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#16

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:47 am
by gattim (deleted)

We usually use the site facilities for washing up but it depends on the weather, the temperature of the supplied campsite hot water, the distance to the nearest facilities, the volume of washing up required, my state of inertia or inebriation and whether there is a queue or not. I like having the option of doing all in house if required and caravan hot water is often much hotter than campsite hot water.
Each to his own really

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#17

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:56 am
by Aaron Calder •

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There is no need to remove the white container from under the sink to fill it. Fit a bit of flexible pipe to watering can spout and you can easily fill it in situ. Our container holds 2 1/2 watering cans full and lasts us typically three days.

If you are staying on sites with showers and washing up sinks, why do you need so much water? I can understand it with wwbs with proper showers but not in an Eriba.

I agree with Taffy. Keep it simple.

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#18

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:03 am
by hob (deleted)

I wonder if the original poster will ever come back? ...... and what he will make of it all

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#19

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:00 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Aaron Calder wrote in post #17
If you are staying on sites with showers and washing up sinks, why do you need so much water? I can understand it with wwbs with proper showers but not in an Eriba.

I agree with Taffy. Keep it simple.

À chacun son goût.

We stay on sites with showers (which we use) and washing up sinks (which we choose not to use), and our water consumption is pretty much the same as Tony's.

We wash up in the van in preference to traipsing across the site carrying a bowlful of dirty pots and pans, but then were lucky enough to get a van which came with a water heater.

It also means we don't have to face the prospect of cleaning the site sink before washing our stuff, since some people can't be arsed to do it after washing theirs.

There's nothing complicated about using an aquaroll. You wheel it to the tap when it's empty and wheel it back when it's full. Doing this once every two days or so isn't particularly onerous. It travels in the van in its bag so it doesn't get anything dirty, and it takes up no interior space on site because it lives outside.

That's pretty simple.

You can never escape the fact that caravanning is essentially just like being at home but a hell of a lot more inconvenient.

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#20

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 11:39 am
by Randa france •

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Quote: Pep� Le Pew wrote in post #19

You can never escape the fact that caravanning is essentially just like being at home but a hell of a lot more inconvenient..

Or alternatively, you could say that caravanning is essentially just like camping but a hell of a lot more convenient.

As owners of a cold water van, for a number of years we used to rely on a large outdoor water container and a whale pump to send water to our two sinks. We also therefore had to provide a black water container under the sinks drain to collect grey water. Normally a fill up would last us about three days.

Then we thought, what the hell, when we used to go camping we used to have a 5 litre water container and filled it at a nearby tap, once a day. The only grey water that we generated was either from washing vegetables or boiling spuds. Great for the hedgerow.

For the past three years, we've gone back to our 5 litre water container which we keep either just inside or outside the Eriba door. As we are normally on site for 2 to 3 days we can't see the need for running back and fore to the water tap several times to keep a large fixed water container topped up. It's the same distance whether you use a 20 litre container or a 5 litre container.

Probably less for a 5 litre container because a watering can will normally only hold about 3 litres.

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#21

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 11:58 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Randa france wrote in post #20

Or alternatively, you could say that caravanning is essentially just like camping but a hell of a lot more convenient.

This is true.

It depends how you look at it - whether you see yourself towing a smaller version of your house with as many smaller versions of household appliances as you can fit in it, or a metal tent that doesn't blow away when it's windy.

At the moment I think we're in the latter category, but if we ever seriously considered buying a vacuum cleaner to take with us we'd have to think again...

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#22

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:11 pm
by highmiler •

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We don't carry much water in the van, just for the cassette toilet facilities.
We use on site facilities for washing ourselves and the pots,good for socialising with other 'vanners
We carry two 5 litre bottles in the car, for tea and coffee and cooking, when one is empty we top that up for cooking.
Then replenish when we shop
Space and weight are saved, no need for on board jerries, water rollers,grey water collectors.
Keep it simple.
Highmiler.

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#23

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:42 pm
by Aaron Calder •

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I think that anyone who is seeking 'rules' for this caravanning lark is on a hiding to nothing. There are none and with time and experience we all develop our own approaches and preferences to awnings, toilets, movers ,bike racks, water etc as the threads on here so ably demonstrate. It's an evolutionary process.

Quite frankly, I find some people's ideas quite barmy (as no doubt you feel about some of mine) but what the hell? It's all about what suits you and your personal circumstances and we are all different.

As Pete pointed out earlier, everybody needs his own goat.

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#24

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:53 pm
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Aaron Calder wrote in post #23
Quite frankly, I find some people's ideas quite barmy (as no doubt you feel about some of mine) but what the hell? It's all about what suits you and your personal circumstances and we are all different.

Quite so.

Differing opinions and the discussions which result are what this place is all about, after all.

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#25

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 1:17 pm
by gattim (deleted)

I am reminded of a question I posed to someone recently (the subject matter is irrelevant) and their response left me in no doubt as to their feelings,
"Well Mike, it's all a matter of opinion..........................................and your opinion's wrong!"

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#26

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:33 pm
by eribaMotters •

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Talking of goats, can somebody please advise me on how to best water mine. Bowl on the ground or a jerry can on each side with a pipe to the mouth.

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#27

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:29 am
by Andcow (deleted)

Thanks for all your replies it seems I set off a debate on water tanks. If you have anot on board water tank can you still use an external barrel? Our current folding camper has that already and I am happy to keep using one. Water wise we wash up drink tea and wash ourselves and the barrel lasts a few days.

#28

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:39 am
by hob (deleted)

As seen from the many previous posts you can use whatever suits you best

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#29

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:54 am
by Andcow (deleted)

Another question sparked by the above. Do trolls have hot water tanks at all? Also do they have internal plug sockets if using ehu?

#30

RE: A few questions

in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Sun Sep 11, 2016 12:24 pm
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Andcow wrote in post #29
Do trolls have hot water tanks at all?

A water heater has an integral water tank, but it isn't very big. Water heaters are either an expensive tick on the options list or retrofitted later.