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Hi all.....a really choice topic this one but I gotta ask.

Being new to the luxury of an on board toilet in our Pathfinder I would like to clarify the best way to use it. I am talking about the flap valve. Is it best to open the flap valve before or after the performance . We will only be using the loo for liquids...no solids. Okay thats it, back to your breakfast now,

F

Open the flap.....perform.....rinse.....close flap.

Good for ALL perfornances

Do it either way, but if closed then run a little liquid in first. The pink liquid helps neutralise any nasty niffs! Plenbty of blue liquid if not just using for "liquids" as you say aswell and all breaks down just fine. Its not a grim a job emptying as you might think!

The main thing to remember is never remove the cassette with flap open!

Thanks all, no more 3am scampers to the toilet block with my torch......

F

Open flap, use loo, flush then close flap.

If you do not open the flap and then use the loo, when you do open it, there can sometimes be a burst of gas from the holding tank that will then spray upwards and whilst this may not actually come out of the pan, it will gave you quite a start.

By the by, we have found that on some sites, they insist that you use Green Fluid only in your loos. The reason is that their sewage sytems use settling tanks and the normal blue (or pink) chemicals would destroy the bacteria that these use. So we have changed over to using Fenwicks Top & Tail for both the cistern and the holding tank. This saves carrying extra fluid just in case we land on a green only site.

You may, like myself, notice a strange phenomina regarding the emptying of loo tanks. In 40 odd years of doing so, I have only ever seen one woman doing this task.
It must be a "Man Thing". A morning Stag Gathering around the CDP.

Lobey

As your unit gets extended use do you find the green fluids work fine, especially in "breaking down" as such?

Quote: Originally posted by sunshinetours on 29/5/2012

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Lobey

As your unit gets extended use do you find the green fluids work fine, especially in "breaking down" as such?

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Yes, no problems at all.

I put one measured dose into the holding tank and another into the cistern.

Possibly a bit of overkill on my part but it does leave the loo compartment smelling sweetly.

By the by, we use the FC loo for all our toilet requirements.