toilet tank

[mpb]

would anyone no if it is possible to fit a flush tank to our swivel cassette toilet without having to rely on the main freshwater tank,

cheers

 

live long and prosper

m.p.b.

[Derek Uzzell]

mpb:

 

To a large extent it depends what you have in mind and what make/model of toilet you've got.

 

The Hymer "Signo 100" doesn't ring a bell with me, so I'll have to make an educated guess that your swivel-bowl toilet is manufactured by Thetford and (unless your motorhome is very recent) is either a C-200S model (identifiable by having its control-panel completely separate from the main toilet body) or a C-200CS (with its control-panel built into the top of the toilet's body-moulding).

 

It would not be a practical proposition to modify a C-200S to integrate a flush-tank into the toilet itself as the model's design would prevent this.

 

It might be technically possible to heavily cannibalise a C-200CW (manual flush) or C-200CWE (electric flush) model, both of which designs include an integrated flush-tank, and transfer the necessary bits to a C-200CS. In practice, nobody of sound mind would deliberately attempt this, as the result would be unpredictable and, if you could get your hands on a C-200CW or C-200CWE in the first place, then you might as well just employ that toilet as a replacement for the existing C-200CS.

 

So, if you are considering 'converting' a Thetford C-200-model toilet that currently takes its flush-water from your motorhome's fresh-water tank into a C-200 version with an integrated flush-tank, then forget it. Obtain (say from a caravan breaker) a Thetford toilet model that already has an integrated flush-tank as part of its design and fit that instead.

 

Should your toilet happen to be the latest Thetford C-250CS swivel-bowl model (but NOT the C-250S version), then it might just be viable to convert this to a C-250CWE (that has the same external dimensions as a C-250CS, but with an integrated 8-litre flush-tank rather than being main-tank fed) if you could obtain all the right bits. But you'd need to be very brave to try it...

 

If you've fallen hopelessly in love with the concept of having a toilet with its own flush-water supply (and I can appreciate the attraction and potential benefits of this arrangement), then you could always modify your motorhome's present water system to include a secondary water reservoir and water-pump dedicated to flushing the toilet.

 

This shouldn't be too difficult to arrange - basically, you'd need to decide where to install the reservoir and pump (eg. a 10-litre plastic container in a bathroom cupboard where it could be accessed easily for filling, with a submerged pump in the container to feed flush-water to the toilet) and twiddle your toilet's present electrical wiring to cause it to activate the secondary pump when required.

 

Might be worth you obtaining John Wickersham's "Build your own Motorcaravan" book (Haynes Publishing, £17.99) if you are in a DIY mood, as this publication contains information on toilet-fitting and water systems that should prove informative.

[mpb]

cheers for that,looks like it may be more trouble than i need. ref to signo 100 it is a streatched b 544 hymer.

thanks

mpb

[fred grant]

is it a hymerrrrrrrrr 544444444444 mph????

 

flexiblefred

[Derek Uzzell]

No, it's one of these:

 

http://www.hymer.ag/noframes_1068_signo_100-i.html

[catinou]

Verrry Nice!!!!! B-)