Hot water and boondocking

[Terry Neal]

That's a real good idea Bill. Moving water won't "normally" freeze.

Terry Neal
Bozeman, MT
82PT40
74FC34



Wilhelmus Schreurs wrote:

> Chuck and Gardner:
>
> Am interested in this as well, by why can one not use the cold water
> line with a few solenoids as well??
>
> Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
> Terrace, B.C. Canada
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Gardner Yeaw >
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 6:19:12 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Hot water and boondocking
>
> Chuck,
>
> Thanks. By the way, My wife's name is Kathy also, so it seems
>
> that wives named Kathy like the solution, so it must be a winner.
>
> I like the idea of using relays so that the pumps don't fight each
>
> other. I have a similar relay logic system in my home. The garage
>
> and bedroom share the same supply side for the hot water heating
>
> system, so I built a relay logic system that gives the bedroom
>
> priority. A little boolean logic and some radio shack relays and you
>
> are in business.
>
> Gardner
>
> 78FC33
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "Chuck
>
> winner. wrote:
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> >
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> > Gardner,
>
> >
>
> > Form my post last night:
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> >
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> > 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
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> > freezing.
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> >
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> >
>
> > - Chuck Wheeler -
>
> > 82 FC 31 SB
>
> > Fort Worth, TX
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> >
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> >
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> > _____
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> >
>
> > From: WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com
>
> > [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Gardner Yeaw
>
> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:25 PM
>
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com
>
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Hot water and boondocking
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > 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
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> > 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
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> 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?
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> >
>
> > Gardner
>
> > 78FC33
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> >
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> >
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> >
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