Adding Water to RV

[Freelander]

This is how I add water to my holding tank, I have a 7 gal jug, and a small pump designed for a garden sprayer, I hook this to car battery and pump the water in, its a bit slow 1 gpm but it beats pumping it by hand.

 

[treesprite]

Certainly saves labor.

If you have a long enough hose and an adapter, you can connect directly to the source as long as the output is threaded and no one cares.

 

[Freelander]

The water faucet is about 2 miles away, it would take a long hose. LOL

 

[Uncle Todo]

You may not even need the pump, siphoning effect may work just as fast. Looks like the jug's height should be up enough to drain down.

 

[Freelander]

As far as it is to my tank that's not going to work.

 

[NctryBen]

That is a great idea...

 

[tx2sturgis]

A couple years ago we arranged something similar for the Cammalu and GotSmart RV....they hauled the water jugs in the SxS and after a run to the water station, it was easy to refill the RV with the small pump and some hose. 

It's a lot easier than lifting the heavy water jugs and holding them while the contents slowly 'glug-glug' into the fill port....

 

[DannyB1954]

Raise the blue tank a bit and siphon effect will work just fine without a pump.
A standard faucet for a garden hose threads into the cap of those blue jugs. You could use a short garden hose screwed onto this. Just have to then tip the gug over and open the top vent cap on the blue jug.

 

[Malamute]

A couple years ago we arranged something similar for the Cammalu and GotSmart RV....they hauled the water jugs in the SxS and after a run to the water station, it was easy to refill the RV with the small pump and some hose.

It's a lot easier than lifting the heavy water jugs and holding them while the contents slowly 'glug-glug' into the fill port....

If they vent correctly they shouldnt glug much, just mostly rapid bubbles going in the vent then the sound of air rushing through the vent hole. Some jugs have mold flash and small holes, I cleaned them up and opened them a bit if small. I used to haul water, theyd empty pretty quickly with a good vent, Im thinking around 30 seconds for a 5 or 6 gallon jug? I was bored and started counting while emptying water jugs. Its still nice if you have something to set the jug on while it dumps.

 

[LoupGarou]

That’s fantastic. What are you doing about your waste water? If 7 gallons of fresh water is going in, doesn’t 7 gallons of waste water need to be dumped?

 

[Malamute]

That’s fantastic. What are you doing about your waste water? If 7 gallons of fresh water is going in, doesn’t 7 gallons of waste water need to be dumped?

In my case I was on my own land, I just ran the grey water out on the ground, left the valve open all the time, it soaked in and evaporated pretty quickly in the extremely dry climate. In winter it formed an icy area until a thaw, but wasnt too big of a nuisance. I was using a plastic dish pan and tossing it out on the ground, then thought whats the difference between that and just letting it run out the hose? I then tried the shower, it didnt end up making too big of a damp spot, and the grass loved it. I had run the grey water out at a cabin I lived in also, it made great grass in that area. Used it like tat for years in the cabin, and ended up using it like that for several years in the motor home.

Ive heard people at Burning Man make an evaporation basin with tarps to get their grey water to dissipate. They arent allowed to run water on the ground or leave any trace.