Hot water and boondocking

[Chuck Wheeler]

Gardner,

Form my post last night:

It seems like Kathy and are in cold weather a lot and many times dry
camping. I hated to waste water getting hot water to the shower so I routed
a return line from the shower back to the water heater. I then placed a
relay on the pressure control switch of the primary pump to control both
pumps. If the primary pump is running the recirculation pump is off. If
pressure is up and the primary pump shuts off then the recirculation pump
runs. When you turn the pump switch on before stepping into the shower you
have instant hot water. It works well for it's intended purpose to conserve
water but I don't believe that it would keep the cold water side from
freezing.


- Chuck Wheeler -
82 FC 31 SB
Fort Worth, TX


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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.

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.

Has anyone seen this kind of system in use?

Gardner
78FC33






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