Potable water filtration system

[Howard O. Truitt]

Leroy,
Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what?
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
"Under The Rainbow"
86 PT40
----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system


Gardner:
I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system
in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice
about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of
house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming
there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water
systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the
bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is
pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Gardner Yeaw
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
products of civilization is what I am aiming for.

Gardner
78FC33
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
>
> Gardner:
> Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
city water system. LOL
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
>
>
> Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine
for
> the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
maker
> are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
currently
> bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
use the
> icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration
> systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
is a
> heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
the sink
> for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I
would
> rather start fresh and do it right.
>
> Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> thinking up questions)
>
>
>
>
>
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>

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[Leroy Eckert]

Hey Howard:
I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At least
that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it and
do not know what it does, if anything.
I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it should
be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that Camping
World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the only
variable I a can identify.
Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not
needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another
story.

That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is
well in GA

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL








----- Original Message -----
From: Howard O. Truitt
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system


Leroy,
Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what?
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
"Under The Rainbow"
86 PT40
----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Gardner:
I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system
in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice
about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of
house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming
there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water
systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the
bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is
pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Gardner Yeaw
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
products of civilization is what I am aiming for.

Gardner
78FC33
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
>
> Gardner:
> Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
city water system. LOL
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
>
>
> Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine
for
> the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
maker
> are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
currently
> bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
use the
> icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration
> systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
is a
> heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
the sink
> for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I
would
> rather start fresh and do it right.
>
> Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> thinking up questions)
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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[Tom Warner]

I have not had the time to find out any information on it Leroy but
if your coach has the same system as mine you have

astro-pure model AP 35
Pure water enterprises model 7550

two very expensive water purification systems installed by bluebird
on both FC and PT models.

tom warner
vernon center,ny
1985 PT 40


At 10:12 AM 12/1/2006, you wrote:
>Hey Howard:
>I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale
>installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've
>never paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything.
>I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality
>because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is
>something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach
>to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify.
>Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that
>are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated
>water, that's another story.
>
>That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3
>years. Hope all is well in GA
>
>Leroy Eckert
>1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
>Niceville, FL
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Howard O. Truitt
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system
>
>
> Leroy,
> Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what?
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> "Under The Rainbow"
> 86 PT40
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Leroy Eckert
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system
>
> Gardner:
> I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same
> filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd
> bet you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month,
> returning and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had
> been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there
> wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated
> water systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet
> the water in the bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually
> I drink the water that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system
>
> Leroy,
> It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
> Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
> products of civilization is what I am aiming for.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
> wrote:
> >
> > Gardner:
> > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
> should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
> system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
> city water system. LOL
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gardner Yeaw
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine
> for
> > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
> maker
> > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
> currently
> > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
> use the
> > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration
> > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
> is a
> > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
> the sink
> > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I
> would
> > rather start fresh and do it right.
> >
> > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> > thinking up questions)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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[Leroy Eckert]

Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet.
I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over Thanksgiving I returned
to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I drank, bathed in and cooked with
the very same untreated, unfiltered well water that I grew up drinking and my
mom has used for about 68 years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to
get excited about filters these days.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL






----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system


Hey Howard:
I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At
least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it
and do not know what it does, if anything.
I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it
should be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that
Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the
only variable I a can identify.
Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not
needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another
story.

That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is
well in GA

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Howard O. Truitt
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what?
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
"Under The Rainbow"
86 PT40
----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Gardner:
I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system
in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice
about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of
house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming
there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water
systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the
bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is
pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Gardner Yeaw
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
products of civilization is what I am aiming for.

Gardner
78FC33
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
>
> Gardner:
> Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
city water system. LOL
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
>
>
> Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine
for
> the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
maker
> are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
currently
> bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
use the
> icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration
> systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
is a
> heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
the sink
> for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I
would
> rather start fresh and do it right.
>
> Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> thinking up questions)
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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[Gardner Yeaw]

Tom,
The problem is now you taste the water and say 'Dow chemical
upstream'. I contracted giardia once (not from a campground), and I
never want to go through that again. Spoiled? You bet I am. I grew
up on private well water and never found anything quite like it
anywhere else. Oh yea, my wife insists on having a filter, so the
decision is already made, now it is just which one.

Gardner
78FC33

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner
wrote:
>
> I know there are some Montanans on this forum that will understand
> this old joke about the water there, I live there once. When I was
> fishing one day fellow with me got down on his knees and scooped up
> some water in his hands to drink. All of a sudden after tasting the
> water he remarked "buffalo up above us" and grinned. For aminute I
> didnt know what he meant and then it dawned on me. At one time
there
> were so many buffalo there that they could really "taint" the water
> when they waded across.
>
> We are spoiled in this country. Our water for the most part is safe
> no matter where you get it. We are just to finicky in my opinion
> about the water in our coach. Go to Home depot and get a good
filter
> and install it on the line coming in when you fill the fresh water
> tank. That should do it while you are actively using the coach.
When
> you get back put enough clorine in the tank to make sure nothing
grows.
>
> tom warner
> vernon center,ny
> 1985 PT 40
>
> At 09:58 PM 11/30/2006, you wrote:
> >Gardner,
> >Let's face it, people get used to the taste their water,
> >then when in a new water hole even the coffee is yuck.
> >Two weeks ago I did a search for a water filtration for
> >the motorhome, drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, and
> >COFFEE.
> >
> >The filter with the high marks was Aquasana, about $.09
> >a gallon, Haven't bought one but going to. Bottled water
> >will be the alternative for consumption.
> >
> >Bob Janes, Greenville, SC
> >
> >Bob Janes, Greenville, SC
> >
> >
> >
> >--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
> >wrote:
> > >
> > > Leroy,
> > > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
> > > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
> > > products of civilization is what I am aiming for.
> > >
> > > Gardner
> > > 78FC33
> > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Gardner:
> > > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof
whiskey
> > > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
> > > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
> > > city water system. LOL
> > > >
> > > > Leroy Eckert
> > > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > > > Niceville, FL
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Gardner Yeaw
> > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system
for
> > > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is
> >fine
> > > for
> > > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and
ice
> > > maker
> > > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
> > > currently
> > > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and
don't
> > > use the
> > > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the
> >filtration
> > > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled
water
> > > is a
> > > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter
under
> > > the sink
> > > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement
cartridge.
> >I
> > > would
> > > > rather start fresh and do it right.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
> > > >
> > > > Gardner
> > > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my
time
> > > > thinking up questions)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

[mbulriss]

I went to Home Depot and got one of their home filter cannisters that
uses replaceable filter inserts. I outfitted it with the proper hose
fittings to go between the city/campground water supply outlet and my
fill hose. I filter the water before it ever gets in the coach and
hits the coach on-board filter system. I use the granulated charcoal
filter cartridges in it. I can tell you that my Sporlan fill valve
was incredibly clean when I took it apart last week. Other than that,
I subscribe to Leroy's theory, but replace the whiskey with Tequila to
kill any ice cube germs that survived.

FWIW, YMMV, yadda yadda

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
wrote:
>
> Leroy,
> It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
> Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
> products of civilization is what I am aiming for.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
> wrote:
> >
> > Gardner:
> > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
> should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
> system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
> city water system. LOL
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gardner Yeaw
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine
> for
> > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
> maker
> > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
> currently
> > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
> use the
> > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration
> > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
> is a
> > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
> the sink
> > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I
> would
> > rather start fresh and do it right.
> >
> > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> > thinking up questions)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

[Gardner Yeaw]

Leroy,
I grew up on the same stuff. My grandmother had a hand pump outside
for drinking water and the rest came through a 1/4 mile hose from a
spring on the hillside. That's not the water or the plumbing I want
to filter. I am thinking about a privately maintained distribution
system that hundreds of people hook up to every year.

Anyway, all I really wanted to know what system others were using.

Gardner
787FC33


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
>
> Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet.
> I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over
Thanksgiving I returned to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I
drank, bathed in and cooked with the very same untreated, unfiltered
well water that I grew up drinking and my mom has used for about 68
years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to get excited
about filters these days.
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Leroy Eckert
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration
system
>
>
> Hey Howard:
> I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale
installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never
paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything.
> I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality
because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is
something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach
to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify.
> Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products
that are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than
treated water, that's another story.
>
> That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years.
Hope all is well in GA
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Howard O. Truitt
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration
system
>
> Leroy,
> Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so
what?
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> "Under The Rainbow"
> 86 PT40
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Leroy Eckert
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration
system
>
> Gardner:
> I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same
filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet
you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, returning
and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had been stagnant
in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there wasn't a toilet
float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water systems for
water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the
bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water
that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system
>
> Leroy,
> It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
> Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
> products of civilization is what I am aiming for.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
> wrote:
> >
> > Gardner:
> > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
> should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
> system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
> city water system. LOL
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gardner Yeaw
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is
fine
> for
> > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
> maker
> > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
> currently
> > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
> use the
> > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the
filtration
> > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
> is a
> > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
> the sink
> > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge.
I
> would
> > rather start fresh and do it right.
> >
> > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> > thinking up questions)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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[Howard O. Truitt]

Leroy,
I live in the country and also have unfiltered well water but I have mine check
by the county health dept. regularly. I know I have a safe water source at home.
When camping I do not know what Joe Blow Campground operator is supplying me.
Remember the water problem at the Rats Rally, was the lines flushed before we
were hooked back up. I unhooked my hose and when it came back on line I turned
on the spigot and muddy wated came out. At the RIV how long had the water been
sitting in the lines when everyone hooked up. In a perfect world everyone would
do the right thing. But the attitude in most cases is don't worry they will be
gone in a day or two.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
86 PT40

----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system


Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet.
I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over Thanksgiving I returned
to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I drank, bathed in and cooked with
the very same untreated, unfiltered well water that I grew up drinking and my
mom has used for about 68 years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to
get excited about filters these days.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Hey Howard:
I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At
least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it
and do not know what it does, if anything.
I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it
should be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that
Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the
only variable I a can identify.
Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not
needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another
story.

That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is
well in GA

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Howard O. Truitt
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what?
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
"Under The Rainbow"
86 PT40
----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Gardner:
I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system
in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice
about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of
house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming
there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water
systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the
bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is
pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Gardner Yeaw
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
products of civilization is what I am aiming for.

Gardner
78FC33
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
>
> Gardner:
> Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
city water system. LOL
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
>
>
> Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine
for
> the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
maker
> are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
currently
> bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
use the
> icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration
> systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
is a
> heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
the sink
> for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I
would
> rather start fresh and do it right.
>
> Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> thinking up questions)
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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[Mike Hohnstein]

I drink bottle water, period. Camp ground water? I don't think so, showering
is a little unsettling in some places.
For the record, I was raised on well water, sand point, maybe 40' deep.
Answers a lot of questions about me for many people.
MH
----- Original Message -----
From: Howard O. Truitt
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system


Leroy,
I live in the country and also have unfiltered well water but I have mine
check by the county health dept. regularly. I know I have a safe water source at
home.
When camping I do not know what Joe Blow Campground operator is supplying me.
Remember the water problem at the Rats Rally, was the lines flushed before we
were hooked back up. I unhooked my hose and when it came back on line I turned
on the spigot and muddy wated came out. At the RIV how long had the water been
sitting in the lines when everyone hooked up. In a perfect world everyone would
do the right thing. But the attitude in most cases is don't worry they will be
gone in a day or two.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
86 PT40

----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet.
I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over Thanksgiving I returned
to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I drank, bathed in and cooked with
the very same untreated, unfiltered well water that I grew up drinking and my
mom has used for about 68 years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to
get excited about filters these days.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Hey Howard:
I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale installed. At
least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never paid any attention to it
and do not know what it does, if anything.
I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality because it
should be the same quality as the source unless there is something in that
Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach to the source. The hose is the
only variable I a can identify.
Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products that are not
needed. If you are attached to a source other than treated water, that's another
story.

That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years. Hope all is
well in GA

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Howard O. Truitt
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so what?
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
"Under The Rainbow"
86 PT40
----- Original Message -----
From: Leroy Eckert
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Gardner:
I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same filtration system
in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet you wouldn't think twice
about going to Rio for a month, returning and making a cup of coffee out of
house water that had been stagnant in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming
there wasn't a toilet float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water
systems for water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the
bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water that is
pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: Gardner Yeaw
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system

Leroy,
It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
products of civilization is what I am aiming for.

Gardner
78FC33
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
>
> Gardner:
> Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
city water system. LOL
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
>
>
> Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is fine
for
> the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
maker
> are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
currently
> bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
use the
> icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the filtration
> systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
is a
> heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
the sink
> for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge. I
would
> rather start fresh and do it right.
>
> Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> thinking up questions)
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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[Todd Jones]

The system I'm currently using for drinking water is: purified water from
Super Saver (local grocery store) for 27 cents a gallon ;-)

Todd Jones
"The Bus"
78FC33
Lincoln, NE.

.




On 12/1/06, Gardner Yeaw wrote:
>
> Leroy,
> I grew up on the same stuff. My grandmother had a hand pump outside
> for drinking water and the rest came through a 1/4 mile hose from a
> spring on the hillside. That's not the water or the plumbing I want
> to filter. I am thinking about a privately maintained distribution
> system that hundreds of people hook up to every year.
>
> Anyway, all I really wanted to know what system others were using.
>
> Gardner
> 787FC33
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> "Leroy Eckert"
> wrote:
> >
> > Just a little story about this water business then I'll be quiet.
> > I was raised on untreated, unfiltered well water. Over
> Thanksgiving I returned to my childhood home to visit with my mom. I
> drank, bathed in and cooked with the very same untreated, unfiltered
> well water that I grew up drinking and my mom has used for about 68
> years. She in 91 now God bless her. Makes it hard to get excited
> about filters these days.
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Leroy Eckert
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration
> system
> >
> >
> > Hey Howard:
> > I think there is a filter back by the bed that BB or Royale
> installed. At least that is what my book says. Honestly, I've never
> paid any attention to it and do not know what it does, if anything.
> > I do not spend my idle time worrying about coach water quality
> because it should be the same quality as the source unless there is
> something in that Camping World garden hose that attaches the coach
> to the source. The hose is the only variable I a can identify.
> > Sometimes marketing techniques can cause people to buy products
> that are not needed. If you are attached to a source other than
> treated water, that's another story.
> >
> > That just my theory. Never had any problems in approx 3 years.
> Hope all is well in GA
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Howard O. Truitt
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration
> system
> >
> > Leroy,
> > Have you installed a water filtration system on your BB? If so
> what?
> > Howard Truitt
> > Camilla, Ga.
> > "Under The Rainbow"
> > 86 PT40
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Leroy Eckert
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration
> system
> >
> > Gardner:
> > I guess I was asking in some goofy way if you have the same
> filtration system in your home? Probably not. I know I don't. I'd bet
> you wouldn't think twice about going to Rio for a month, returning
> and making a cup of coffee out of house water that had been stagnant
> in those pipes while you were gone. (assuming there wasn't a toilet
> float leak) Most of us use commercial chlorinated water systems for
> water. If your lines are clean in the bus I'd bet the water in the
> bus is the same quality as in your home. Actually I drink the water
> that is pumped through my bus. Haven't had any problems.
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gardner Yeaw
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Potable water filtration system
> >
> > Leroy,
> > It's not only the bugs, it's the other junk in the water.
> > Something that cleans out chemicals and other other unwanted by-
> > products of civilization is what I am aiming for.
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> "Leroy Eckert"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Gardner:
> > > Lets see. Coffee is hot and kills the bugs. 100 proof whiskey
> > should neutralize the bugs in the ice. I have a factory filter
> > system and drink bottled water and beer. I just do not trust the
> > city water system. LOL
> > >
> > > Leroy Eckert
> > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > > Niceville, FL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Gardner Yeaw
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:11 PM
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Potable water filtration system
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a reccomendation for a water filter system for
> > > drinking water? A simple particulate filter for dirt,etc is
> fine
> > for
> > > the shower and toilet, but the kitchen sink cold water and ice
> > maker
> > > are what I want to provide really well filtered water to. We
> > currently
> > > bring along bottled water for drinking, coffee, etc. and don't
> > use the
> > > icemaker, but that is a pain in the neck. Some of the
> filtration
> > > systems come in at 10 cents plus per gallon, but bottled water
> > is a
> > > heck of a lot more than that. My '78 has a small filter under
> > the sink
> > > for which I have no idea how to order a replacement cartridge.
> I
> > would
> > > rather start fresh and do it right.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions, experiences, wise cracks?
> > >
> > > Gardner
> > > 78FC33 (when the Bird is not at my house, I just spend my time
> > > thinking up questions)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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