Filling The Fresh Water Tank Using A Spare Water Pump

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Filling The Fresh Water Tank Using A Spare Water Pump

December 30, 2017, 01:51:47 pm

The current Escapees magazine actually had something useful in it - the LONG title of this post.
I posted about our solution on our private blog back in 2009. I edited it today and here it is.

Re: Filling The Fresh Water Tank Using A Spare Water Pump

Reply #1 – December 30, 2017, 02:20:45 pm

We, too, carry 3 5-gallon containers of water. We don't have an extra water pump, so we bought a drill pump that's used with an electric drill like this one:

Amazon.com : Lanchez 225GPH Drill Pump for Electric Drill with 3/4 inch...

It works very well.

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Re: Filling The Fresh Water Tank Using A Spare Water Pump

Reply #2 – December 30, 2017, 02:37:39 pm

In a pinch, gravity can work to put some more water in the tank too.

I have taken a full sun shower, hooked it high on the rear ladder, and let gravity drain the shower bag into the water tank (via a hose). It take very little effort and you can get 10-15 gallons in without much hassle if a faucet is nearby.

Most frequently I do this after settling at a campsite only to find that there isn't a threaded faucet within hose distance but the campground does have water at a bathhouse or pot washing station. It may or may not be correlated with longer showers by my offspring.

Rich
'03 MB in NC