Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:58:06 -0700
Reply-To: Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
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From: Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Subject: Make your own RE: shower for a Westy
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Why not just coil up some copper 3/8 tubing and hook it to a pump. Same
effect, 1/10th the price. Basically that is what the Zodi unit is.
Give me a month, I will give this a try and report back on my homemade HOT
Westy shower.
Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
sean.garrett@asu.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Rowsell [mailto:nfld_exile@WARP.NFLD.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 10:39 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: shower for a Westy
>
>
> If you're going to do this, a nice extra step would be a Zodi
> propane fired hot shower. They usually have some on Ebay
> (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1856600738).
>
> Also if you go to their website, they even have one where the
> heater coil sits on your 2 burner stove
> http://www.zodi.com/stove_top.html
>
> More expensive but worth it if you hate cold showers.
> Also at Cabelas ...
>
> http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-pod
> .jhtml?id=0006339&navAction=jump
>
>
> Tom
>
>
> >Subject: Re: shower for a Westy
> > From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
> > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:06:33 -0300
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> >On 3 Sep 2002 at 22:34, Gerald Masar wrote:
> >
> >> Cabela's Fall catalog has a new battery operated shower.
> Includes 2.5
> >> gal collapsible water container, submersible pump,
> waterproof battery
> >> box (4-D cells), 7' hose and shower head. Water can be
> turned off at
> >> head without turning off pump. $24.99 and includes hard plastic
> >> storage case. Anyone seen one of these? Jerry
> >
> >Here's the URL http://www.cabelas.com/ search for -
> portable showers - then
> >scroll down for the portable shower
> >
> >or the full URL is:
> >
> >http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-
> >item.jhtml?id=0014246515336a&navAction=push&navCount=2&indexI
> d=cat20097&p
> >odId=0014246&catalogCode=QN&parentId=cat20097&parentType=index&rid=
> >
> >Runs on four D-cell batteries (not included) bummer! My
> thought is to buy a
> >submersible sink water pump from GoWesty and then run 12
> volts from somewhere
> >with an on/off switch. That way, one could put the pump in
> any container. My plan is
> >to also set up the rear-lid shower curtain. I may give this
> Cabelas.com shower a try
> >though.
> >
> >Thanks for the lead. malcolm
>
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