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Hot water and boondocking
12-12-2006, 07:21
Post: #12
Hot water and boondocking
I'm used to the household system which has a return line to the
cold/supply side of the water heater, with a check valve, and
convection keeps the hot water circulating throughout the system. A
manual valve in the return is also employed to restrict flow. Works
great in a household water heater, whether it would also work in the
relatively short RV-size tank I don't know.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "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.
>
> 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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Messages In This Thread
Hot water and boondocking - rogerwwebb@... - 12-11-2006, 08:44
Hot water and boondocking - Gardner Yeaw - 12-11-2006, 13:24
Hot water and boondocking - Curt Sprenger - 12-11-2006, 13:34
Hot water and boondocking - davidkerryedwards - 12-11-2006, 13:44
Hot water and boondocking - Chuck Wheeler - 12-11-2006, 14:01
Hot water and boondocking - Gardner Yeaw - 12-11-2006, 14:19
Hot water and boondocking - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-11-2006, 17:09
Hot water and boondocking - Terry Neal - 12-11-2006, 17:21
Hot water and boondocking - Howard O. Truitt - 12-12-2006, 03:16
Hot water and boondocking - Terry Neal - 12-12-2006, 04:30
Hot water and boondocking - erniecarpet@... - 12-12-2006, 06:48
Hot water and boondocking - Jeff Miller - 12-12-2006 07:21
Hot water and boondocking - Gary Miller - 12-12-2006, 09:21
Hot water and boondocking - Bill - 12-23-2006, 11:15
Hot water and boondocking - Gardner Yeaw - 12-23-2006, 13:39
Hot water and boondocking - Pete Masterson - 12-23-2006, 15:01
Hot water and boondocking - Gregory OConnor - 12-23-2006, 18:39
Hot water and boondocking - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-24-2006, 05:39
Hot water and boondocking - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-24-2006, 06:12
Hot water and boondocking - Gardner Yeaw - 12-24-2006, 09:55



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