Hot water and boondocking

[Terry Neal]

Gardner,

Thanks to Howard for his cold water idea. Here is a "whole house" hot
water recirculating kit that will do what we are talking about. Crosses
the hot water over to the cold line for it's return trip to the water
heater. No additional return line needed. Just buy an additional cold
water connector for any additional water line runs you may have. The PT
coaches have 2 runs, one down each side of the coach, so this will work.

Link is: http://www.rewci.com/whhohotwaci.html

Terry Neal
Bozeman, MT
82PT40
74FC34



Howard O. Truitt wrote:

> Gardner,
> I like your hot water circulating idea.
> Just a thought on cold water freeze up.
> Could you put a seperate water heater in the cold water line with a
> circulating pump and set a thermostat at say
> 50 degrees.
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> 86 PT40
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chuck Wheeler
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 9:01 PM
> Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] Hot water and boondocking
>
> 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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> 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.
>
> 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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