What did you do to your van today?

[GeoffL]

I'm a watering can man and have been for years.

It gives me the chance to wander over to a tap and have a natter with other folk to see what's occurring. Possibly two cans a day, with a top up for the night/morning, and left in front of the passenger seat overnight. (It lives empty in the loo when travelling.)

I'm not keen on plastic bottles of water, probably because PVCs don't have too much spare space.

I used to carry a watering can but now have a better solution IMO. I have a funnel with a flexible spout and a loop of string through the handle. I've attached a "Command" hook to the side of the van above the water filling port so I can hang the funnel from that with the spout going into the filling port and then use the 10-litre container that I have anyway for potable water to transport water from the tap to the van. The "Command" hook can be easily removed without damaging the van...

 

[wildebus]

Many years ago I almost forgot to disconnect my power hookup, and was so shocked at my stupidity that since that day I always walk around the van before setting off, and finish off by having a look underneath.

I've driven off a few times with it plugged in The way I fitted the plug, no damage ever occured to the van and the cable would just pull out the flying socket and would just have to remake it.
The last time I was around a hundred miles from home and suddenly remembered I had not unplugged it! So a quick phone call home to say to pull out the plug from the outdoor socket as the bare wire ends laying on the driveway were live

 

[HurricaneSmith]

That beats my story hands down, David.

 

[HTF]

For water container, I use a collapsible one I bought at Lidl like this one. Takes almost no space when empty

 

[Pudsey Bear]

We have carried a 10 L watering can for a while now, it has a meter of hose with a Hozelock end and tap connector poked down the spout, as we use it at garages, and it is just easier sometimes to do it if you can get close to a tap, We do have a hose now, but it's is a pain to have to go to the other side of the van, open the locker, drag the hose out, uncoil it, make sure the end is clean before using it, then drain it and attempt to coil it back up again, put it away, lock the locker, then lock the water cover. PITA unless you need to fully fill it.