Date:         Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:07:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: An oddball fitting to fit a Westy
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
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On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 08:03 -0500, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > Say that a fellow was looking to replace the standard drinking water
> > tank's drain plug with a fitting that provided a, say, male garden hose
> > bib fitting along with a shutoff valve ... does such a thing exist?
> >
> > I ask because I was camping in the Oregon high desert this weekend and
> > was thinking (A) about a quick way to fill a bucket with water from the
> > Westy's drinking water tank in case of a campsite fire without dumping
> > the whole tank of water (I live in an arid environment so I worry about
> > every drop of spilled water); and (2) that the drain outlet on the water
> > tank could be a useful place to tap into a reservoir for a campsite
> > shower system.
> >
> > So to replace the Westy water tank's drain plug with a fitting that has
> > a valve and some kind of standard hose fitting would be swell.
>
> Jack,  I have also thought I might do that.  I am not certain of the
>  threads.  However, I thought I would just take the cap to a plumbing
>  supply shop, and ask there what would work.  I long ago lost the cap
>  for the sink drain, and found that a valved fitting intended for a
>  water hose works fine.
>
> mcneely

I, too, discovered that the sink drain is a standard garden hose thread.
I have 12'' of garden hose dangling down there. I insert the hose into a
small collapsible liquids container to catch the gray water when
camping. No sense leaving a puddle on the ground for the site's next
occupant, I reckon.

You'd like being the next person in a site after me. I generally leave
it tidier than how I found it.

-- RJS