Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:03:23 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Onboard water supply?
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Stuart
Good point. Maybe that is the problem with the sealing aspect. The hose screws on, then clamp it. I did replace it a few years ago, but do not remember that I screwed it on. I'll take it apart and reinstall the hose again. See what's occurs
Dennis J
Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont
> On May 31, 2016, at 10:08 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The OEM hose has a spiral bead in it and the nipple on the tank is threaded
> to match. In other words, it screws on. It will be hard to seal any other
> hose on this threaded nipple. RV shops and Go Westy sell the correct hose.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Dennis Jowell
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 12:01 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Onboard water supply?
>
> Update ,
> I now have cleaned the water tank , new supply hose, new sanitized hose to
> the sink. I filled the water tank up 3/4 full just above the intake on the
> poly tank. Drove around to Lowe's and back 90 miles Just To find out that
> the large hose from outside to the inside of tank leaks. This hose is about
> 1 -7/8" OD x 1" in width And fairly new. What happened was the large clamp
> on the poly tank cannot get a good tight seal, hence water with Clorox
> inside the cabin now. Should be pretty clean now.
> Question? Is there a better clamp solution that I'm missing ? My fear is
> that if I really tighten that 13 mm nut/bolt I'll crack the poly fill pipe.
> Any suggestions?
> Should I change the clamp to a smaller in width unit?
>
>
>
>
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>
>
>> On May 30, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dennis,
>>
>> What we do is to sanitize our water tank before any trip by adding the
> bleach and running some of the water through the line to the faucet. Let it
> sit for 12 hours, run some more water through the lines to the faucet, and
> let sit another 12 hours. Then, we refill the tank and flush as many times
> as warranted. This water is used for washing dishes, etc. but not for
> cooking or drinking.
>>
>> For drinking water, I removed the table and table holder behind the
> drivers seat since we never used that table. For the last 20 years we have
> placed either the 2 gallon disposable water containers you find at grocery
> stores, or 2.5 gallon water container I bought years ago at Wal-Mart in that
> space with the spigot hanging over the edge. We have refilled the
> disposable containers at campgrounds but that was iffy so I bought the 2.5
> reusable one. We refill it at campgrounds and when we know we are going to
> be dry camping for many days, we buy the 2 gallon jugs of water at Wal-Mart
> or whatever grocery store we are around and refill our container with that
> water when needed. We have taken several 3+ month trips to BC, Yukon,
> Alaska, numerous shorter trips, and have never had a problem with water
> sickness.
>>
>> I bought my original container at Wal-Mart and noticed they were selling
> those containers again this spring or about $6.
>>
>> See:
> http://www.walmart.com/ip/Arrow-H2O-2.5-Gal-Slimline-Beverage-Dispenser-Blue
> /15915151
>>
>> Have a great trip,
>>
>> Harold
>>
>>
>>
>> Harold Teer
>> 1991 Westy -- VANGAUX
>> Harrisonburg, VA
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> Great discussion! Thanks to all for all the information. I'm out to add
> bleach etc to the Westy water system. Also to check the complete system out!
> No more bugs for me!
>>>
>>> Thanks again for the help
>>>
>>> Dennis Jowell
>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>> Newbury, Vermont
>>>
>>>
>>>> On May 30, 2016, at 5:01 AM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> To clean the Westfalia water tank,two teaspoons of bleach per five
> gallons of water left over night, then flushed out with fresh water from a
> trusted source.
>>>> This will sanitize your tank and lines before filling with safe water.
>>>> If the source isn't trusted, the same amount of bleach, two teaspoons
> of bleach per five gallons.
>>>> Bleach kills all bacteria and viruses, and dissipates after several
> days.
>>>>
>>>> Boiling . Kills all bacteria and viruses within 3 minutes.
>>>>
>>>> Water purifying filters- Removes bacteria from un-trusted source of
> water before it goes in tank, or before it reaches faucet.
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>> 1982 Westfalia
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 5:17 AM
>>>> Subject: Onboard water supply?
>>>>
>>>> . What is a correct procedure to clean the onboard water supply to the
> sink faucet which I use as drinking water also. I came down with something
> as we traveled through Ontario camping. I think I did this wrong. In fact I
> may not have done anything with the water only filling it up trying to get
> out of town, ugh!
>>>> Had to cut our planned trip short.
>>>> Is there a water filter that's recommended to use while using a camp
> ground water supply?
>>>> Dennis J
>>>>
>>>> Dennis Jowell
>>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>>> Newbury, Vermont
>
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