Yahoo Message Number: 56240 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/56240)
Does anyone know where the 12V fuse or breaker is located that provides power to the microflush toilet? Concurrently, the rope lights around the windows are also out, which makes us think they are on the same breaker/fuse.
We are fulltimers and this makes an uncomfortable situation since we can't use the toilet.
Quick help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!
PS.....sad day for Country Coach with the auction finalizing everything!!
Bob and Debbie ELster
'99 Magna #5728
Yahoo Message Number: 56241 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/56241)
I just rebuilt my electronic toilet, so have some current experience to help you with. It is the highboy Thetford Elite, and may have some commonality to your unit.
First thing - there is a knob on the back of the commode that will allow you to manually open the valve, and thereby flush it when necessary. Not a great deal, but better than nothing.
There are two wires going into the back of my toilet, one power and one ground. There is an inline fuse on the power (red on mine) wire with a fuse in it. Mine was fine, so I did not have to search further. I think I have seen a fuse for the toilet in a fuse box in the furthest back locker on the passenger side. I would look there first. Your setup is probably different, given the difference in years and styles, but hopefully they followed the same basic electronic layout - might give you a clue on it.
I bought a rebuild kit from Kevin Waite because the mechanism was making so much noise, and once the clutch mechanism on my commode gave up, I had to replace it. Directions come with the kit, and it is not a real bad chore, and not even that messy, though I did soak me and the tools in a dilute bleach solution when finished. I also found the large doughnut seal on the bottom had been leaking a little, so the underlying floor was damp. On lesser coaches the wood would have dissolved, but mine was just damp.
Good luck with the fix. It is very satisfying to flush the thing when I need to now. I guess we take delight in the little pleasures when we get older. ;*)
Jack Nichols, 2003 Intrigue with Thetford electric toilet.
Yahoo Message Number: 56256 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/56256)
On my earlier vintage Magna, there is an electrical bay that is accessed from inside of the front basement section immediately behind the front wheels. The fuses are lit if working and deal with the house type electrical systems. I see none on my schematic that indicate the Rope Lights.
On my Microflush, there is an inline fuse in the "tank". I think it is in the red wire (power) line.
That fuse has failed for me as has the fuse housing, which I replaced. If the fuse looks/tests fine, take a spare piece of wire, bare the ends, and complete the circuit with the wire instead of the fuse. If the toilet functions your have found your problem.
Sometimes, the fix with my toilet is just wiggling a few wires in the tank.
Hope some of the above is helpful.
Dean
95 Magna 5280
Yahoo Message Number: 56279 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/56279)
I have an 00 Magna with a microflush that had problems. When rebuilding it, the tech shorted the 12V line. He finally found the fuse in a compartment to the front of the first bay. There did not seem to be an in line fuse. Buy the way, I had it rebuilt by a factory trained tech in Austin, TX.
Good luck!
Les and Mary Chitester
00 Magna 40'