Interesting. I have never used a campsite shower or toilet and always use my on-board facilities.
I will probably go round and strip / reseal everything 1st to be fair and then do some sort of trial at home.
We did the same on a Lidl Car Park 2 years ago - 2 Packs of 2 litre bottles, took ages as you say, but we were able to dispose of the plastic waste by filling the store's public plastic waste bin ...Discovered a very slow way to fill the water tank in the Motorhome on Thursday evening....
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Took ages to get 48 Litres of bottled water in there with a funnel! (lots of the bottles not in the photo!)
But needs must and I managed to get a shower that night
I would guess that you have a Truma Ultrastore in your Swift? that would have a 10L tank within the Boiler. It is very important to ascertain this and if you do have hot water storage as come winter, if you don't drain it down (seperate drain for fresh and hot) you could end up with a major issue if the water freezes!I will probably go round and strip / reseal everything 1st to be fair and then do some sort of trial at home.
Mine does the 25% steps water measurement aswell, although I think the hot water is on demand as I can only remember seeing 1 freshwater tank which is the ambient supply for everything. It's quite old - 2007 Swift / Ace Airstream.
I've also found some sort of hatch from underneath of vehicle which is directly under the shower so I will investigate this aswell as I supect It's an access to the drain hole assy in shower tray.
When I inspected what I could see of shower last year it looks like someone has gone over all the joins and original sealer with a thin layer of silicone, its very tidy and could be factory, neither can I see any previous evidence of damp but I would rather strip it all and reseal it properly just to be on the safe side due to its age as silicone does break down and like I say this 2nd layer could be there as a botch over.
The other thing with the shower is I dont think the bird could do a five minute shower, She has about 5 different bottles of potions that she HAS to use apparently, and her showers can last upto half an hour so She definitely will run the moho dry.
I do like to wildcamp although the council is making this difficult but every other night we have to site up just so the GF can use facilities.
I soap the shower walls and rotate slowly; saves water for just rinsing and keeps the shower wall clean ... Of course, *when* I lose weight, I will have to resort to traditional methods of showering ...I would guess that you have a Truma Ultrastore in your Swift? that would have a 10L tank within the Boiler. It is very important to ascertain this and if you do have hot water storage as come winter, if you don't drain it down (seperate drain for fresh and hot) you could end up with a major issue if the water freezes!
It is very unlikely any motorhomes except possibly very high end ones have a true "hot water on demand" system as the amount of power required to instantly heat cold water to be hot enough for washing is extremely high and beyond the capability of the supplies in a standard Motorhome.
Even the domestic "on demand" hot water systems have a small storage tank as a buffer. On my last camper conversion, I fitted a domestic "on demand" Ariston Hot Water Heater - the type that you might find in a workshop or industrial facility to give you local hot water where there is no plumbed hot water and no storage - but even that "on demand" system had a 10L tank within it
Most people seem to like to do the "navy wash" where you only turn the water on to wet and rinse yourself, and off while soaping and actual washing to save water. I personally usually have a normal shower
custom fit cubicle, huhI soap the shower walls and rotate slowly; saves water for just rinsing and keeps the shower wall clean ... Of course, *when* I lose weight, I will have to resort to traditional methods of showering ...
Steve
I soap the shower walls and rotate slowly; saves water for just rinsing and keeps the shower wall clean ... Of course, *when* I lose weight, I will have to resort to traditional methods of showering ...I would guess that you have a Truma Ultrastore in your Swift? that would have a 10L tank within the Boiler. It is very important to ascertain this and if you do have hot water storage as come winter, if you don't drain it down (seperate drain for fresh and hot) you could end up with a major issue if the water freezes!
It is very unlikely any motorhomes except possibly very high end ones have a true "hot water on demand" system as the amount of power required to instantly heat cold water to be hot enough for washing is extremely high and beyond the capability of the supplies in a standard Motorhome.
Even the domestic "on demand" hot water systems have a small storage tank as a buffer. On my last camper conversion, I fitted a domestic "on demand" Ariston Hot Water Heater - the type that you might find in a workshop or industrial facility to give you local hot water where there is no plumbed hot water and no storage - but even that "on demand" system had a 10L tank within it
Most people seem to like to do the "navy wash" where you only turn the water on to wet and rinse yourself, and off while soaping and actual washing to save water. I personally usually have a normal shower
Naw, just one that I have 'grown into' [like my mother used to promise that I would when she bought my duffle coats ...]custom fit cubicle, huh
. I am the living embodiment of thedefinition of obesity - 'a lot of good food gone to waist'
I soap the shower walls and rotate slowly; saves water for just rinsing and keeps the shower wall clean ... Of course, *when* I lose weight, I will have to resort to traditional methods of showering ...
Steve
This is like choosing a certain make of clothes as 'their' L clothes fit whereas the other makers L sizes are too small (so obviously made wrongNaw, just one that I have 'grown into' [like my mother used to promise that I would when she bought my duffle coats ...]
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Your more than likely correct.I would guess that you have a Truma Ultrastore in your Swift? that would have a 10L tank within the Boiler. It is very important to ascertain this and if you do have hot water storage as come winter, if you don't drain it down (seperate drain for fresh and hot) you could end up with a major issue if the water freezes!
It is very unlikely any motorhomes except possibly very high end ones have a true "hot water on demand" system as the amount of power required to instantly heat cold water to be hot enough for washing is extremely high and beyond the capability of the supplies in a standard Motorhome.
Even the domestic "on demand" hot water systems have a small storage tank as a buffer. On my last camper conversion, I fitted a domestic "on demand" Ariston Hot Water Heater - the type that you might find in a workshop or industrial facility to give you local hot water where there is no plumbed hot water and no storage - but even that "on demand" system had a 10L tank within it
Most people seem to like to do the "navy wash" where you only turn the water on to wet and rinse yourself, and off while soaping and actual washing to save water. I personally usually have a normal shower
easy if fiddly fix and all now secure.Don’t think that arrangement would suit me at all. I like a big filler pipe so that I can stick a hosepipe on and fill the tank quickly from the tap. Bottom fill dual purpose pipe suggests a small diameter pipe and having to overcome the pressure of water already in the tank, which would slow the filling process down far too much for me. I would soon lose patience and feel guilty about the length of time I was hogging the tap if it took more than a few minutes to get my 100 litres of water onboard. Bottom fill sounds more like a caravan arrangement where water is usually pumped from a container and sometimes pumped into an extra onboard tank.
who needs or wants to use let alone carry an external container?
A 3 minute wander to the water tap with a 5 litre carrier and a spare 5 litre supermarket water bottle is no hardship to keep the tank level at a sensible balance between weight and availability. We need to put in about 60 litres at home when refilling the tank from empty, so that there is enough for the water heater, and running off some water to expel the airlocks; after that, we travel with 20-30 litres on board - enough to get us through an overnight if the destination has taps turned off etc, and on arrival, add another 20-30 litres, especially if we're staying 2-3 nights. After that, the 2 x 5 litre containers wil keep the Tank at a sensible level. Hammering payload and fuel consumption to transport water is profligate!
The only time you would need a pump is if you are trying to fill a tank with a 25L container which would be too heavy to lift.