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Subject Topic: Problem with the flush! Post Reply Post New Topic
27/8/2010 at 12:48pm
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We have a strange problem with our Thetford toilet. The flush works ok most of the time & then just stops. The mechanic has tried to sort it but everytime he gets there it's miraculously working ok!

Has anyone else had a problem like this and sorted it? Any advice gratefully received, ty =]

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27/8/2010 at 4:46pm
 Location: Cheshire
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Is it a mechanical flush or electrical?


27/8/2010 at 5:31pm
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It's electrical, it's just such a random fault.

Thank you for replying

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27/8/2010 at 5:51pm
 Location: crewe
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It sounds like a loose connection, making and breaking. Where possible you should check out each individual wire and look for tight bending or trapped cable, corrosion and so on. An electrical tester may show up high resistance where a wire is breaking up.

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28/8/2010 at 6:36pm
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The fuse carrier can do odd and peculiar things such as this on an electric flush. Remove and clean up fuse contacts, in addition to those hints from above post.

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28/8/2010 at 10:00pm
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Oh the fun I've had with our electric flush!

As said the fuse can be a problem. On ours the screw on cap cracked, only a bit so you couldn't tell until you removed the whole fuse carrier. But it was enough to make intermittent contact so sometimes it worked & sometimes didn't. It's a daft place to get at as well - I ended up taking the whole thing out before I could really see why it was causing a problem.

The other problem is with the microswitches. There's one that disconnects the flush when the cassette is removed - if that sticks then you get problems. The weird thing I found was that with a circuit tester all was fine, but it just didn't work. I just took the microswitch out and joined the wires together. So long as you remember not to flush it when the cassette is out then there's no problem.

The other microswitch is on the rod that you press down to flush - again a dodgy contact there is possible.



09/9/2010 at 8:11am
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Thank you everyone who has replied, we will definitely try all the advice given.



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10/9/2010 at 2:49pm
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hi there we had a very similar problem in our lunar sunbeam

the 2 power wires which power the pump had been connected with scotch lock which were giving an intermittant fault

try and follow the wiring from the toilet to the point it is joined to a 12v power feed and see how its connected.

i had the misses hold the flush on while i messed and moved the wiring and thats how we came accross our fault

good luck with it



10/9/2010 at 3:06pm
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may help

http://www.thetford-europe.com/web/show/id=26111/langid=42



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