Vacuum toilet

Lomes · Member

Vacuum toilet

petengail · Guru

Vacuum toilets.... dont know much about them but I hear they suck lol.... sorry couldnt help it

D and D · Guru

ROFLMAO

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Hi Lomes, I haven't seen you here before so just wanted to say welcome, enjoy here and out in the playground.

I hope you get your toot sorted out.

2foot6 · Senior Member

Hi Lomes,if you go to the Winnebago forum there is a lot of comments on vacuum toilets,not all good news http://www.wrvc.com.au/ I have not used one,very happy with the cassette unit we have cheers Peter.

Ontos45 · Guru

Have done a bit research on these....no smell less water use but a smaller holding tank. Only down-side I found on another site was that the vacuum pump can run intermittently but is stopped by fitting a cut-off switch and that the rubber seals must be maintained. A spare main seal should be carried cannot be obtained locally.

Peter

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Only problem I can see is if you have a breakdown of the loo in the bush not many places to fix it, Oh one suggestion do NOT flush while still sitting down. biggrin biggrin

GaryKelly · Guru

Yes, Wombat. The word vacuum reminds me of those message thingies used in post offices years ago.... where a canister is placed in a tube and the damn thing gets catapulted into oblivion. Scary stuff.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

GaryKelly wrote:
Yes, Wombat. The word vacuum reminds me of those message thingies used in post offices years ago.... where a canister is placed in a tube and the damn thing gets catapulted into oblivion. Scary stuff.

you must be an old bugga biggrin biggrin or you have a very good memory biggrin biggrin

Radar · Guru

Lomes welcome and hi

The only experience I have had with vacuum toilets is on a plane sitting near one for 12 hours was not a lot of fun, very noises.

They don't need a big holding tank as they don't use water to flush which is there real advantage. Ralph

ps Garykelly they still in use those things that send things to oblivion in department stores here in Brisbane, your not that old.

colnden · Member

Picture yourself 30 klm out of Canberra, toilet system is blocked in the plumbing SOMEWHERE, it's 4 deg and you are under the van pulling the plumbing apart to find the blockage. Now if you enjoy playing in you know what then yes it is a good system. Oh and by the way, you may find that nobody wants to pull your toilet apart for you. The tank is 20 ltrs capacity but will only take 14 ltrs, from memory, as you have to have room for a head of vacuum for the system to work.
Must give them credit that they are good for the first 6 months.
I am not sure and happy to be corrected but I thought that Dometic had stopped selling them.

neilnruth · Guru

Welcome from us too Lomes. Hope you enjoy this forum and get the helpful advice you need.

Mike C · Senior Member

My gut feel is to keep things simple..
If a cassette system can be fitted (ie available access to remove cassette at the location of the toilet) then the couple of liters of water is no real issue.
Worst case is overfilling.. I would hate to have something in that department break down.

In my humble opinion the less distance you sling the sh#t the safer it is for everyone.

Welcome from me too

Cheers

Mike

Lomes · Member

Thank you very much
The biggest thing was the low water use and longer times between emptying .
We have just brought a converted bus and it has a house flush toilet . As we plan to live in it the less water the better.
One problem we have had after emptying the tank is the really really bad smell the finds it's way inside.
Should we be adding something to the holding tank?

Baz421 · Guru

Hi Lomes

I read most of this post and everyone seems to be talking about electric toilets.

You can get manual vacuum toilets,, I had one in 44' boat,,,, very simple and reliable,,, you could regulate the water used per flush be counting the strokes of the hand pump.

You start off with say 2l of water in the toilet bowl,,, do your business,,, and pump. You end up with 2l of water left each time.

You soon get used to it,, ie 3 strokes of the pump at whatever the pump volume is = water used per flush.

Look at marine toilets.