Posted by Steve Spence on March 24, 2007, 4:44 pm
read http://jenkinspublishing.com/humanure_contents.html
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Steve Spence
Director, Green-Trust
http://www.green-trust.org
> My application is for long term (month long) solo
> boondocking/drycamping in remote desert areas with my trailer.
> Composting toilets seemingly are the best solution to the problem,
> with water savings and potential elimination of the black water tank.
> I'm wondering if the 12 Vdc models really work. I've read some really
> bad stories about what happens when these things don't function as
> advertised, and... yuck!
> The model I'm interested in is the Envirolet DC12 with the extra added
> 12 Vdc turbo fan. This model has no heater, it's rated at 4 persons
> full-time, but they state on another page: "All Non-Electric and
> 12VDC Battery [models] are fitted with special Filter Drain that must
> gravity feed..."
> So I wonder, with the load of one (myself) being only 1/4 of the
> full-time rating of the DC12 model, will it have the evaporative
> capacity to function properly without a drain? I'm thinking I'd
> probably be just fine, given the dry desert air, addition of the turbo
> fan accessory, and low 1/4 of capacity demand I'm expected to make on
> it.
Posted by Ulysses on March 26, 2007, 2:36 am
> read http://jenkinspublishing.com/humanure_contents.html
I second that. Nearly everything I know about turds came from that book.
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> Steve Spence
> Director, Green-Trust
> http://www.green-trust.org
> > My application is for long term (month long) solo
> > boondocking/drycamping in remote desert areas with my trailer.
> > Composting toilets seemingly are the best solution to the problem,
> > with water savings and potential elimination of the black water tank.
> >
> > I'm wondering if the 12 Vdc models really work. I've read some really
> > bad stories about what happens when these things don't function as
> > advertised, and... yuck!
> >
> > The model I'm interested in is the Envirolet DC12 with the extra added
> > 12 Vdc turbo fan. This model has no heater, it's rated at 4 persons
> > full-time, but they state on another page: "All Non-Electric and
> > 12VDC Battery [models] are fitted with special Filter Drain that must
> > gravity feed..."
> >
> > So I wonder, with the load of one (myself) being only 1/4 of the
> > full-time rating of the DC12 model, will it have the evaporative
> > capacity to function properly without a drain? I'm thinking I'd
> > probably be just fine, given the dry desert air, addition of the turbo
> > fan accessory, and low 1/4 of capacity demand I'm expected to make on
> > it.
Posted by Steve Spence on March 26, 2007, 8:48 am
The companion to that is square foot gardening by Mel Bartholomew. Those two
books take you a long way to self sufficiency.
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Steve Spence
Director, Green-Trust
http://www.green-trust.org
>> read http://jenkinspublishing.com/humanure_contents.html
> I second that. Nearly everything I know about turds came from that book.
>>
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> boondocking/drycamping in remote desert areas with my trailer.
> Composting toilets seemingly are the best solution to the problem,
> with water savings and potential elimination of the black water tank.
> I'm wondering if the 12 Vdc models really work. I've read some really
> bad stories about what happens when these things don't function as
> advertised, and... yuck!
> The model I'm interested in is the Envirolet DC12 with the extra added
> 12 Vdc turbo fan. This model has no heater, it's rated at 4 persons
> full-time, but they state on another page: "All Non-Electric and
> 12VDC Battery [models] are fitted with special Filter Drain that must
> gravity feed..."
> So I wonder, with the load of one (myself) being only 1/4 of the
> full-time rating of the DC12 model, will it have the evaporative
> capacity to function properly without a drain? I'm thinking I'd
> probably be just fine, given the dry desert air, addition of the turbo
> fan accessory, and low 1/4 of capacity demand I'm expected to make on
> it.