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11-14-2019, 03:00 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Belchertown, Massachusetts
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fresh water fill from jug
I occasionally add fresh water without a nearby faucet, so I made fittings to fill from a jug resting on the spare tire.
The jug is a 6-gallon Reliance water container from Walmart. I made a cap for the jug that accepts garden hose and connects to tubing. The cap replaces the plastic nozzle and is a 3/4" to 1/2" reducer with an aluminum plate, rubber washer, and conduit nut. The aluminum and rubber were 1/8" stock that I cut to fit. The tubing is 1/2" inside diameter 5/8" outside diameter that fits into a barbed garden hose connector and slips into the escape water fill tube.
I do have to hoist the jug onto the spare tire, but then just need to steady it, open the bleeder, and wait until it drains.
Bill R
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11-14-2019, 03:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Austin, Texas
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That is a great idea! I carry a similar 6 gallon container for adding water when there's not a faucet at our site, and have found that it's a real challenge to stand there and hold the jug while it pours into the trailer using the container's short spout. I can manage it for now, but as the years take their toll I can see where that could become tough to manage.
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11-14-2019, 03:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Surrey, British Columbia
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This is a great idea.
We switched from 5 gallon to 3 gallon water jugs because they just got too hard to lift.
For some reason I never noticed that the sparetire was a good perch.
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11-14-2019, 04:20 PM
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Location: Mid Left Coast, California
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I've been using 5 gallon 'water cooler' style bottles. I have a Dolphin brand pump that fits in them, and its nozzle is just about the right size for that clear vinyl hose to fit over, so I use the pump to transfer water into the tank... the Dolphin is actually an air pump, you push it down a few brisk strokes and hold it down, and the air pressure pushes the water out, a few more strokes and hold keeps it going.
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11-14-2019, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Maple Ridge, BC, British Columbia
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Good idea. Thanks for posting ..... as the years slide by tasks like this don’t get easier.
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11-14-2019, 04:51 PM
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Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
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Never thought about using the spare. I've put the cooler on top of a small folding table to try and get the jug up high enough. May have to start packing along a longer hose for going this route. I use a 7 gallon Reliant jug but rarely fill it. Sometimes shuttle 1 gallon milk jugs, dumping them into the Reliant, then let gravity do it's thing. Doesn't take long if one doesn't let the tank get down much.
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11-14-2019, 05:57 PM
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Some of the Reliance containers (such as the 7 USgal / 26 L Aqua-Tainer, which may be what Bob has) have a dispensing valve (spigot) in the cap, and that valve has a common pipe thread (I think it's 1/2" NPT), so it could be unscrewed and replaced with a suitable fitting (a male NPT to garden hose male adapter).
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11-14-2019, 05:59 PM
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Thanks for posting. I always put the jug on a chair and siphoned the water into the tank. It worked fine, but your idea will be a touch easier.
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11-14-2019, 06:02 PM
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I put my water 20 litre container on the picnic table and draw water there. Have never needed to transfer water to the fresh tank. If I need water, I always need to dump too.
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11-14-2019, 06:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
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I also use a 6 gallon water container to fill my fresh water tank. (6 gallon was a good price) Eventually I accepted that just because it holds 6 gallons, I don’t need to fill it to the top. 1/2 full (3 gallons) at a time works for me! I use the same philosophy on draining my gray tank if I’m staying long enough to fill it. A smaller container emptied every day or so works for me.
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11-14-2019, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Great minds think alike
I did something similar almost 2 years ago.
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11-14-2019, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Yarnell, Arizona
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We carry a spare water pump. Put the water jug on the ground, hook up the pump and 2 hoses and never hoist. The pump is a spare from our now sold sailboat, but exactly the same as the Escape pump.
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11-14-2019, 08:11 PM
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Location: Ventura County, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
I've been using 5 gallon 'water cooler' style bottles. I have a Dolphin brand pump that fits in them, and its nozzle is just about the right size for that clear vinyl hose to fit over, so I use the pump to transfer water into the tank... the Dolphin is actually an air pump, you push it down a few brisk strokes and hold it down, and the air pressure pushes the water out, a few more strokes and hold keeps it going.
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Looks like I will get another Dolphin pump ! Great idea ! Pat
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11-14-2019, 08:30 PM
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We use the Reliance Aqua-Tainer, at 26 litres, or 7 US gallons. Lisa holds a funnel in the water fill spout and I just lift it and slowly dump it in. Fortunately I am still fairly young (62 soon) and can do this easily still. Besides, a good workout is always fun to do, but as I get older I may have to find an aid.
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11-14-2019, 08:49 PM
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Sunrisetrucker, did the jug come with the spigot? Can you point me to where you got it if so?
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11-14-2019, 08:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
We use the Reliance Aqua-Tainer, at 26 litres, or 7 US gallons. Lisa holds a funnel in the water fill spout and I just lift it and slowly dump it in. Fortunately I am still fairly young (62 soon) and can do this easily still. Besides, a good workout is always fun to do, but as I get older I may have to find an aid.
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Exactly what we have been doing but always looking for a better solution . Forgot bought a battery operated transfer pump at Harbor Freight . Just need to remember what the heck I did with it Pat
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11-14-2019, 09:16 PM
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Location: Lake Country, British Columbia
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For those with a 19 and available space under the bed, you can draw directly from the water jug via the winterizing T-valve. I’ve done this with a 15l container when we’re just going camping for the weekend. Looking on amazon, I found this 23l container that seems like it would also fit...
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07...5JPFPP5S&psc=1
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11-14-2019, 09:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Patandlinda
Exactly what we have been doing but always looking for a better solution . Forgot bought a battery operated transfer pump at Harbor Freight . Just need to remember what the heck I did with it Pat
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I will likely be doing similar in time, just putting in the effort to put it off as long as possible.
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11-14-2019, 10:16 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Nanaimo Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlin
Sunrisetrucker, did the jug come with the spigot? Can you point me to where you got it if so?
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The jug is one of those collapsible ones you can buy at almost any camping supply store. I think it's made by Colman. I bought mine at our local "Canadian Tire Store" . But I guess you don't have them down there. It comes with a round spigot and I just went to a local hardware store and bought a lenght of clear tubing whose inside diameter matched the outside diameter of the spigot.
What I like about this setup is the jug collapses when not in use and so takes up alot less space.
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11-14-2019, 10:36 PM
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Good and simple Bill
I screwed my winterizing tee valve directly into the tank. Now I can draw antifreeze or extra fresh water.
If you need more how to information, you can find it here: http://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f8...tml#post266446
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