whilst travelling, no separate flush, including handwash. As a rule we empty before travelling but use during the journey be that to and from some point or part of a day out. It has proved fantastic with traffic hold up's refreshments and comfort break without effort 😂. It would always have something in for travelling even if its only the water plus chemical.
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We always empty and clean ours before travelling but it is always available to use if necessary. We usually find a good layby when travelling for food and comfort breaks as we don't like motorway services.
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I always travel with it empty and fill up on site but that's just me,from a stability point of view I personally wouldn't travel with the flush tank full, it also might leak. But a litre or less so in both the cassette and flush won't make any difference. An alternative is having a two litre bottle of water and those blue sachets so you can get the toilet ready very quickly.
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As a chap of a certain age one of life's little pleasures is the convenience, availability and relief through access to my nice clean m/home loo.
I empty it and fill the flush tank as and when it needs it whether travelling or stopped for a few days.
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It may be worth looking at the Thetford manual for your toilet.
Thetford manual for C220 toilet page 2 reads ."Important warning notice. Please do not travel with water in the flush tank of your toilet. Failure to adhere to this warning may result in water damage to your caravan or motor home"
It happened to us and resulted in water damage and a new wall panel being needed. We never now travel with water in the flush tank. Because of the warning any repairs needed would probably not be done under warranty.
We do still use the toilet if necessary when travelling but keep a small amount of water to flush in a separate container making sure it cannot be easily spilled.
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I thought the recommendation was to only put about 1-2L in the flush tank which is what I have always done at the beginning of the season. Thereafter, like ET, it's a case of what's in there. I generally only put in a couple of litres when it needs refilling anyway.
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I insisted that my son used my m/h instead of his Volvo estate when he took his wife and visiting Aussie inlaws to the tragic Shoreham Air Show.
They said it was wonderful for them (and for some others nearby) to have a loo, refreshments, comfy seats and a water supply whilst they were unable to leave for 5 hours.
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We always have it ready for use with a couple of pints of water in the header tank ready to flush. Makes sense and very useful. Except during winter we never drain the header tank fully, I don't want the pump to dry out, as the impeller could start sticking and become temperamental. If you don't have a header tank, carry some water in an old plastic 4 pint milk bottle.
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Like most other posters, we always pull into a layby and use our caravan toilet. It's always emptied and cleaned before the journey, with enough for flushing in the tank. We try to stop at laybys that are separated from the road, where possible, due to the movement caused by passing traffic, but find that they're often full of large lorries.
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Our Motorhome manual says not to travel with the flush tank full. I usually ignore this when first setting off because the whole point of a Motorhome is to be able to travel with full facilities - full water tank, fuel, LPG etc. If you are moving around and obeyed the instruction then you would never use the full capacity which is a bit pointless.
With some Motorhomes you are not supposed to travel with a full tank of fresh water. Equally daft.
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Hitch, we dont have a separate flush tank, merely a fresh water tank, servicing all aspects of the van.
sometimes we travel with a full tank, doensnt seem to have any effect on driving....the tank is not one regular 'rectangular/cuboid' without baffles (this would be a daft idea) but a far more complex series of 'connected boxes' which totally negates any 'sloshing' of the water....
waste tank the same type of design.
i dont know how much a MH/caravan flush tank holds, but it cant be much compared to a typical MH fresh tank, so i dont undestand the concerns about travelling with just a few litres of water in it, are they not watertight?
also, can this small amount really have any balance/nose weight issues?
if so, id be seriously worried about the stability of my van if a few litres were to have 'an effect' (any effect).
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I have had trouble traveling with the flush tank charged - it is one thing that causes the Phantom Flusher - in my van at least. Damp getting into the control board. So I try and time it so there is little if any left in the tank. For a while after the trouble I drained it before each journey - but then forgot a few times and so far its been ok having a bit in the tank.
For the journey I always have a bit of water - and a cleaning fluid bottle with spray handle. And of course in the tank below a Bio Pod and small amount of water - helps clean the tank as you go along.
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