How does temperature effect composting toilet capacity?
A. Most of our listing including capacities for both full-time and vacation use. These numbers can vary widelymainly based on temperature. Increasing temperature increases capacity between 2 and 3 times for every 10°! Below 50°F composting stops. By insulating bottom and top walls of the compositor, using heaters or light bulbs, you can significantly increase capacities. Other ways to increase temperatures include using heat from chimney flues, water pipes, grey water, and solar. Q. The info that you sent me talks about the fact that you have to have direct vertical runs from the toilet to the compositor is this also true for the low flow toilet setup? I know that Sun-Mar talks about having horizontal runs of 15-18′ with the proper pitch to the pipe. What is the “horizontal conveyor” that they talk about? A. The angle needs to be either very steep or a very small degree. Keep the pipe at either 45 plus degrees if you can make it steep. For long, horizontal runs, or 1/8″ to 1/4″ drop
