Our Bus comes with the newest technology, of all things, an electronic flushing toilet. Of course our toilet would malfunction on day 2 of our first excursion. Nothing we attempted would make it stop flushing. We were hooked up to a water supply, so our first concern was flooding our holding tanks. Joe immediately went outside and turned off the water, but that didn't solve our problem. The toilet continued to flush! On and on it went. We searched for a water shut-off valve, nothing doing - it doesn't have one. We wiggled and pushed, and pulled everything that would move, and still it wouldn't stop. We scratched our head and frantically called the service department at the RV dealership. In what seemed like an eternity, they finally suggested we pull the fuse. After a little searching, we located it and voila - it worked - the flushing stopped. Unfortunately for us, the toilet valve was stuck in the open position. We could use it, and we could pour water into it by hand, but the valve in the open position allowed all kinds of undesirable odors to enter the coach! We flushed the holding tank hoping it would remedy the situation until the matter could be resolved - but it did not!
Nancy, in her infinite wisdom was brainstorming for a solution as she contemplated throwing up from the odor. Then a brilliant idea surfaced - Saran Wrap! If it could control onion odors in the fridge, surely it could work on a toilet. As fate would have it, Nancy fetched her handy roll and went to work. As she leaned over her modern, electronic "damned" commode with Saran in hand to measure just how much she'd need - her glasses suddenly dropped off her face. As the glasses circled the bowl, Nancy's bright idea and her glasses went kerplunk! Straight into the holding tank. Joe was not pleased. (Helpful hint, Saran wrap can control Toilet odor - but remember to remove eyeglasses glasses prior to application.) Long story short, we had the toilet replaced when we got to Texas. After a week on the road, the glasses were flushed from the holding tank and fell from the sewer clean-out hose during our trip to North Carolina. At least we didn't have to have the tank removed!
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