First trip tomorrow! Any must-have advice???

BB, many new caravans have internal pumps which have an  external connection into ones aquaroll (or water barrel). What happens is that water freezes in this pipe if it is not insulated sufficiently against the cold. It's really no bother taking this connection in when there's a chance of it freezing up.

thanks, so how do you flush the loo at night?

 

From its own on board header tank.

do all caravans have them....?

many motorhomes did away with these years ago, TW.

I know, its amazing!

I know that you understand little about caravans, BB, as you've never had one so I'll explain. 

Caravan toilets are flushed from either their own built in header tank or from the caravan's on board fresh water tank, if fitted. They do not flush from the external Aquaroll/water container.

Happy to help.

OOPS, sorry TW, just got down to this post after posting my response to BB.

I know that you understand little about caravans, BB, as you've never had one so I'll explain. 

Caravan toilets are flushed from either their own built in header tank or from the caravan's on board fresh water tank, if fitted. They do not flush from the external Aquaroll/water container.

Happy to help.

OOPS, sorry TW, just got down to this post after posting my response to BB.

No problem, Nellie. We're both helping BB understand caravans.

Anyway, we had a lovely time and had cups of tea and the toilet flushed

Anyway, we had a lovely time and had cups of tea and the toilet flushed

thank goodness for that....

enjoy!

Anyway, we had a lovely time and had cups of tea and the toilet flushed

Write your comments here...Weee are pleased you had a good time and your feeling flushed from your first trip.  

Am I right in thinking that the toilet flush is less likely to freeze due to the chemicals in the flush water? 

Am I right in thinking that the toilet flush is less likely to freeze due to the chemicals in the flush water? 

....presumably, it wont freeze as its inside the van.....

hence the use of internal water tanks on most sensible MH.

I know that you understand little about caravans, BB, as you've never had one so I'll explain. 

Caravan toilets are flushed from either their own built in header tank or from the caravan's on board fresh water tank, if fitted. They do not flush from the external Aquaroll/water container.

Happy to help.

Not so...........it will depend on the caravan.

Our previous van, a Swift Group Sterling Eccles Emerald 1998 model, had no toilet flush tank, and no onboard tank.

The toilet flush water was drawn directly from the Aquaroll.

We liked the system as we rarely ran out of flush water and no need to fetch a separate container of water to fill in the toilet header tank.

The only drawback was when needing to use the toilet en route,

I know that you understand little about caravans, BB, as you've never had one so I'll explain. 

Caravan toilets are flushed from either their own built in header tank or from the caravan's on board fresh water tank, if fitted. They do not flush from the external Aquaroll/water container.

Happy to help.

Not so...........it will depend on the caravan.

Our previous van, a Swift Group Sterling Eccles Emerald 1998 model, had no toilet flush tank, and no onboard tank.

The toilet flush water was drawn directly from the Aquaroll.

We liked the system as we rarely ran out of flush water and no need to fetch a separate container of water to fill in the toilet header tank.

The only drawback was when needing to use the toilet en route,

Well thank goodness Swift caught up with the times eventually. I'm surprised that happened in a 98 van. We had older models with header tanks, or which used the onboard water tank. You must have used the contents of your Aquaroll in extra quick time. There is a school of thought that suggests it's possible, although unlikely, for contamination to travel from the toilet back into the flushing system and thence into the water container/tank.

TW, that silly system cost me a fiver.When my sister told me that she had that system on he Swift Challenger 1998 van,I did not accept it and said they had not looked at the system properly and bet her a fiver,only to find that she was right.They found out by trying to add a flushing agent and could not find out how to add it. They did give me the fluid that they could not use.