Hot water and boondocking

[Curt Sprenger]

Gardner,
I'm all ears for this. Had the same thought while out camping this past
weekend. Thanks for posting.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Gardner Yeaw wrote:

> We took a 4 day trip and had only power available. I left with a
>full water tank and mostly empty grey and black tanks. By the last
>day I had about 1/4 tank of water left. I began to think about ways
>to conserve water to streach the time we could stay. One thought was
>the waste of water waiting for the sink or shower hot water to come
>up to temperature. It was cold outside so it took a while, wasted
>water and holding tank capacity.
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> In hotels/motels/large buildings they use a circulating system
>that keeps the hot water supply hot so you don't wait for hot water
>at the tub or tap. It would seem that this could be done in an RV by
>adding a return line from the far end of the hot water system, a one-
>way valve and a pump. Then all you would need to do is activate the
>pump for a minute or so to charge the system, and then start the
>shower. It would conserve the water supply as well as the grey tank
>space.
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> Has anyone seen this kind of system in use?
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>Gardner
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