How do small portable camping/RV toilets (like Coleman or Thetford) work?
Portable camping toilets, (porta-potty), and RV toilets are totally different. Portable toilets are just as they say, they are portable. You have a holding section below the seat, that you may put chemicals in to hold down the odor. When full, you must carry the lower portion to a dump facility, such as another toilet. Here you dispose of the waste. This type of toilet may last a family of four overnight at best. In an RV, you may have a very large tank, mines 50 gallons, inside the RV that the toilet is connected. RV toilets are designed to use very little water, unlike home toilets that use 1.6 gallons or more to flush. The RV toilet sets abovr the tank and the waste is deposited into the tank when the foot/hand pedal is pushed. As I said very little water is used, mostly to clean the toilet bowl. You may again put chemicals into the holding tank to keep down the smell. Prior to your tank becoming full, you must drive to a dump facility, if your campground doesn’t have full hook-ups,
