Toilet Fluids!!

[Dakell12]

I have a question about the fluids for my bathroom (i've never used it so I apologize for the introductory questioning)...What are the fluids I should buy, where is the best place to buy them, how much do they cost, and how often should I drain and fill the facility? Thanks!

[kyle4501]

Lots of good info here:

http://www.phrannie.org/macerator.html

&

http://www.phrannie.org/phredex.html


After doing some reading, you will see there isn't much to it once you understand what is going on.

[H3Jim]

I don't buy any fluids other than water, and don't add anything.  No smell.  Better for wherever you dump it to.  Although I credit the no smell aspect largely to the 2" vent pipe I have installed.  Plenty of oxygen for aerobic breakdown, not anerobic.  Plenty of venting of objectionable gas.

I dump the tank when it gets over 1/2 full.  Sometimes the black tank sits for 3 or 6 months before dumping.  No worries, it digests just like a septic system, based on the best thing you can add - poo.

Do you live where it freezes in the winter?  If so, you may need to do a winterizing process which is either drain completely (blow it out with air) or put some non toxic anti freeze in.

[Ednj]

jim,
I think he's talking about the original out house style in an entertainer bus

[JackConrad]

Talk to Busted Knuckle or a local tour/charter operator.  Jack

[H3Jim]

MIne came with a tank that held about 25 gals or less from the look of it.  The idea was to fill it partway with fresh fluid, that blue water.  The toilet just recirculates that stuff, it uses fluid from the holding tank to flush with, although it has a chunk filter on it so only the blue water is seen when you flush.  NOt a lot of capacity either.  So yes, BK is the right guy to ask about what to use  here.

I found the entire system kind of disgusting, but its the same design used on trains, planes and buses too.