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Ya, it's the funnel that starts to smell so vinegar definitely works. I pop in a strong oil like peppermint or tea tree. Also, bilge paint for boats is great for painting the wood parts inside. I live on a sailboat so I had some handy. But it keeps smells and spills contained.
Thank you so much for this video. I have watched millions of electrical videos and I was in tears and so worried about this step in my conversion and this has made me feel much more confident 😊 Saved this video and will watch it a million times!!
Best diy toalett so far, great work!
Eamon and Beck have a long pee funnel in their van. But I don’t know if it smells… sorry!
8:12 This is super confusing ...you said you can't charge the Lead Acid batteries as many times as the Lithium but the graphic says _"3,000-5,000 cycles"_ and only _"300-500"_ for the Lithium
So I building out my bus and I'm approaching the electrical system build out, however it seems almost every uses solar and only explains how to wire/power your bus for solar. I'm not sure i can afford a good solar setup at the moment so i was planning on just using a generator and shore power. So I'm not really sure what all i need for that.
Awesome job young man. Best video I have seen to explain this. I wire homes and I needed to understand how the battery and solar portion worked with the AC breaker box. Great job.
Very good idea. How can I reach you.
Do you have the measurements of the toilet frame?
Why don't you use cat litter rather than saw dust?
PART 2 LINK APPEARS NEAR THE END OF PART 1, ON THE SCREEN IN A BOX AT THE BOTTOM-RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN. IT IS CALLED “BUDGET SHORT SKOOLIE CONVERSION: A COMPLETE TOUR…”
Showing your diagram while explaining the connections and functions of each really helped me begin to understand the whole electrical system for a bus. I am still digesting all the great information and will doubtless have to watch the video at least two more times for all of it to gel. Thank you so much for taking the time to make the video and, as I mentioned before, for devising this clever way to present the diagram with the how-to details. Looking forward to Part 2. Great job!
Perhaps if you were to cut a disk out of cardboard just smaller than the inside diameter of the bucket. Put the bag in the bucket and the cardboard in the bottom of the bag. Might keep the bag off the agitator. Would want a new disk for each bag. Just a quick brainstorm. Would have to test.
This is gold. I've been talking to a lot of really reputable bus builders but what none of them seem to be able to go into in detail are these sort of fundamentals. Thanks for making the knowledge more accessible! You kind of lost me on the battery charger bit about why you run it off the transfer switch instead of running an extension cord to an a/c outlet outside the bus, but whatever. I learned a lot!
The “feeding 2 birds with 1 scone” reference is hilarious 😂😂😂
Me sad bc part never happened. And isn’t up 😭
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Very helpful information!!!! And you’re not boring!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Its called a C-head and its what my Sprinter has. Unfortunately an ownership change at that company has turned getting a new c-head into a nightmare. As this video demonstrates, DIY is not that big a deal.
This is the only design I have seen with an agitator. I plan to leave that out, and line the bucket with a bag. I will worry about a smell when and if there is one.
I thought 3D printing was supposed to save the world. Instead there are $1,000 toilets which are clunky designs. WTF.
Nice Job on your home‼️ Congratulations 🎉
Building a bus for permanent living down here in Oz. Have just purchased a composting toilet after much deliberation on what style to use. Being permanent and not being able to easily just travel to a dump point the composting toilet won. It comes with 2 tanks so we can swap over to allow the 1st tank to further compost. Would love a incinerator setup, but they are way too expensive and not quite approved yet in Australia.
If you wanna get rid ofnthe smell you need to pull everything out of it, caulk all the corners, then use primer on everything on the inside and the top then use foam tape aound the wood lid and itll seal it completely. On the toilet lid seal use clear waterproof silicone itll create more of a rubber seal wich will press up and seal better than caulk. Just better fornwhat youre using it for. Caulk is more fornsealing gaps in wood ittings like trim to wall or backsplash to counter or in your case sealing diy wooden toilet corners. Hope that fixes it, super late.
Not feed 2 birds one scone lhh its kill 2 birds one stone🤣🤣 ieez yu sayin shit wrong cracks me up
What you're calling "Combiner Boxes" are known as Junctions or Junction boxes. Yeah when I sat and thought for a second, I didn't realize you meant a junction box, and it made me laugh for a bit. So thank you for the morning giggle.
Hi there have you considered putting the poo waste into a compostable bag and digging a hole in the bush somewhere and putting the bag in there so you can let it turn into a soil additive instead of it going to landfill yuk
Hey Steven, these videos are super informative. You do a great job explaining this stuff and making it easier to understand. If you have the chance you should keep making more videos!
you could use a odor trap on top of the pee jug. I have seen them in sizes down to 50mm
real men pee and doo doo outside!
Omg!!! Thank you for this vid!! My brain was melting from all the info I was going through and this is what made it all finally make sense!!! 🤯 💡
Empty the urine conrsiner as often as possible and rinse with water. You shouldn't get yoo many issues. Its fairly easy to didpose of compared to the solid waste. Also aboud tsing the toolet in the can as often as possible. The ultimate compusting toilet? A shovel.
Absolutely great video series, I’ve watched others and yours is by far the best for a novice to learn from. Is the #4 video up, I can’t find it and can sure use the information to start on my schoolie project. Thanks a lot!
I just had an idea about the agitator. What if it was designed like a flour sifter so that the agitator is u-shaped and was installed horizontally into a collar that fits the top of the bucket. The crank could then be on the side. You could still use a bag without compromising it.
I would try adapting a wine cork to fit the smaller part of the funnel. You could run a chain/cord through the top of it horizontally and connect that chain/cord to the side somewhere convenient so that it's easy to pull out before using the bathroom. I like your idea. It makes sense. I've been researching diy composting toilets because my bathroom is only 3' x 5' and is a dry bath with a rather large-ish vanity and small tub. The existing RV toilet is too large and I don't like the way it works, and all of the commercial composting toilets are also too large and out of my budget. Thanks for sharing this with all of us.
Your link featuring affiliated products has a fatal flaw - it doesn't work! At least for me it doesn't. LOVE your work-arounds, Steven & Jackie! Already have small freezer and new metal weed sprayer, thanks to ideas gleaned from other videos. Thank you for sharing your down-to-earth ideas about how to work them. Wishing you happy trails v. soon!
What about aluminum plating to wrap the frame? It's less boxy and looks high end while being lighter than the plywood.
Do you have a plan for the toilet? The dimensions and such. I'm trying to make one for my boat.
Someone needs to teach him how to use his phone the whole concept of taping his bus was lost with the hand gestures
a simple sink plug on the pee hole will help stop smells along with a computer fan exhausting to the outside.
I am loving this. The links though in the description are broken and don't go anywhere. Would love to learn more!
This video and explanation is excellent. Thank you for the diagram and each system breakdown. I’m grateful to have just become a subscriber and look forward to pt 2.
I run my urine straight down into grey tank. And you can make a silicone plug for the funnel to keep odors from coming back up.
Do you always have to be connected to shore power or can you be pretty remote with this setup?
I went 6 volt golf cart batteries. Series parallele. 12 volt 440 amp hr. said and done and cheaper the 12 volt battery set up where I am.
Where can we see your setup?
Would love the dimensions of your composting toilet
@healthytrails are you and your girl still together? I am always curious about people who start off & then just seem to disappear on here. Are yall on the road? or whats the deal with ya?
I use a Thetford Porta Potty 335 for #1. And for #2, I place a bag over the seat, take care of business and dispose immediately if possible. If not possible, the bag is tied and left outside my van until it can be properly disposed of. At first , I thought this system was great. Until the level warning stop working and I woke up to a flood of pee. The next thing to go was the rubber ring, who job it is to contain the smell. At first I though the cleaning products used to clean the potty was eating away the rubber ring. But the ring was also damaged by cleaning with vinegar and even plane water. I now believe that the urine is actually the causing damage to the rubber ring. In 2 years I have replaced it 5 times. Dumping the contents can be troublesome. You just can’t take it anywhere. And after 4 days, for one person, it needs to be dumped. The smell, no matter what people say, it smells! I’ve tried lots of things and the only thing that helps is a product called Fabulouso. I get the lavender scented. Since it is a cleanser, it help keep the container clean and smelling fresh. But by the four day , you know it time to dump. Weight is also a factor to consider. Once the container is full, it’s very heavy to carry. I have found there are pros and cons to every option available. Once must just decide which one you can live with. I’m researching other options at the moment and will most likely build my own composting toilet 🚽. Thanks for you video 👍🏼
Milk jugs aren’t design to hold urine. But a stronger container, like an iced tea jug would be better. Also closing the jug with the top would contain the smell. Whichever container one uses, it needs to be replaced weekly.
great job