Date:         Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:19:17 -0400
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bottom-filling water tank
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> Trevor, if the inlet could be made so that it allows a faster
> feed, that would be great.  Of course, that would simply
> entail a larger opening at the inlet, larger diameter inlet
> tube, and larger opening into the tank.  It has always seemed
> absurd that the inlet is so inadequate.  I always fill my
> tank through the tank lid inside, but there is always risk of
> getting the cabinets wet.


Sounds like a lot of hassle to me.  Personally, the time it takes to fill
the tank via the inlet has never bothered me at all.  Sure it's a bit slow,
and if I'd designed it I'd have used a larger tube. But it still fills in,
what, 5 minutes or so?  If I was so rushed that I couldn't spare 5 minutes,
I  wouldn't be driving a Vanagon in the first place. :-)  I put the hose in,
do my quick pre-trip walk-around (coolant level, oil level, tire pressure),
and by the time I'm done it's just about full. My last Westy had a busted
inlet hose that I never got around to fixing, so I had to fill it from the
top opening in the tank, and I found that much less convenient.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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