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Date:         Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:52:09 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: plumbing
Comments: To: Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <HHEAJIOMDPBGGCKHACGJMEOGCJAA.al_knoll@pacbell.net>
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This sounds handy to keep in the car for when we're not full-out camping.

Tell us more about the vent. I tried using a collapsible water jug at first, for the portability, and the lack of a vent is a serious limitation with the westy's skinny little system. The draining liquid needs all the help it can get.

Jim

On Feb 5, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Pensioner wrote:

> If you rig it right, you can use a Detergent Jug (has vent) hosed > to your > drain. Looks just like a detergent jug often available in formal > white, > ragin' red, checkmate deep blue. Has a built in handle to carry to > the > disposal site, wheels not required. Can be used as a campfire > putter-outter. We don't often create more than 1/2Gal of waste > water a day > so this work fine. It becomes a 'closed' system meeting various > requirements for 'closed' system greywater. Easy to move, simple > to make, > minimum enviromental impact using recycled components, lasts a > pretty long > time, you can empty it in a flush toilet with no adverse affects to > you or > the plumbing and you can recycle the jug as a recyclable plastic. > > If the pioneers of yore had to put up with today's restrictions, > they'd > still be in Missouri hiring lawyers and fixin' to get ready to > hunker down > and start findin' the handle to apply for permission to apply for a > preliminary permit. > > The first fish is $41 all the rest are free for the year... >


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