johnfromnorfolk Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Used a toilet cassette emptying machine for the first time today here in Croatia. The machine is very new and looks like a vending machine. Start button opens a aperture where you feed in the cassette. The aperture closes, whooshing and whiling and after a couple of minutes the aperture opens and the cassette appears cleaned, sanitised and completely ready to use with toilet 'blue'. Very nice campsite at Orebic camping Nevio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagrid Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 They are apparently in the process of installing one at North Ledaig Oban, at the service area near the entrance. I wonder if this will encourage caravanners not to park their cars in the motorhome service bay. I could not believe how many use their cars to go to the sanitary block and shop, I have never seen this on any other site, no wonder obesity is a problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBrown Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Are they going to be using the green fluid also. As this is all we use! Better for the environment ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartO Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 There are of course various shapes and sizes of toilet cassette, even though Thetford dominates the market. Can this machine cope with them all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I also wondered how it works with the different cassettes. Is there a person inside? I wouldn't apply for that job lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 "Toilet Cassette emptying Machine" My wife's had one of those for years *-) ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfromnorfolk Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 The instructions on the machine list 4 or 5 models of cassette but all are Thetford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfromnorfolk Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 The company that supplied the machine is called 'Camperclean'. The instructional video on their website states that 'inserting a coin' is part of the operation. The machine on this site was free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I dont know,all the joys of motorhoming are slowly being taken away !!! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Details of Thetford’s "Cleaning Machine” can be found here: http://www.thetford-europe.com/thetford-cleaning-machine-2014/ https://www.lifesure.co.uk/blog/2015/04/a-cleaning-machine-to-make-caravanning-even-better/ http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/news/2015/oct/club-thetford-join-forces-trial-revolutionary-new-cleaning-machine/ http://tinyurl.com/hab8a47 Unsurprisingly, the system won’t handle Dometic cassettes and owners of leisure-vehicles with SOG systems will (probably) be resistant to paying for toilet chemicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartO Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Well done derek, trust you to find all the info and links. The machine is said to "not handle modified cassettes". I wonder if this means the suction hose attachment spout which is added to the casstte in place of the standard vent plug as part of a SOG instalation would compromise use of the cleaning machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 They are trialing one at the ccc site in Birmingham it is free to use at the moment but they will eventually charge. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Details (and a video-clip) of the Camperclean cassette emptying station can be found here: http://www.camperclean.de/english/for-camping-operators/ The procedure evidently involves the user manually opening the cassette’s ’slide valve’ via the knob on the cassette’s upper surface before inserting the cassette in the machine, but it’s not obvious whether the valve is closed by the machine at the end of the cleaning process or the user has to do this. Regarding StuartO’s query, some SOG systems do not require a Thetford cassette to be modified (the SOG system for C400 toilets for example) but without knowing exactly how the Camperclean machine functions it’s not easy to guess what would happen with ’modified’ cassettes. C400 cassettes would be OK, and probably C250/C260 ones too (as they have base-ventilation like the C400) but C200 cassettes with a vent-hose attachment (SOG or Thetford’s own external-venting system) might well prove problematical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Charles - 2016-05-30 8:54 PM I also wondered how it works with the different cassettes. Is there a person inside? I wouldn't apply for that job lol. I heard each machine had 2 Albanians inside, on zero hours contracts, not a pleasant job .Mind you their accomodation isnt bad..a nice twin axle Eriba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I was a bit disappointed when I saw this machine in operation. I have not found actually emptying the cassette much of a chore, - the hard labour is taking the cassette to the emptying point. So I'm disappointed to see that this gadget doesn't come and collect it. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Thetford had one on show at the NEC in October. The rep showed me how it worked. I expressed a view that I couldn't see it catching on in the UK unless it was cheap or free. He said that in the UK, they expected it to be popular with caravanners who don't like "getting their hands dirty" and less so with UK motorhomers who are more hands on. On the Continent, it was proving a success with motorhomers and he could see them being used at Aires, not just campsites. I suppose it might be like the switch our ancestors made from earth closets emptied by the night-soil men, or s-shovelers as they were called, to having flush toilets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 When I discussed the cassette emptying machine with the Thetford rep at the NEC show I said that I could see it being a big hit with UK caravanners as a) they delight in ’new technology’ irrespective of its merits, b) they love to instruct their fellow campers on how to do things ‘properly’ and c) using the machine would help to alleviate the dreary boredom of caravanning as a pastime. I added that UK motorcaravanners, being pathologically tight-fisted, would never use the machine unless it were free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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