Lost the flipping cap off the toilet cassette!

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Packing up to come home today, emptied the casette in the elsan point after taking the cap off and putting it on a fence post. After all the swilling and cleaning went to get the cap to screw back on and could not for the life of me find it.
Does anyone know where I can buy a replacement, and are they all a standard size and thread etc or do I need the specific one for my cassette?

Thanks in advance!
 
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WJACC said:
Leaving a site in Galicia this morning a young Spanish couple in a rental jumped in front of me to get to the service point first where he promptly dropped the cap down the drain. I now know the Spanish equivalent of 'merde' as he repeated it continuously 🤭🤭. The owners tried all implements to try and retrieve it but to no avail..
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So I suppose if one loses one's own cap the rental companies might be a good source as they have to carry several spares for the numpties.
 
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So far I've managed to always place my cap on the floor but if ever I should one of the best pieces of kit in the box is yellow and black adhesive hazard tape. Being plastic, non porous and very sticky I'm sure it would suffice until a replacement was sourced.
 
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Afeter reading this thread, I have bought a spare. I tend to put things in a safe place, only to forget where it is.
 
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I have a spare, somewhere.
I once spun the cap off with a bit of a flourish. it bounced and made a swift journey towards the pit but, luckily, turned as it rolled and missed the entrance by a whisker. I bought a spare, having realised the potential consequences, which ensured that I never had occasion to need one...

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Am I allowed to mention caravans on this forum?
(I have, now, so I'll continue...)
A long time ago, in my caravanning days, a fellow club member dropped his Thetford cap into the drain that was being used for chemical toilets. He went back the following day, after everyone had gone, to go down the manhole and see if he could recover it. Much to his surprise (one could even say pleasure) he found not one cap but three! Not being able to recognise which one was his, he recovered and cleaned them all up. He advised all the members of our club of his find but no-one came forward to claim one. Either they were not bold enough to admit to such stupidity or they may have been dropped by an earlier rally.
 
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A tennis ball makes a good deal and a bit of duct tape
 
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Neil S said:
No it won’t , I lost my Dometic cassette cap in France and had hell of a job getting a replacement .
Thetford spares were readily available but try getting a Dometic cap was like looking for gold dust .
I eventually sourced one about about 100 miles away after numerous phone calls by the very helpful campsite owner where we were staying
BTW a replacement is about £20
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If you’re anywhere Clacton on sea, there’s a camp site with a large shop (on the web) Homesteads, they have them for £11.00
 
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After reading this I think I should get the cap from my old cassette and keep it in the van as a spare

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Perhaps we could drill a little hole in the cap so you can secure a chain looped around the cassette so the cap can't be mislaid or dropped down the drain? That little hole wouldn't leak would it, and meanwhile a nice fragrance from your non smelly SOGs can permeate the local environs :)
 
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Packing up to move on, having walked the long track across the field to the elsan point when, within 20 feet of it, a car flew past me and a guy jumped out with his loo. As he rushed to empty it before I could, I stood over him and glowered, not to mention offering him a few choice words. He seemed really flustered and accidently knocked his cap down the very deep hole. I didn't at all mind the extra wait while he tried in vain to find a way to retrieve it.
 
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Folkranger said:
Packing up to move on, having walked the long track across the field to the elsan point when, within 20 feet of it, a car flew past me and a guy jumped out with his loo. As he rushed to empty it before I could, I stood over him and glowered, not to mention offering him a few choice words. He seemed really flustered and accidently knocked his cap down the very deep hole. I didn't at all mind the extra wait while he tried in vain to find a way to retrieve it.
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karma can be a biatch some days
 
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Folkranger said:
Packing up to move on, having walked the long track across the field to the elsan point when, within 20 feet of it, a car flew past me and a guy jumped out with his loo. As he rushed to empty it before I could, I stood over him and glowered, not to mention offering him a few choice words. He seemed really flustered and accidently knocked his cap down the very deep hole. I didn't at all mind the extra wait while he tried in vain to find a way to retrieve it.
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Did you offer him your spare one?

I thought mot.

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On of the CLs we use frequently has a half hanging basket screwed to the wall as you go into the elsan compound- well away from the disposal point. I thought that was a really good, yet simple, idea.
 
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Puddleduck said:
On of the CLs we use frequently has a half hanging basket screwed to the wall as you go into the elsan compound- well away from the disposal point. I thought that was a really good, yet simple, idea.
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Yes indeed... But I suspect it is for their benefit, not yours because I suspect caps being lost in their sewage system causes them a lot more grief than it does to you. 😎😎

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I don’t wear my cap 🧢🧢🧢when emptying the cassette I leave it in the van.😀
 
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adymazz said:
Been there got the tee shirt!
I always carry a couple of jam/marmalade jar tops, they fit a treat.
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Hmm, with my muddled absent-mindedness I'm likely to put the cassette cap on the jar of my strawberry jam.
Working in my shed I couldn't find the new bulb that I'd taken out of its box ready to fit in my motorbike headlight before going indoors to make a brew. After hunting high and low I eventually found the bulb in the fridge.
 
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Spriddler said:
Hmm, with my muddled absent-mindedness I'm likely to put the cassette cap on the jar of my strawberry jam.
Working in my shed I couldn't find the new bulb that I'd taken out of its box ready to fit in my motorbike headlight before going indoors to make a brew. After hunting high and low I eventually found the bulb in the fridge.
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Now find the tea/coffee.
 
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Spriddler said:
Hmm, with my muddled absent-mindedness I'm likely to put the cassette cap on the jar of my strawberry jam.
Working in my shed I couldn't find the new bulb that I'd taken out of its box ready to fit in my motorbike headlight before going indoors to make a brew. After hunting high and low I eventually found the bulb in the fridge.
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i found this post very reassuring

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Well I can honestly say I have never been stupid enough to lose a cassette cap down the drain..... A £150 pair of prescription sunglasses that I had forgotten I had placed on my cap (the type you put on your head) on the other hand :mad::mad::mad:, the worst thing was they spiralled around the bowl just out of reach several times before disappearing down the drain which I then found out was connected to an internal site sewage system.
 
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