RV FEATURE
Whether you use your cassette for ones,
twos or a combination of both, toilet
mishaps are bound to happen as you find
your groove with caravan life.
For our family of five, our 19L toilet cassette
capacity generally lasts two to three days of
proper toilet usage (yes, that means both
functions!) before it’s full and requires
emptying. It might last longer obviously if we
decide to use outside amenities or the boys
are able to ‘go bush’ for number ones.
With our full-time residence being our
caravan, let’s just say we’ve had more than
our fair share of interesting toilet experiences.
COULD
HAVE GOTTEN
“THINGS
REALLY MESSY!
TOILET MISHAPS
”
In previous years, we’ve had portable toilets as
none of our older campers or vans had toilets
inside. So on moving into our current van,
managing the cassette was one of those things
that had to be learned through trial and error.
By ‘error’ I mean learning that the green ‘quick
release button’ on the cassette should not be
pressed before the cassette is held in the
proper vertical emptying position, unless you
want its entire contents to spill over your legs
and feet!
Or learning that accidentally leaving the flap
closed when doing your business means the
next person who goes to use the toilet and
opens the flap will cop a little spray as the
pressure releases.
Another thing we learned was that if you
shake the cassette too vigorously when
rinsing it out, you risk breaking the float inside,
which is responsible for telling the toilet when
to light-up the ‘halfway’ and ‘full’ alert lights
near the flusher. Hmmm… any guesses what
happened afterwards? Yep, thank goodness
for the built in overflow tube; otherwise,
things could have gotten really messy!
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