Vacuum toilet

Please explain?

Hi
John fitted dometic vacuum wc with 14l cassette about 2 years ago best thing ever no smell no chemicals.
love it



regards ron

Hi
John fitted dometic vacuum wc with 14l cassette about 2 years ago best thing ever no smell no chemicals.
love it



regards ron

You meant to say "standard cassette toilet"
I have heard no smell inside van so good--- but dont park next to one because the smell goes out the side vent instead. ie when the chamber vacuumn is restored after use. It has to pump the evacuated and smelly air somewhere!! No stink pipe up to the roof like on houses.
There is also more noise from the pump (especially at night) and power drawn from the battery.

Just what i have read. Have a simple cassette myself and use eco fluid to break things up and take care of odours.
Cheers

John, have a vacuum toilet in our Karavan. I much prefer it to the chemical toilets I have had experience with. Apart from the small smell when you unplug the casett from it's mount there is no smell, oh, except emptying as there is with either.

No chemicals means it doesn't upset the septic tanks that seem to abound in country caravan parks.

It uses small quantities of water to keep it going and any noise is minimal. It is just like an aircraft toilet except for the lack of aircraft noise and more room when you are in the toilet. It is great and obviously the negatives commenting have never used one.

A LOT more to go wrong but there are very few reported problems with them. Biggest is leaks in the system especially the waste pipe but that usually comes back to installation problems - waste pipe also needs to be well protected from road damage.
The maintenance is important but the supplied manual doesn't provide very good info.
I visited the Dometic Qld and was given a complete run down on what to watch for.
To keep it maintained you need silicone spray, a good vacuum grease and plenty of Aqium! :-)