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Post by pcpa on Jul 30, 2022 21:28:34 GMT 1
I use 15l of mains water a day, I know because every 2 days the water tank low level warning light comes on and I have to refill. My standing charges will be way higher than the water charge. That's good to know but this is the electric thread Three other contributors had written about the mains water supply before my posting, I don't see you criticising them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 21:43:37 GMT 1
That's good to know but this is the electric thread Three other contributors had written about the mains water supply before my posting, I don't see you criticising them. I did not notice there posts I just saw yours after my post, I thought this thread was about power cuts in France and I pointed out the UK has problems with supply as well.
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Post by beejay on Jul 31, 2022 15:08:51 GMT 1
I use 15l of mains water a day, I know because every 2 days the water tank low level warning light comes on and I have to refill. My standing charges will be way higher than the water charge.
Don't leave us in suspense! Why is there no inlet valve?
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Post by pcpa on Jul 31, 2022 15:41:06 GMT 1
Caravan.
I have improved on the pumping it from an aquaroll by connecting a garden hose & valve to the winterising drain pipe which draws from the very bottom of the tank (well my pal did it for me, big thanks to him) but you have to be on hand to shut it off after 2 minutes or it comes out of the overflow.
I have a stopcock to fit at the top of the tank plus the PER fittings etc to connect up outside so that it will automatically refill, it's still sitting beside the tank because its too hot to do any work inside, I can only come in to sleep at 3 am, most nights are spent in a hammock under a mozzie net.
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Post by suein56 on Jul 31, 2022 17:54:08 GMT 1
Caravan. .. it's still sitting beside the tank because its too hot to do any work inside, I can only come in to sleep at 3 am, most nights are spent in a hammock under a mozzie net.Gosh .. a wee bit different to your life in the North it seems.
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Post by pcpa on Jul 31, 2022 20:52:39 GMT 1
Indeed, I'll happily take the inconveniences for living in such a nice place. Mozzies cause me angst, I nearly died from Malaria and contracted both Plasmodium Vivax and Falciparum Vivax, the former remains dormant and can recur, these Tiger Mozzies make a banshee scream when they near their target which is really unnerving. As long as I keep moving all of the time they leave me alone but as soon as i am immobile for even a few seconds especially inside and in a confined space/low ceiling (basically the whole of the sous-sol or the caravan) they go into attack mode, if I am putting up a cupboard or even washing at the sink I have to jig around moving every limb, and as they buzz me I swear out loud at them, word will soon get around the neighbours about the nutter with Tourettes & St Vitus dance!
I am still working but have come in for a coffee, its 28° outside, probably 31° in the sous sol where i'm working and 35° in the caravan with all the windows open and the roof extractor fan on high, still far to hot to cook and eat, that will likely be midnight, then another couple of hours then cold well water shower and the hammock.
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Post by JohnnyD on Jul 31, 2022 21:43:06 GMT 1
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Post by beejay on Aug 1, 2022 14:59:11 GMT 1
Caravan. I have improved on the pumping it from an aquaroll by connecting a garden hose & valve to the winterising drain pipe which draws from the very bottom of the tank (well my pal did it for me, big thanks to him) but you have to be on hand to shut it off after 2 minutes or it comes out of the overflow. I have a stopcock to fit at the top of the tank plus the PER fittings etc to connect up outside so that it will automatically refill, it's still sitting beside the tank because its too hot to do any work inside, I can only come in to sleep at 3 am, most nights are spent in a hammock under a mozzie net. Ah! A caravan.
You can connect mains water to an internal water tank in a caravan by fitting a float valve in the side of the tank. It's a common arrangement in continental caravans.
Alternatively, fit a float valve in the Aquaroll (or a substitute water container) and allow the caravan pump to work as intended.
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Post by pcpa on Aug 1, 2022 23:09:03 GMT 1
That is what I have to fit, the heat must have been getting to me when I wrote "stop cock".
Float valve in an Aquaroll (one came with the caravan) just looks too much like a bodge, I appreciate its a great solution for people touring on sites with and without mains hook up.
Besides it would freeze in winter, the internal one froze on my first nights in the caravan last November before I fixed the gas heating.
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Post by beejay on Aug 2, 2022 12:20:50 GMT 1
That is what I have to fit, the heat must have been getting to me when I wrote "stop cock". Float valve in an Aquaroll (one came with the caravan) just looks too much like a bodge, I appreciate its a great solution for people touring on sites with and without mains hook up. Besides it would freeze in winter, the internal one froze on my first nights in the caravan last November before I fixed the gas heating.
Caravaneige - I remember it well. In winter you have to collect the water from a frost free source.
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Post by pcpa on Aug 2, 2022 21:44:40 GMT 1
In the current temperatures it sound like heaven!
22.30 and its the first time that I could venture inside since this morning, the temperature lines on a graph cross at this time of night, the outside temp is 26°, the sous-sol where I have been working all day is still at 32° with all the doors and windows open including the garage door, the caravan has dropped to 29°, just tolerable for a few minutes but it wont fall enough to be comfortable or sleep until 3am.
Outside is pleasant but the Tiger Mozzies are chewing on me despite regular application of 100% Deet.
As most nights I will work to 2am, shower (cold well water) and then sleep outside on the hamac under a mozzie net both strung across the trailer bed, at first light I can sleep in the caravan until it becomes too hot in the morning.
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