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having just spent our first full week in our MH I have a couple of queries.
Our fresh water tank indicator gauge shows 1/4 full when it's 1/2 full and 3/4 when it's up to (what the previous owner marked on the side of the tank as the) max
The toilet full indicator light does not come on (rather unpleasant when we found out)
Any ideas?
Are there sensors in the water tank which need cleaning? What do they look like?
Is the fuse next to the Thetford cassette for the flush, the indicator or both?
As usual any help appreciated
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Sorry cant help with the Thetford only to say that if you use it regularly (we normally use campsite facilities and the Thetford only at night and on occasions when we are on the road) I would empty it at least every two days.
With the water the guages on MH are notoriously inaccurate. In ours for instance if we have filled it to say 50% and then used the water the fresh water can say 20% and the grey water 10% so it seems that we lose water somewhere:? (although I know the Thetford uses it).
I would recommend to fill to where the previous owner suggested and if the grey and the fresh are the same sized tanks then when you get down to 1/4 on the fresh empty the grey.
I agree that the gauges are not to be relied upon - best to think of them as a guide rather than anything absolute.
I sometimes fill our fresh water tank on our (slightly sloping) drive before we set off. I fill it to overflowing - but the gauge only reads 75% full - yet when I park up reasonably level on arrival at a site etc the gauge reads full.
The difference between it reading 100% and 75% can only be a very small amount - it isn't a sliding scale (at least on ours it isn't).
As for the toilet, I'm not sure about the fuse and the light. On ours it certainly supports the flush. I'd stick to using a mark 1 eyeball to judge when it is getting full - it's an easier task when it is less than brim full, that's for sure.
Regards,
John
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thanks for the replies so far. I've started emptying every 2 days as there are 4 of us it probably needs to be every day and I guess it's better to do it too often than have a problem en route when we have 2 toddlers with weak bladders
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If you have the storage space (we don't), some people have bought a second Thetford cassette, which seemed to me to be a good idea. The only drawback would be carrying/storing the full one while driving around - maybe they have lots of bin bags too!
If you have the storage space (we don't), some people have bought a second Thetford cassette, which seemed to me to be a good idea. The only drawback would be carrying/storing the full one while driving around - maybe they have lots of bin bags too!
Lesley
We are thinking of doing this (we do have the space) - I've noticed that it seems to be cheaper to buy a second cassette as part of a service pack rather than as a single item. The service pack includes a new seat and some toilet chemicals as well and seems to retail for less than the price of just a cassette.
Regards,
John
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tulsehillboys - thanks for the info I'll check what happens when I remove the cassette later when I get home. I am brave enough if it means I don't have "waste" slopping all over me when I have to empty it
The worst part of emptying was that I had to carry it into my sister in laws flat to empty. Luckily she also owns the downstairs flat which is vacant at the moment so I could empty it in there otherwise it would be up two flights of stairs
lesleykh - We don't have the space to carry another cassette and, as you say, I'm not sure about the hygiene side of that plan
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The toilet full indicator light does not come on (rather unpleasant when we found out)
On all the Thetford toilets we've had the 'full' light doesn't come on until its a few cms from the top, ie only a few more uses and it will be chokker.
We never rely on the light but just do a visual each time the flap is opened.
We carry a second cassette when wildcamping for long periods but as mentioned, you need to bear in mind the space it takes and also a full cassette is quite a bit of weight if your payload is tight.
Pete
edit, ignore the last bit, just seen your previous post.
according to the manual the capacity of the cassette is 17 litres, there are 2 litres of fresh water in after each empty plus the "blue stuff" giving a capacity of 15 litres for use
when I was told by the kids that they "couldn't empty the toilet anymore" the bowl was holding waste which is never a pretty sight :-&
So I reckon we had passed the few cm's from the top and still no light so I guess there is a fault
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