Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:37:08 -0500
Reply-To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
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From: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: hot water in Westy
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HMMM
All Part of a Evil Idea I've had for moons.
1 Remove Fridge put in shelves Cap Gas lines (done)
2 install dual battery set up with maintainer so when you plug into
power it charges and maintains both (started, Not done)
3 add electrical outlets ( 1 by back hatch cabinet 1 by sliding door
) interior lighting with switch by sliding door. (done)
4 add propane heat and Hot water tank or Instant Hot water, using
capped fridge gas lines, Vented through Flue Vent. ( still on the
drawing board )
Presently for water we use a coleman hot water gig that uses the
Propane bottles. Instant hot water, great gig, Wife likes it, so I like it.
Heat is Electric for 110V plug in with T-stat. during the day it is a
little buddy in the tent. Same small propane bottles.
Still not 100% sure how I want it to finish it out. Soon Very Soon.
C-ya Jonce
>Here is something interesting!
>
>The past summer, traveling thru Alentejo province (Portugal) I took
>a look at ruins of Roman villa at Beja. On my way back I ( it was
>late evening) spotted 2 Westies parked in the woods. I approached
>them and witness a guy taking a shower. The real lid was up and the
>shower head was attached to the lower edge of it. Both campers were
>from France. That was a disappointment, because most French purely
>speak English, and Deutsch.
>I saw once in USA a Westy with a black rubber tank placed in a roof
>tray. In that case the water in the tank was heated by the sun and
>used for showering in similar fashion as by French. Their French
>Westies, had plastic tanks in the roof tray, but the water was
>heated by a heatexcanger - a small and yet very efficient one made
>by Laval (Sweden). I asked questions and was shown the set-up. The
>heat exchanger was familiar to me: I used it in USA - about 30,000
>BTU capacity. Located next to rear heater under the rear seat it
>took very little space. The engine was running and I understood that
>the coolant was heating the water from the roof tank. In my
>estimate, except the tank, the system was about $100.
>
>I wonder if the list ever discussed hot water issue.
>
>Ark.
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