Eccotemp water heater on trailer

[Woods]

K - cool. I was already subscribed to your build thread.

Oh yea I have seen your awesome kitchen before, I have drooled over my laptop because of it a few times...

Here is my build thread http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/81226-Offroad-Camping-Trailer-V2-0

 

[/dev/ram]

Are any of you guys permanently mounting the heater in a trailer? I really want to figure out a way to have mine mounted inside maybe the tongue box so its always ready to go by turing the gas and power on.

My thinking (at the moment) is to have the L5 stored away, with both a propane and water manifold setup that allows me to set the L5 in place (possibly hanging on the side of the tongue box) with very short lines to connect. My pic above is for a beach trip coming up in a couple weeks, and I'll likely loose the pex in favor of vinyl tubing to make the tight curves and fittings inside the tongue box. I also want to get my electrical setup in the same box, and am a bit worried about a water leak getting into the batteries, etc. May put a divider in there somehow. All just thoughts for now...

 

[daninghram]

that is a really cool kitchen!
Love it.

Looking forward to seeing the kitchen. Do you have a build thread? Linky?

I think I've got my system down to about 1 gpm. It's enough to keep the heater lit as well as take a shower. I end up filling a folding sink with hot water for dishes then quick rinse with the sink faucet. I've got the campchef version and it looks like you can get away with a lower flow with the eccotemp. To keep good pressure on my shower head/faucet - there are three rows of holes around the faucet where the water comes out. I Plugged the middle row of holes with epoxy. This increased the pressure but reduced the flow. It works just bout perfect. You can sorta get an idea of flow from this video: (can skip to minute 3)

 

[west_ok]

Nice work guys, can't wait to see what you figure out dev I'm thinking about the same thing just hinging it off the back when in use. And my jaw dropped when I saw that kitchen Woods, looks great.