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hugh

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Nov 17, 2009, 5:23:25 PM11/17/09
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The waste tank nearly full warning light has decided to come on
permanently even though the tank is empty.

Where do I start looking? How does this system work?
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hugh
It may be more complicated but is it better?

Harry Bloomfield

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Nov 17, 2009, 6:39:51 PM11/17/09
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hugh wrote :

> The waste tank nearly full warning light has decided to come on permanently
> even though the tank is empty.
>
> Where do I start looking? How does this system work?

I would guess at a float with a magnet on it and a reed switch mounted
in the case. Check the float is free to move.

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hugh

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Nov 18, 2009, 8:46:47 AM11/18/09
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In message <mn.8d8b7d9bf7...@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry
Bloomfield <harry...@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> writes

>hugh wrote :
>> The waste tank nearly full warning light has decided to come on
>>permanently even though the tank is empty.
>>
>> Where do I start looking? How does this system work?
>
>I would guess at a float with a magnet on it and a reed switch mounted
>in the case. Check the float is free to move.
>
Thanks I'll have a look - it does advise in the manual not to shake the
tank too vigorously, but who read the manual first?

bill lord

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Nov 18, 2009, 9:32:50 AM11/18/09
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:39:51 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
<harry...@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>hugh wrote :
>> The waste tank nearly full warning light has decided to come on permanently
>> even though the tank is empty.
>>
>> Where do I start looking? How does this system work?
>
>I would guess at a float with a magnet on it and a reed switch mounted
>in the case. Check the float is free to move.

There is no float and no switch in the tank, just some sort of
magnetic rocker. Just how it works I do not know but it is very low
tech.
Bill Lord
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Lunar475

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Nov 18, 2009, 10:30:49 AM11/18/09
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On 18 Nov, 14:32, bill lord <wally.m...@uku.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:39:51 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
>

Good Lord, a new thread on here. First for almost a week - can't be up
to much :-)

hugh

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Nov 18, 2009, 1:23:18 PM11/18/09
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Lofty

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Nov 18, 2009, 4:59:07 PM11/18/09
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"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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take the battery out, that will make the light go off

lofty
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hugh

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Nov 19, 2009, 9:39:16 AM11/19/09
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In message <S5ydnVrG64a285nW...@brightview.co.uk>, Lofty
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Not if I'm on mains hook-up it won't
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hugh

DieSea

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Nov 19, 2009, 11:57:43 AM11/19/09
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"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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Wrong battery surely

The battery in mine is in the cassette compartment is the 9 volt smoke alarm type
battery

The cassette in my toilet gets emptied every day ,

Just as well as the level indicator doesn't work

;-))

DieSea


Lofty

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Nov 19, 2009, 12:23:51 PM11/19/09
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"DieSea" <DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote in message
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could be just a dirty connection on the toilet compartment battery, or bad
earth on it

lofty
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>


Roger Mills

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Nov 19, 2009, 2:45:06 PM11/19/09
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
DieSea <DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote:

>
> The cassette in my toilet gets emptied every day ,
>
> Just as well as the level indicator doesn't work
>

But surely, you can *see* the level every time you operate the flap -
without needing a working level indicator.

I've noticed people emtying their cassettes every day. Strange! Mine lasts 4
or 5 days before it needs emptying. I don't believe in *making* work just
for the hell of it!
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DieSea

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Nov 19, 2009, 6:21:30 PM11/19/09
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"Roger Mills" <watt....@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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>
> But surely, you can *see* the level every time you operate the flap - without
> needing a working level indicator.
>
> I've noticed people emtying their cassettes every day. Strange! Mine lasts 4 or
> 5 days before it needs emptying. I don't believe in *making* work just for the
> hell of it!
> --
> Cheers,
> Roger
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One reason it gets emptied every day its not to heavy to carry

Another is because it's emptied every day we don't use any chemicals

The last time we used the flush chemicals we had "The dreaded black spot" for ages

The dreaded black spot was discussed on this NG ad nauseum some moons ago

Anyway we're off to the North Yorkshire Dales tomorrow for 4 days , it should be
fun !

Regards

DieSea


bill lord

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Nov 19, 2009, 6:33:42 PM11/19/09
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:21:30 -0000, "DieSea"
<DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote:

>Anyway we're off to the North Yorkshire Dales tomorrow for 4 days , it should be
>fun !

Have you got your swimming costume.

bill lord

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Nov 19, 2009, 6:38:48 PM11/19/09
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:06 -0000, "Roger Mills"
<watt....@googlemail.com> wrote:

>I've noticed people emtying their cassettes every day. Strange! Mine lasts 4
>or 5 days before it needs emptying. I don't believe in *making* work just
>for the hell of it!

Ours gets emptied every day, we could probably manage every other day
but then it might end up full at a time when it was not convenient to
empty ( like the middle of the night ). The only way I could imagine a
loo lasting any longer for a couple would be for them to be using the
site loos as well, we never use any other loo when we are on site, it
seems a lot of hard work to me to walk half way across the site to
have a leak when I can just nip to the rear end of the van.

hugh

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Nov 19, 2009, 6:52:39 PM11/19/09
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In message <7mllh6F...@mid.individual.net>, Roger Mills
<watt....@googlemail.com> writes

>In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>DieSea <DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote:
>
>>
>> The cassette in my toilet gets emptied every day ,
>>
>> Just as well as the level indicator doesn't work
>>
>
>But surely, you can *see* the level every time you operate the flap -
>without needing a working level indicator.
>
>I've noticed people emtying their cassettes every day. Strange! Mine lasts 4
>or 5 days before it needs emptying. I don't believe in *making* work just
>for the hell of it!
I wouldn't mind so much if it didn't work in the permanently Off state.
It's a 2009 van so still under warranty so ultimately I'll get it fixed
when I take it in for service, unless I find a simple fix.

hugh

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Nov 19, 2009, 6:53:33 PM11/19/09
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In message <4b05d2d8$0$2491$db0f...@news.zen.co.uk>, DieSea
<DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> writes
Beautiful country Where are you staying?

DieSea

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Nov 19, 2009, 7:37:42 PM11/19/09
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"bill lord" <wally...@uku.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:21:30 -0000, "DieSea"
> <DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote:
>
>>Anyway we're off to the North Yorkshire Dales tomorrow for 4 days , it should
>>be
>>fun !
>
> Have you got your swimming costume.
> Bill Lord


Nahh

But shed's fitted with a snorkel

SHMBO is doing her nut

But I'm off to play ( its the Wensleydale Wedge on Sunday )

It should be fun around the Ure , if the roads haven't been closed

I was going to stop up at a CL in Aysgarth , but decided that could be impractical

DieSea


DieSea

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Nov 19, 2009, 7:48:51 PM11/19/09
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"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> In message <4b05d2d8$0$2491$db0f...@news.zen.co.uk>, DieSea
> <DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> writes
>>
>>"Roger Mills" <watt....@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>news:7mllh6F...@mid.individual.net...
>>Anyway we're off to the North Yorkshire Dales tomorrow for 4 days , it should
>>be
>>fun !
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>DieSea
>>
>>
> Beautiful country Where are you staying?
> --
> hugh

We were going to stay at the pub Aysgarth , but had a change of mind

I didn't want to upset the landlord by turning his field into a ploughed area

So we're going to the Hawes CC site , that's if the roads aren't flooded

( ( What are we doing ?? helping the Safety Marshall's on the Wensleydale Wedge
( LDWA ) walk ))

DieSea


hugh

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Nov 20, 2009, 7:37:38 AM11/20/09
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In message <4b0578e9$0$2539$da0f...@news.zen.co.uk>, DieSea
<DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> writes
But I don't have a smoke alarm in the toilet.

Roger Mills

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Nov 20, 2009, 12:12:23 PM11/20/09
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
bill lord <wally...@uku.co.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:06 -0000, "Roger Mills"
> <watt....@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've noticed people emtying their cassettes every day. Strange! Mine
>> lasts 4 or 5 days before it needs emptying. I don't believe in
>> *making* work just for the hell of it!
>
> Ours gets emptied every day, we could probably manage every other day
> but then it might end up full at a time when it was not convenient to
> empty ( like the middle of the night ). The only way I could imagine a
> loo lasting any longer for a couple would be for them to be using the
> site loos as well, we never use any other loo when we are on site, it
> seems a lot of hard work to me to walk half way across the site to
> have a leak when I can just nip to the rear end of the van.
> Bill Lord
> I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money
>

Well, ours is about 18 years old - maybe later ones have less capacity?

Ours lasts us at least 4 days, even on sites with no loos - such as
Setthorns in the New Forest. Be we *are* generally out and about during the
daytime - and use public toilets when away the van - so the cassette doesn't
have to take *all* our output.

bill lord

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Nov 20, 2009, 6:22:17 PM11/20/09
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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:23 -0000, "Roger Mills"
<watt....@googlemail.com> wrote:

>
>Well, ours is about 18 years old - maybe later ones have less capacity?
>
>Ours lasts us at least 4 days, even on sites with no loos - such as
>Setthorns in the New Forest. Be we *are* generally out and about during the
>daytime - and use public toilets when away the van - so the cassette doesn't
>have to take *all* our output.
>--

The bench type ones do hold a bit more, we used to empty ours every
other day. On the other hand we are generally in for most of the time,
going out for the afternoons so our loo takes the lot.

Bill Lord
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e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk

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