No worries, as for switching between the shower and sink, simple QD fittings on the sink and shower supply lines. You can't run both at the same time, but it takes <30sec to switch over. That heater won't supply enough water feed both at the same time, so you just have to plan ahead.
Hot water in a Chaser !!!!????
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jacobconroy
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A shower will probably be a rare thing when I'm out camping....but if it was easy, then maybe not so rare. I'm one of those OCD weirdos that has to shower every day or I go crazy (which usually means that I will only go camping for one night because of no shower).
There would be no need to run the sink and shower at the same time.
There would be no need to run the sink and shower at the same time.
Martyn
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Keep in mind if you use a heat exchanger you have to keep water pumping through the unit, which results in high water consumption. A sailors shower is wet down, soap, and rinse which you can do if you have a warm water reservoir. It doesn’t have to be complex, just a bucket of warm water with a submersible pump. You can warm the water using a heat exchanger by putting the shower head in the bucket, or buy something like the Zodi extreme, or one of their other products. For most of us 3 gallons of water is enough for a couple of showers, although my wife and daughter would disagree.
jacobconroy
Hillbilly of Leisure
I looked all that over and it looks good to me. Has anyone happened to do the homework that can identify the proper Pelican box to house this unit? My next step is to figure out if I have an empty space on the outside of the trailer that is large enough (and unused).
dreadlocks
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I saw a teardrop on show room floor once with one installed.. I'd start off by going to HarborFreight and measuring the inner dimensions of one of those Apache boxes and then browsing amazon and see what fits.. but I got a feeling their biggest one wont be big enough.. might have to shell out actual pelican money.. IIRC the pelican spec sheets are pretty good on giving dimensions.
Harbor Freight ones are too small for the unit I referenced. The Pelican 1600 seems to be the most popular, but a few folks have stuffed them into 1550's, but you have to cut holes in the case to gain clearance for the hoses. Mine didn't come with a heat deflector for the exhaust, and I can't imagine a Pelican case lasting long with the exhaust cooking it. One will be easy enough to fab up when I finally get around to getting this done.
Assuming the outside of your rig has some steel, grab a few of these: https://www.harborfreight.com/66mm-round-magnet-96650.html
2 of them will stick the unit to my Crux problem, you might need 4 with the case. Slap it wherever when you need it, then close it up and stuff it where ever when you don't.
Teardropper
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Simplicity is a good thing.
We use a 3-gallon steel weedsprayer painted black. The hose is about 6' and has a garden nozel. If the sun doesn't warm it up enough, we cook up a coffee-pot of hot water and dump it back in.
T
Teardropper
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jacobconroy
Hillbilly of Leisure
Simplicity is a good thing.
We use a 3-gallon steel weedsprayer painted black. The hose is about 6' and has a garden nozel. If the sun doesn't warm it up enough, we cook up a coffee-pot of hot water and dump it back in.
T
I've considered some similar products. They may be simple but are not IMO easy. Flipping a switch and having hot water is simple to me.
That, and taking a shower at a campsite during March in Montana is going to want a bit more heat than the sun has to offer, LOL.But, you are right. It might be better to try one of these inexpensive and non-installed options before I commit to drilling holes in the Chaser. I finally have some serious interest in the trailer and might wind up selling it. If that happens, then I'll be finding a way to install hot water in the Jeep and that will likely be much more complicated and expensive.
Twisted Noodle
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Just in case you're still looking. I'm eyeballing this because it's low (2psi) pressure start-up. The suggested items include the strainer and the pump (12volt).
@dreadlocks Just a word of caution. I believe I have the setup that you are wanting to get. I've had this entire system for about a year now, and used about 5x. What I didn't know what I first bought it from the Eco-Temp website is this caution: about 2000 feet in elevation. I do most all of my camping above 2000 feet. I took it to Utah and camped at 9,000 feet and it didn't work at all. I took it Sequoia National park at 7,000 ft and it worked off and on. I have the L5 connected to a 1lb propane bottle, the 12 volt Flojet water pump, and I run it off of a small 12v battery. Ignore all the background noise in the below picture.
dreadlocks
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well that sucks, guess gonna shelf that idea.. I spend very little time below 5k
thanks for the heads up, shoulda known better.
Its running too rich w/out the oxygen, wonder if they can have gas output reduced somehow.
thanks for the heads up, shoulda known better.
Its running too rich w/out the oxygen, wonder if they can have gas output reduced somehow.
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There are internal adjustment screws for the water flow and gas flow to the pilot light. I had to mess with them
with some help from tech support. I'm just so hesitant to bring that big box of stuff up with me and have that shower
not work. I sold a very simple Zodi Extreme to get that set up. I'll probably buy another Zodi Extreme and keep
it simple.
Added edit: I wasn't implying that the system will work properly if you adjust the water flow and gas. I'm just saying that there are some adjustment
screws. I don't believe it will work effectively if at all above 5,000 ft as per Ecotemp, even if you adjust the flows.
with some help from tech support. I'm just so hesitant to bring that big box of stuff up with me and have that shower
not work. I sold a very simple Zodi Extreme to get that set up. I'll probably buy another Zodi Extreme and keep
it simple.
Added edit: I wasn't implying that the system will work properly if you adjust the water flow and gas. I'm just saying that there are some adjustment
screws. I don't believe it will work effectively if at all above 5,000 ft as per Ecotemp, even if you adjust the flows.
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