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Potable water filtration system - Leroy Eckert - 12-01-2006 13:26 Thanks Tom: Going up tomorrow to clean up the bus after 2 trips. I'll yank the bed out and take a look. Thanks again Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Warner To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system I have not had the time to find out any information on it Leroy but if your coach has the same system as mine you have astro-pure model AP 35 Pure water enterprises model 7550 two very expensive water purification systems installed by bluebird on both FC and PT models. tom warner vernon center,ny 1985 PT 40 At 10:12 AM 12/1/2006, you wrote: >Hey Howard: >I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale >installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've >never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. >I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality >because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is >something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach >to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. >Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that >are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated >water, that's another story. > >That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 >years. Hope all is well in GA > >Leroy Eckert >1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" >Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard O. Truitt > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > Leroy, > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > Howard Truitt > Camilla, Ga. > "Under The Rainbow" > 86 PT40 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Gardner: > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same > filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd > bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, > returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had > been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there > wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated > water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet > the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually > I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems. > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gardner Yeaw > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Leroy, > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > Gardner > 78FC33 > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > Gardner: > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > city water system. LOL > > > > Leroy Eckert > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > for > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > maker > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > currently > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > use the > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > is a > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > the sink > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > would > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Potable water filtration system - Leroy Eckert - 12-01-2006 13:33 Howard: You have a good point. I remember the RATS broken pipe. I did not hook up water at RATS. Typically, I am full of water when I pull camp at home base and run off of the pump. As you do I typically turn on the hose and take a look before I hook up. I guess you are correct, it ain't a perfect world. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard O. Truitt To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Leroy, I live in the country and also have unfiltered well water but I have mine check by the county health dept. regularly. I know I have a safe water source at home. When camping I do not know what Joe Blow Campground operator is supplying me. Remember the water problem at the Rats Rally, was the lines flushed before we were hooked back up. I unhooked my hose and when it came back on line I turned on the spigot and muddy wated came out. At the RIV how long had the water been sitting in the lines when everyone hooked up. In a perfect world everyone would do the right thing. But the attitude in most cases is don't worry they will be gone in a day or two. Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Leroy Eckert To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet. I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over Thanksgiving I returned to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I drank, bathed in and cooked with the very same untreated, unfiltered well water that I grew up drinking and my mom has used for about 68 years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to get excited about filters these days. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Leroy Eckert To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Hey Howard: I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another story. That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is well in GA Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard O. Truitt To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Leroy, Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. "Under The Rainbow" 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Leroy Eckert To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Gardner: I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Gardner Yeaw To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Leroy, It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- products of civilization is what I am aiming for. Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > Gardner: > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the city water system. LOL > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gardner Yeaw > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine for > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice maker > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We currently > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't use the > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water is a > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under the sink > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I would > rather start fresh and do it right. > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > Gardner > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > thinking up questions) > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Potable water filtration system - Howard O. Truitt - 12-01-2006 13:39 Tom, Would you think the original filtration system is still working properly on 85 -86 models. Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Warner To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system I have not had the time to find out any information on it Leroy but if your coach has the same system as mine you have astro-pure model AP 35 Pure water enterprises model 7550 two very expensive water purification systems installed by bluebird on both FC and PT models. tom warner vernon center,ny 1985 PT 40 At 10:12 AM 12/1/2006, you wrote: >Hey Howard: >I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale >installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've >never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. >I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality >because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is >something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach >to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. >Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that >are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated >water, that's another story. > >That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 >years. Hope all is well in GA > >Leroy Eckert >1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" >Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard O. Truitt > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > Leroy, > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > Howard Truitt > Camilla, Ga. > "Under The Rainbow" > 86 PT40 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Gardner: > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same > filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd > bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, > returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had > been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there > wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated > water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet > the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually > I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems. > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gardner Yeaw > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Leroy, > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > Gardner > 78FC33 > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > Gardner: > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > city water system. LOL > > > > Leroy Eckert > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > for > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > maker > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > currently > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > use the > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > is a > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > the sink > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > would > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Potable water filtration system - Tom Warner - 12-01-2006 13:44 Leroy a little bit more information on the bacteriostatic water purifier in my coach. It filters and purifies the potable water supply to eliminate tastes odors, and coloration producted by chlorine,rust, insecticides, detergents,sediment and other foreign objects. Satisfactory elimination of water borne disease carrying bacteria is accomplished by a hygenic filter bed which contains silver ions absorbed on sponge silver metal which is deposited in a finely divided form on granular activated carbon of high surface area. An added benefit is that even if the coach is not used for some time, bacteria will not grow in the water distribution system. The system requires no maintenance. The filter media will process 75,000 gallons of water before needing replacement. End of information With this system in our coaches I cant believe we need something else even after 20 years. WE can fill the coach 750 times before it needs replacing. I am going to see if I can find more information on it. tom warner vernon center,ny 1985 PT 40 At 08:26 PM 12/1/2006, you wrote: >Thanks Tom: >Going up tomorrow to clean up the bus after 2 trips. I'll yank the >bed out and take a look. Thanks again > >Leroy Eckert >1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" >Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Warner > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:59 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > I have not had the time to find out any information on it Leroy but > if your coach has the same system as mine you have > > astro-pure model AP 35 > Pure water enterprises model 7550 > > two very expensive water purification systems installed by bluebird > on both FC and PT models. > > tom warner > vernon center,ny > 1985 PT 40 > > At 10:12 AM 12/1/2006, you wrote: > >Hey Howard: > >I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale > >installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've > >never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. > >I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality > >because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is > >something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach > >to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. > >Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that > >are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated > >water, that's another story. > > > >That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 > >years. Hope all is well in GA > > > >Leroy Eckert > >1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > >Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Howard O. Truitt > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Leroy, > > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > > Howard Truitt > > Camilla, Ga. > > "Under The Rainbow" > > 86 PT40 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Leroy Eckert > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > Gardner: > > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same > > filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd > > bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, > > returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had > > been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there > > wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated > > water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet > > the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually > > I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had > any problems. > > > > Leroy Eckert > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > Niceville, FL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > Leroy, > > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > > > > Gardner: > > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > > city water system. LOL > > > > > > Leroy Eckert > > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > > for > > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > > maker > > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > > currently > > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > > use the > > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > > is a > > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > > the sink > > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > > would > > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > > > Gardner > > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: > 11/29/2006 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Potable water filtration system - one_dusty_hoot - 12-01-2006 13:53 Howard, I'm with you on the RATS water supply. There I was borrowing water to make coffee. At first I thought my new coffee maker needed to make a couple pots to be good. Well, sweetie made 4 pots with that Greorgia swamp water and all were thown out, phewE!. That got me started on this filter kick. Here at home the water is great, really tastes good, but... a few years ago we got a charcoal filter and started using the filtered water for drinking, cooking, and making ice. After ONE year I changed the filter, all the yellow crud, slime junk on that filter, made me a believer in filtering water. Sure it tasted good and looked good too, not as clear as WL you understand, and thousands of people here drink it, I did for years without filtering but I won't anymore. My eyes told me not to put that crud in my body anymore. Bob Janes, Greenville, SC --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Howard O. Truitt" > > Leroy, > I live in the country and also have unfiltered well water but I have mine check by the county health dept. regularly. I know I have a safe water source at home. > When camping I do not know what Joe Blow Campground operator is supplying me. Remember the water problem at the Rats Rally, was the lines flushed before we were hooked back up. I unhooked my hose and when it came back on line I turned on the spigot and muddy wated came out. At the RIV how long had the water been sitting in the lines when everyone hooked up. In a perfect world everyone would do the right thing. But the attitude in most cases is don't worry they will be gone in a day or two. > Howard Truitt > Camilla, Ga. > 86 PT40 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet. > I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over Thanksgiving I returned to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I drank, bathed in and cooked with the very same untreated, unfiltered well water that I grew up drinking and my mom has used for about 68 years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to get excited about filters these days. > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Hey Howard: > I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. > I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. > Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another story. > > That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is well in GA > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard O. Truitt > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Leroy, > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > Howard Truitt > Camilla, Ga. > "Under The Rainbow" > 86 PT40 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Gardner: > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems. > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gardner Yeaw > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Leroy, > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > Gardner > 78FC33 > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > Gardner: > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > city water system. LOL > > > > Leroy Eckert > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > for > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > maker > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > currently > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > use the > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > is a > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > the sink > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > would > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Potable water filtration system - Tom Warner - 12-01-2006 13:56 Howard my manual gives a way to check it. It says "check the smell, If a faint taste of chlorine is detected it is time for achange. Even when there is a noticeable taste the bacteria stopping properties have not been compromised". I am going to find out more about the filter and what to do about it. tom warner vernon center,ny 1985 PT 40 At 08:39 PM 12/1/2006, you wrote: >Tom, >Would you think the original filtration system is still working >properly on 85 -86 models. >Howard Truitt >Camilla, Ga. >86 PT40 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Warner > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:59 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > I have not had the time to find out any information on it Leroy but > if your coach has the same system as mine you have > > astro-pure model AP 35 > Pure water enterprises model 7550 > > two very expensive water purification systems installed by bluebird > on both FC and PT models. > > tom warner > vernon center,ny > 1985 PT 40 > > At 10:12 AM 12/1/2006, you wrote: > >Hey Howard: > >I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale > >installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've > >never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. > >I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality > >because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is > >something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach > >to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. > >Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that > >are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated > >water, that's another story. > > > >That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 > >years. Hope all is well in GA > > > >Leroy Eckert > >1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > >Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Howard O. Truitt > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Leroy, > > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > > Howard Truitt > > Camilla, Ga. > > "Under The Rainbow" > > 86 PT40 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Leroy Eckert > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > Gardner: > > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same > > filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd > > bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, > > returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had > > been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there > > wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated > > water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet > > the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually > > I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had > any problems. > > > > Leroy Eckert > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > Niceville, FL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > Leroy, > > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > > > > Gardner: > > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > > city water system. LOL > > > > > > Leroy Eckert > > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > > for > > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > > maker > > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > > currently > > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > > use the > > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > > is a > > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > > the sink > > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > > would > > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > > > Gardner > > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: > 11/29/2006 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Potable water filtration system - Stephen Birtles - 12-01-2006 15:29 I'm in the same camp as MH Stephen 77fc35 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein" <MHOHNSTEIN@...> wrote: > > I drink bottle water, period. Camp ground water? I don't think so, showering is a little unsettling in some places. > For the record, I was raised on well water, sand point, maybe 40' deep. Answers a lot of questions about me for many people. > MH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard O. Truitt > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:03 PM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > Leroy, > I live in the country and also have unfiltered well water but I have mine check by the county health dept. regularly. I know I have a safe water source at home. > When camping I do not know what Joe Blow Campground operator is supplying me. Remember the water problem at the Rats Rally, was the lines flushed before we were hooked back up. I unhooked my hose and when it came back on line I turned on the spigot and muddy wated came out. At the RIV how long had the water been sitting in the lines when everyone hooked up. In a perfect world everyone would do the right thing. But the attitude in most cases is don't worry they will be gone in a day or two. > Howard Truitt > Camilla, Ga. > 86 PT40 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet. > I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over Thanksgiving I returned to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I drank, bathed in and cooked with the very same untreated, unfiltered well water that I grew up drinking and my mom has used for about 68 years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to get excited about filters these days. > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Hey Howard: > I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. > I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. > Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another story. > > That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is well in GA > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard O. Truitt > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Leroy, > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > Howard Truitt > Camilla, Ga. > "Under The Rainbow" > 86 PT40 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Leroy Eckert > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Gardner: > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems. > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gardner Yeaw > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > Leroy, > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > Gardner > 78FC33 > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > Gardner: > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > city water system. LOL > > > > Leroy Eckert > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > for > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > maker > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > currently > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > use the > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > is a > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > the sink > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > would > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Potable water filtration system - Stephen Birtles - 12-01-2006 15:35 The filters should be changed at least every year maybe the one containing the silver on the old systems may last a little longer butafterthat long they ain't worth a nickel and would probaly cause more harm than good Stephen --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner > > Howard my manual gives a way to check it. It says "check the smell, > If a faint taste of chlorine is detected it is time for achange. Even > when there is a noticeable taste the bacteria stopping properties > have not been compromised". > > I am going to find out more about the filter and what to do about it. > > tom warner > vernon center,ny > 1985 PT 40 > > At 08:39 PM 12/1/2006, you wrote: > >Tom, > >Would you think the original filtration system is still working > >properly on 85 -86 models. > >Howard Truitt > >Camilla, Ga. > >86 PT40 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom Warner > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:59 AM > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > I have not had the time to find out any information on it Leroy but > > if your coach has the same system as mine you have > > > > astro-pure model AP 35 > > Pure water enterprises model 7550 > > > > two very expensive water purification systems installed by bluebird > > on both FC and PT models. > > > > tom warner > > vernon center,ny > > 1985 PT 40 > > > > At 10:12 AM 12/1/2006, you wrote: > > >Hey Howard: > > >I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale > > >installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've > > >never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. > > >I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality > > >because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is > > >something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach > > >to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. > > >Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that > > >are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated > > >water, that's another story. > > > > > >That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 > > >years. Hope all is well in GA > > > > > >Leroy Eckert > > >1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > >Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Howard O. Truitt > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > > > > Leroy, > > > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > > > Howard Truitt > > > Camilla, Ga. > > > "Under The Rainbow" > > > 86 PT40 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Leroy Eckert > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Gardner: > > > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same > > > filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd > > > bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, > > > returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had > > > been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there > > > wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated > > > water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet > > > the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually > > > I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had > > any problems. > > > > > > Leroy Eckert > > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Leroy, > > > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > > > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > > > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > > > > > Gardner > > > 78FC33 > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > > > > > > > Gardner: > > > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > > > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > > > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > > > city water system. LOL > > > > > > > > Leroy Eckert > > > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > > > for > > > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > > > maker > > > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > > > currently > > > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > > > use the > > > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > > > is a > > > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > > > the sink > > > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > > > would > > > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > > > > > Gardner > > > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: > > 11/29/2006 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Potable water filtration system - Stephen Birtles - 12-01-2006 15:35 The filters should be changed at least every year maybe the one containing the silver on the old systems may last a little longer but after that long they ain't worth a nickel and would probably cause more harm than good Stephen --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner > > Howard my manual gives a way to check it. It says "check the smell, > If a faint taste of chlorine is detected it is time for achange. Even > when there is a noticeable taste the bacteria stopping properties > have not been compromised". > > I am going to find out more about the filter and what to do about it. > > tom warner > vernon center,ny > 1985 PT 40 > > At 08:39 PM 12/1/2006, you wrote: > >Tom, > >Would you think the original filtration system is still working > >properly on 85 -86 models. > >Howard Truitt > >Camilla, Ga. > >86 PT40 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom Warner > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:59 AM > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > I have not had the time to find out any information on it Leroy but > > if your coach has the same system as mine you have > > > > astro-pure model AP 35 > > Pure water enterprises model 7550 > > > > two very expensive water purification systems installed by bluebird > > on both FC and PT models. > > > > tom warner > > vernon center,ny > > 1985 PT 40 > > > > At 10:12 AM 12/1/2006, you wrote: > > >Hey Howard: > > >I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale > > >installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've > > >never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. > > >I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality > > >because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is > > >something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach > > >to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. > > >Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that > > >are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated > > >water, that's another story. > > > > > >That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 > > >years. Hope all is well in GA > > > > > >Leroy Eckert > > >1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > >Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Howard O. Truitt > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM > > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > > > > Leroy, > > > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? > > > Howard Truitt > > > Camilla, Ga. > > > "Under The Rainbow" > > > 86 PT40 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Leroy Eckert > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Gardner: > > > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same > > > filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd > > > bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, > > > returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had > > > been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there > > > wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated > > > water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet > > > the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually > > > I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had > > any problems. > > > > > > Leroy Eckert > > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system > > > > > > Leroy, > > > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. > > > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- > > > products of civilization is what I am aiming for. > > > > > > Gardner > > > 78FC33 > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert" > > > > > > > > > > > Gardner: > > > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey > > > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter > > > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the > > > city water system. LOL > > > > > > > > Leroy Eckert > > > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > > > > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Gardner Yeaw > > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > > > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine > > > for > > > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice > > > maker > > > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We > > > currently > > > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't > > > use the > > > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > > > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water > > > is a > > > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under > > > the sink > > > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I > > > would > > > > rather start fresh and do it right. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > > > > > > > Gardner > > > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > > > > thinking up questions) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: > > 11/29/2006 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.0/557 - Release Date: 11/29/2006 > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Potable water filtration system - Richard Hayden - 12-01-2006 16:04 What do you have the "county health dept." check for? There are many tests. Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard O. Truitt To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Leroy, I live in the country and also have unfiltered well water but I have mine check by the county health dept. regularly. I know I have a safe water source at home. When camping I do not know what Joe Blow Campground operator is supplying me. Remember the water problem at the Rats Rally, was the lines flushed before we were hooked back up. I unhooked my hose and when it came back on line I turned on the spigot and muddy wated came out. At the RIV how long had the water been sitting in the lines when everyone hooked up. In a perfect world everyone would do the right thing. But the attitude in most cases is don't worry they will be gone in a day or two. Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Leroy Eckert To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet. I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over Thanksgiving I returned to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I drank, bathed in and cooked with the very same untreated, unfiltered well water that I grew up drinking and my mom has used for about 68 years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to get excited about filters these days. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Leroy Eckert To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Hey Howard: I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything. I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify. Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another story. That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is well in GA Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard O. Truitt To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Leroy, Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what? Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. "Under The Rainbow" 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Leroy Eckert To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Gardner: I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Gardner Yeaw To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system Leroy, It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water. Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by- products of civilization is what I am aiming for. Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com "Leroy Eckert" > > Gardner: > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the city water system. LOL > > Leroy Eckert > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" > Niceville, FL > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gardner Yeaw > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine for > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice maker > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We currently > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't use the > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water is a > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under the sink > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I would > rather start fresh and do it right. > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks? > > Gardner > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time > thinking up questions) > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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