Composting Toilet

[lucytravel12]

Do any of you have a composting toilet in your B? If so, how do you like it? What brand do you have? Did you install it yourself, or was it a professional install?

[lc0338]

Islandman wrote:
Ic0338 wrote "These guy's like it for RV... I believe ........ only needs a little 12volt fan power... "

I learned something new, the composting part sounds interesting, the liquid waste would go into a smaller black tank I suppose. Don't know about duming the compost portion into the lake after it's become compost though.

I believe the dumping in water was for compost toilets installed in a boat... and you have to be way off shore in the correct body of water. A whole other discussion that I know nothing about.

The compost toilet has 2 sections. When you sit down on the throne there is a funnel in the front part that diverts the urine to a separate collection tank. Some people apparently let this drain into their black tank so they don't have to dump the smaller urine tank as often while others then connect the black tank to the grey tank and have expanded capacity for the grey water, after the compost toilet is installed. I've looked at it (compost toilet) but have not pulled the trigger. I like to boondock most of the time and black tank waste is a problem when boondocking. The other option is using something like a "wag bag" which uses a treatment which gels the waste and then can be discarded with regular trash. the wag bags get expensive over time but may be more cost effective unless you are full time rv and boondocking the majority of the time.

[Islandman]

Ic0338 wrote "These guy's like it for RV... I believe ........ only needs a little 12volt fan power... "

I learned something new, the composting part sounds interesting, the liquid waste would go into a smaller black tank I suppose. Don't know about dumping the compost portion into the lake after it's become compost though.

[EsoxLucius]

Islandman wrote:
From what I've heard, composting toilets aren't really meant for RV use, the one's that I've been acquainted with were in campgrounds where electricity was available as the system depends on heat to convert the disposal into ashes. Maybe there are some newer systems around that I haven't heard of yet. Might be an expensive conversion and depends on some sort of heat source (solar, battery, etc).

Composting toilet, not incinerator toilet. No help at all.

Natures Head is the most common one used for RV applications.

[lc0338]

These guy's like it for RV... I believe it only needs a little 12volt fan power...

[Islandman]

From what I've heard, composting toilets aren't really meant for RV use, the one's that I've been acquainted with were in campgrounds where electricity was available as the system depends on heat to convert the disposal into ashes. Maybe there are some newer systems around that I haven't heard of yet. Might be an expensive conversion and depends on some sort of heat source (solar, battery, etc).