Fully integrated water tank, pump, water heater in a 5g sceptre?

Etzu

Member
So i'm sitting here looking at van porn and came across this. He uses a simple 5 gallon jug with a submersible pump.

http://cascadecampers.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CascadeCamperVans/posts/?ref=page_internal

Now my plan is a murphy drop down kichenette, which would be maybe 6" deep when folded up. The sink would remain horizontal. I was thinking a setup like this would be perfect.

Anyone have any links to a decent submersible pump, heater, and faucet (preferably with pull out handle to double as a shower) and a water carrier with a large enough spout to get my arm into?
 

mezmochill

Is outside
Dont know about heaters but i recommend a manual pump. Its cheap, easy and effective. If you want hands free get a manual foot pump.

Freezing isnt an issue and no wiring.

You can get your arm in a scepter its tight if youve got big forearms though.
 

mezmochill

Is outside
I havent but that doesnt mean its not out there. Its an interesting idea you have. Worth seeing if it could work.
 

rayra

Expedition Leader
6'L 4"dia black ABS pipe holds just about 4gal. and gets too damned hot in most of CONUS, most of the year. Roof mount, gravity fed. No power no pump, nothing needed but a sink sprayer nozzle and a couple valve fixtures. 8' pipe gives you 20L
 

Etzu

Member
6'L 4"dia black ABS pipe holds just about 4gal. and gets too damned hot in most of CONUS, most of the year. Roof mount, gravity fed. No power no pump, nothing needed but a sink sprayer nozzle and a couple valve fixtures. 8' pipe gives you 20L
I actually made someone a knockoff roadshower using just that. I added an automotive (or was it a bicycle) valve stem to it so you could pump it up and have pressure. My friend sad it works great and I did it a few years ago. He swapped the tip of the hose to an aerator? and tripled the shower time.

Only took about an hour or two and most of that was looking for the plumbers tape and finding the tube of silicone.

I was planning on the same for the outside for shower use as well.
 

rayra

Expedition Leader
Here in the southwest for sure, one would do better to use a washbasin and sponge bathe. Because the water coming out of that black pipe arrangement will scald you. You'd have to blend it with other stored water or let it cool off a bit before using it. Too damned hot. Same goes for those Coleman 5gal solar shower rigs. They work great, the water gets really hot. Or as hot as you let it get. Which might be the better solution. I was a hero when I took one of those Coleman bags on a field exercise at 29 Palms. I used one of those old-style suction cup rubber shower mats, had the shower rolled up then rolled up within the mat to protect it. In use we could set up 2 military field cots, on end and butted together at a 90deg angle to make a 'privacy screen', throw the shower bag up on the crossed cot legs up in the air, lay an MWC on its side as a platform and throw the bath mat on it. Worked awesome as a field expedient shower.
But I suppose the better solution is just cobbling together a small handheld spray nozzle and hose such that it screws onto the small cap of an MWC. Then just use that. Use a black MWC and it works just the same and you have a portable NATO-can-rack-fitting hot water solution.

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Etzu

Member
Showers are reserved for the end of the day, after you've found your spot for the night, setup, perhaps after dinner. When the air is starting to get cool, the hot shower would be nice.
 

lilkia

Active member
For 12v pumps look into boat pumps. There are washdown pumps, livewell and bilge pumps. Washdowns are basically shower pumps for the boat, for a drop in submersible use a bilge pump with a hose on it and just drop it i to your container. Livewell and washdown pumps have threaded stems you can put through a lid or container wall and seal it tight. Most are made to operate in saltwater environs so theyll last forever in potable water. The bilge pumps are versatile. Long cord with alligator clips to the battery and you can throw it in a stream or lake to fill your shower tanks.
 

Grenadiers

Adventurer
We bought a 38 gallon auxiliary tank for rig, to fill our house tank lots of pressure at first, pump the rest out. ABS plastic and it’s baffled inside.
 

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krick3tt

Adventurer
I use a Stainless garden sprayer that can be put over my stove to heat the water to desired temps. If it is too hot I add cold. Can be pumped to create pressure and the spray nozzle allows the water to be turned off or on.DSC02352.JPG
I can load it for a long trip or not take it all. I tried a solar bag, on cloudy days it doesn't heat and on sunny days it is too hot, only thing is that if I am traveling it isn't out to heat and by the time I stop it is too late to put it out. Also tried the PVC tube, either too hot or too cold and it is top heavy on the vehicle when full.
 

Superduty

Adventurer
I use a Stainless garden sprayer that can be put over my stove to heat the water to desired temps. If it is too hot I add cold. Can be pumped to create pressure and the spray nozzle allows the water to be turned off or on.View attachment 494244
I can load it for a long trip or not take it all. I tried a solar bag, on cloudy days it doesn't heat and on sunny days it is too hot, only thing is that if I am traveling it isn't out to heat and by the time I stop it is too late to put it out. Also tried the PVC tube, either too hot or too cold and it is top heavy on the vehicle when full.




Add a schrader valve and pressured air to it and you won't have to manually pump it up.
 

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