Date:         Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:56:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
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From:         Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Ideas for lifting water into the Westy water tank?
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> From:    Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> Date:    Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:25:43 -0700
>
> (Discussions about giardia, crypto, and water treatment techniques
> should start their own threads.)

Crypto? <geek>A little rot13 in the water never hurt anybody, and most
healthy adults can stand up to 5% Enigma.  But if there's any PGP at all
in there, be careful.</geek>

> I'm thinking about how to get water from a stream up into the tank. I
> bet that a little submersible 12V pump like the LVM107 at
> http://tinyurl.com/3dsfsl and a gel battery would do the job.

At 2 amps, it might not be totally insane to bring the power from the
van.  If you used a 16 gauge 30' extension cord (about equal to 1.25
mm^2, 10 m), you'd lose about a quarter of a volt each way - the voltage
at the pump would be 0.5 V lower than the voltage at the van.  The cord
_probably_ weighs less than the extra battery, too.

> This gadget http://www.solardyne.com/uv1watster.html is VERY pricey,
> but could be put inline with the filler hose, I guess.

Yow!  I looked up some other brands of UV sterilizers and they are all
pretty insanely priced, for what is basically a $10 fluorescent light
fixture with a metal pipe over it.  Maybe getting the pipe sealed to the
lamp is tricky or something.  (The other usual explanation for pricing
like this is that most of it is for lawyer food, which is not improbable
for something that is meant to be used to make water "safe".)

Matt Roberds