Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:12:32 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Westy Shower Solution --- now on Sale
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I use one of these:
http://tinyurl.com/2sbyw6
Mike C. saids that he uses the 5 gallon version. The nozzle/cap unscrews
leaving an opening plenty wide for the garden hose drain, and these jugs
fold pretty close to flat. If you're as frugal with your downsink water
as it sounds like you are, then it can takes several days before this
medium-sized one fills up and a dump location is needed.
Get two, after a season of use they can develop leaks in the corners
from the folding and unfolding.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR
Joy Hecht typed:
> I'm with you on that! I don't wash dishes in the sink in such places unless
> it's just a matter of, say, rinsing a knife that I used to cut fruit. Use
> the bathroom sink if needed (and possible), make sure to dump all food
> scraps in the trash, wipe out bowls or pots with a paper towel very well
> before getting water involved.
>
> I should have a hose and a jug, I know. But a jug full of gray water is one
> more thing to have to find room for until you can find the right place to
> dump it.
>
>
> Joy
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> :::Of Michael Elliott
> :::Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:51 AM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: Westy Shower Solution --- now on Sale
> :::
> :::I make it a habit to always run my sink drain (bit of garden hose, like
> :::Mike describes) into a jug, also. If I was doing "dispersed camping",
> :::i.e., no assigned camp sites in a large area, I might get a little
> :::lazier, but most of my camping is in places where one parks the van in
> :::defined sites. I figure that if I leave a wet spot behind with a little
> :::grease, coffee cup rinsings, soap (even biodegradable) and food
> :::particles -- and the next person does, and the next, and the
> :::next...after a while the whole area where the vehicle is meant to park
> :::would get grotty.
> :::
> :::--
> :::Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> :::71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> :::84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> :::74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> :::KG6RCR
> :::
> :::
> :::
> :::Mike Collum typed:
> :::> Joy Hecht wrote:
> :::>> Wow! Do they slash your van to pieces if you run water in your sink,
> :::>> too?
> :::>
> :::> Only if you let drain to the ground, Joy. Surely you put a gray water
> :::> catchment tank under there, don't you?
> :::>
> :::> I use a 5 gallon collapsible with a short length of garden hose from
> :::the
> :::> sink drain which runs inside it. A standard female garden hose
> :::> connector screws right to the sink drain.
> :::>
> :::> Mike
> :::>
>
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