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1. Place these instructions in a visible place in your toilet Model VS Instruction 2012 1 1 How to Use the Ekolet Composting Toilet Always close the toilet lid after use Fill the composting toilet with toilet waste You can add kitchen biological waste but they will bring banana flies Drosophila into the composter If you store food waste in the kitchen be sure to keep this waste in a covered container to keep flies away If flies become a problem the eggs or larvae can be destroy by pesticides that are often used in cowsheds Dimilin for example or pesticides used to destroy flying insects Baygon for example You can increase the amount of waste that can fit in any one compartment by rotating the compartment 20 30 cm so that the sides of the compartment are also filled When a compartment is full cover the waste with a buckets of soil peat or old compost Empty the oldest compartment through the hatch on the side Rotate the tank so that an empty compartment with some centimetres layer of straw chopped bark or acid peat on the bottom can be used next Rotate the composter in a warm season by hand grip at the edges of the hatch or by using the twist toggle for help Remove the fan please refer to the To Change the Fan section written below and wash it using a brush and water The composting toilet is ready for use again We recommend washing the filter cloth when the composting sector is emptied 2 3 times Use a water hose2. brush and an environmentally friendly detergent Brush always away from the hatch The waste produced in the composting toilet is fertilizing soil that can be given to ornamental plants as such The liquid oozing from the compost is odourless does not attract insects and is good diluted with water for watering plants after allowing a few weeks for settling The liquid waste receptacle should be rinsed every once in a while after the composter has been rotated a full circle for example Rinse the receptacle by taking down the hose located behind the sheet metal rim Spray clean water into the hole located above this hose The hole is covered with a plug To Change the Fan An electric Ekolet fan will usually be operational for 5 10 years so we suggest you to change it every five years To change the fan disconnect the electric conductors from the fan wires take off the service opening cover plate remove the old fan from the fan box in the ventilation pipe mounting frame and replace it with a new fan see picture If your fan ever gets stuck because It s dirty which is the most common reason for malfunctioning it can be removed washed with a brush and some water and put back into place The electric Ekolet fan 12V 4W 92 x 92 x 32 mm is bearing mounted and has a moisture barrier Fans can be purchased from an Ekolet dealer or an electronics retailer Always have a spare fan on hand You can change the power and noi
3. All natural materials in small quantities wool cotton linen silk Y Saw dust little chunks of wood that have not been treated bark turf etc Never put into the composter Substances that will not decay or that are poisonous X No ashes or lime the compost will become too alkaline X No problem waste oil petrol solvents paints biocides disinfectants medicines and batteries X No water that contain detergents X No plastics glass or metals X No manmade materials plastics rubbers or biodegradable waste bags X No cigarettes no household dust X No big quantities of paper never put paper with plastic or wax on it into the compostor X Baby diapers 1 1 2012 Ekolet Troubleshooting Ekolet VS composting toilet TROUBLE CAUSE AND FIXING Urine odour outside gt Peat has not been spread to all compartment bases of the composter Spread the peat gt There is a cap directing air flow downwards on the venting pipe Remove the cap gt The lid of the compost container is not tightly closed Press on the lid and put some weight on the lid s rim if necessary Compost odours inside gt The electrical ventilator is not rotating Clean the ventilator according to the user manual and if this does not help replace the ventilator gt The lid of the compost container is not tightly closed Press on the lid and put some weight on the lid s rim if necessary gt During winter you can
4. also put a sheet for instance a weekly newspaper into the compost container on the metal mesh in the middle to prevent air flow This also prevents evaporation so you shall want to remove the barrier for summer gt Another exhaust outlet tube is open or there is no sufficient air inlet for proper ventilation Close the exhaust tube and or open air inlet gt If for the exceptional building these do not help we recommend installing on the top of the ventilation pipe outer diameter 110 mm a Roof fan of 230 V Radon fan No liquid coming from the liquid exhaust tube gt The 50 litres of liquids have not yet formed on the liquid base of the composter Nothing is wrong gt The soft flushing tube attached to the composter is not behind the metal rim so the liquid flows out from this instead of the exhaust tube Lift the flushing tube up gt The liquid cup at the beginning of the exhaust tube is not below the central opening of the composter s base Move it to the centre The compost to be emptied is not yet ripe gt You have used more than one compartment a year Upon frequent use it is helpful to throw 1 2 litres of straw chopped bark acid peat or similar coarse easily composting material into the compost compartment during filling gt Biodegradable bags have been thrown into the composter Do not do that There are small flies in the toilet gt Fruit files can easily appear in the composter together w
5. ith biological kitchen waste Fight the flies off according to the user manual Do not put biological waste into the composter Compose a flytrap into the toilet by filling a drinking glass with water add a spoonful of dishwashing liquid and 2 4 spoonful s of apple vinegar Toilet seat is cold or there is smell from the basement gt Seal the joint between the seat and the floor The composter container rotates rigidly gt Use the twist toggle for help Grease the roller axis Lift the container s lid
6. se of the fan by changing the voltage of the adapter We recommend keeping the fan always on because the electric consumption is minimal If you want to put the fan off for a longer period of time you should block the sewage pipe or cover airtight the toilet seat to prevent the smell The Ekolet composting toilet is made of recyclable materials polyethylene plastic hot galvanised steel stainless steel and aluminum Use the Ekolet composting toilet only in the way described here and in the Instructions on What to Put into the Composter Please visit each year our home pages www ekolet com to see the possible updates of this manual Producer Internet Home Page http www ekolet com Ekolet Oy E mail info ekolet com Estetie 3 FIN 00430 Helsinki Affix visibly in the kitchen One can put into the composter As a rule of the thumb everything that has once been alive Y Normal toilet waste vV The peels of fruit and vegetables VY Used tealeaves and coffee tea bags and coffee filters too vV All food leftovers If you have big individual waste loafs of bread cabbage etc it is advisable to cut these into smaller pieces before putting them into the compostor v Tissue paper unless you have used these to wipe some harmful liquids with v Newspapers or paper bags you may have used as the bottom lining of your kitchen compost container Y _ Soil leftovers from the garden leaves but these take a lot of space Y
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