Advice please - emptying the toilet holding tank

also, seem to remember the fuse maybe behind the tabk full light, I am sure IanH had a similar problem (this one is from memory Ian, not in your book)

Not sure about the bio pods so you make your mind up on that one. My best tip is do not empty it on a full stomach, certainly for the first time.

Badgerboy,

It could be that the flush pump has seized or has failed in some way. This is most likely the case if this is your first trip in the 'van after a winter layup.

To check if it has seized turn off the mains charger so that you are using purely the leisure battery.

Switch on a 12volt light in the caravan

press the toilet flush button

If the 12 volt lamp dims slightly it tells you that current is being drawn by the pump even though it does not function.

If the pump is seized you can reach it by carefully prising up the panel around the blue flush button. It is held in place by mastic. Then there is a bracket to remove [4 screws I think] and then you can put you hand into the flush tank and raise the pump.

BTW in my van [2008] the handbook says that the full lamp is powered by a battery but in fact mine seems to be wired to the main caravan wiring ant on to the leisure battery. I have never seen that lamp lit as I always empty the cassette before it gets too full as I would find a full cassette too heavy to manage comfortably.

squip

Great info Squib.I think ours is also wired into the 12 v system.

......I think ours is also wired into the 12 v system.

It is  If you look on the left hand side of the opening for the tank outside, you'll see a fuse ..... that's for your pump 

......I think ours is also wired into the 12 v system.

It is  If you look on the left hand side of the opening for the tank outside, you'll see a fuse ..... that's for your pump 

Write your comments here..Hey Tiff your a star.  

......I think ours is also wired into the 12 v system.

It is  If you look on the left hand side of the opening for the tank outside, you'll see a fuse ..... that's for your pump 

Write your comments here..Hey Tiff your a star.  

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