Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:30:31 -0600
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Bottom-filling water tank
In-Reply-To: <1E6B369FF9824DDEAB546C264FE950EC@KarlPC>
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Just for the phun of it, I completely filled my empty tank just now from my old style keyed inlet & it took 2 minutes, 20 seconds w/ a full blast 5/8" dia. garden hose.
(1984 VW Westfalia Camper)
YMMV,
Mr. BZ-not great water pressure either
On Aug 17, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Karl Wolz wrote:
> The biggest inconvenience is that I usually wind up taking an impromptu
> shower when filling the tank, but I doubt it takes five minutes. I turn the
> hose on full, fold it over to control rate of flow, and poke it into the
> fill hole. I then release the fold-over and let it fill. If I nod off in
> the next few minutes, I get hosed.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> |On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
> |Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 8:39 AM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: Bottom-filling water tank
> |
> |---- The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote:
> |> > 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.
> |>
> |
> |Please explain to me how you get the tank to fill in 5
> |minutes? Mine takes 20-25 depending on how much water is
> |already in it. If nearly empty, it takes over 30. I have
> |tried to use one of the plastic valves with a tube on the end
> |sold at RV stores. The tube is too large a diameter to fit
> |into the inlet sufficiently deep. With that thing I have to
> |stand and hold it in the inlet, carefully controlling flow
> |rate to get maximum flow in without backup. Not easy. I
> |tried to use a funnel. The inlet won't accept the water fast
> |enough to avoid gross spillage. The angle of the inlet
> |opening is too low to allow a funnel to properly fit. The
> |whole damned thing is just poorly designed and needs a
> |complete overhaul. You'd think that a vehicle that was sold
> |for so many years, someone at the conversion plant would have
> |figured out that the inlet was a piece of crap, and redesigned
> |it to be adequate. I can fill the tank from inside in 5
> |minutes or so. Oh well.
> |
> |mcneely
> |
> |> - Ron Salmon
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