Motorhome Water Management
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When we got our Motorhome I had a water filter and tap put in,(Nature-pure) this has an absolute filter, so kills all known nasties. So, we can drink water from our tank without worries.I got fed up with getting bottled water. Funny how we all do things slightly differently. We drive onto site, find a pitch we like, unhitch the towed car, put it onto our pitch, along with our Pitch occupied sign, then I drive off to find the Motorhome service point, Fill up with water. Missus goes to tell warden which pitch we are on, Just a routine really. And no stress at all.
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I thought water and waste was so much easier for motorhomes than caravans but 4 pages in it does not look that way
We had an RV with onboard fresh, grey and black waste. It was something I was glad to move away from when we went back to the caravan. I find it much easier with the aquaroll/wastemaster/cassette set up.
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Water and waste water ARE much easier with a motorhome, most have large on board tanks, so negate the need for constant shuttling backwards and forwards with water and waste, that is unless you stay over 3 days or so, and don't like moving your van for
whatever reason,then it's back to being Gunga Din. The cassette is the same for all of us.Some folk can make Hard work out of any job.
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if being able to last five days (or even more as we did over New Year) including washing up and showering, without having to top up or empty a drop of water is simpler than a cravan with barrels and wastemasters, each can decide.....
but to me, i fill, then forget......id say it was simpler, less effort, less kit, less time consuming.....
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Blimey BB ! How big are your tanks ? Longest we have lasted is 4 days, then I got told off, for letting the fresh water run out. Mind you we both shower, and some of us don't skimp on the water (no names,no pack drill). Think my Tanks are 90-100 litres
?Some vans have only 40 litre tanks ! (No bigger than a large Aquaroll) wouldn't like that.
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Blimey BB ! How big are your tanks ? Longest we have lasted is 4 days, then I got told off, for letting the fresh water run out. Mind you we both shower, and some of us don't skimp on the water (no names,no pack drill). Think my Tanks are 90-100 litres
?Some vans have only 40 litre tanks ! (No bigger than a large Aquaroll) wouldn't like that.
.....not overly large, Ray.....110 fresh and 100 waste....but i reckon we are fairly thrifty, yet the showers for two seem fine to us...
usually we do four days comfortably , but over new year we drank less tea and more wine! and had six days on site with 10% left in the fresh (but still a tank of hot water) and the waste was 70% full.....
mind you, we emptied the loo a few times.....
if we only did four days, thats 25 litres a day.....a generous amount (IMHO) for two to be able to shower, wash up etc and we drink from our fresh tank (filtered) .....
DD, i have to take first dibs at the shower....get water up to temp etc....(good trick, run hot tap at sink, then shower will,be immediately warm....) so i am wary about WHO is next.....so, not really a leisurely job.....oh takes about twice as long as me....longer
hair to wash.....ps.....i think Rogher mentioned his tanks were 300 ltr!
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in fairness....if the weather is ok and we are staying for a while on a site, we will use the site showers, but in the uk at New Year....no thanks.....
this will make a tremendous difference to water volumes, as will using a seperate 'drinking' water supply......but we couldnt use 40/50 ltrs a day if we tried....though pur pals seem to use it like its going out of fashion.....
as part of the way we tour involves being on an aire or three perhaps we are more conscious (sub consciously!) of only using what we need to (say) wash up or clean teeth or rinse hands etc....
i suppose some may do all these things with taps fully running....i dont know.....perhaps its just a 'waste' thing...?
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Water and waste water ARE much easier with a motorhome, most have large on board tanks, so negate the need for constant shuttling backwards and forwards with water and waste, that is unless you stay over 3 days or so, and don't like moving your van for
whatever reason,then it's back to being Gunga Din. The cassette is the same for all of us.Some folk can make Hard work out of any job.
Write your comments here...You don't know what hard work is if you think emptying a drop of water is hard from a Wastemaster or the likes of. I have always assumed through watching,that positioning their vehicle over discharge points and up and down off
blocks by Motorhomes was hard work.
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Write your comments here...You don't know what hard work is if you think emptying a drop of water is hard from a Wastemaster or the likes of. I have always assumed through watching,that positioning their vehicle over discharge points and up and down off blocks by Motorhomes was hard work.
Pushing a wastemaster about or an aquaroll is no problem to most, it's the filling and emptying points that cause problems if any lifting has to be done.
Leveling a motorhome is no more difficult than an caravan, in fact I used to find it easier with the spirit level within sight of the driving position. You don't have to position the motorhome exactly over a disposal point if you connect a waste hose to your outlet, it is a matter of preference on how you go about it and that can depend on the design of the disposal point.
BB, I don't know if Rogher has 300lt fresh water tanks but I have and can easilly last 5/6 days. The waste tank is 200lts and I don't use leveling blocks anymore having had a hydraulic leveling system fitted. As you get older all these things make life much easier when out and about.
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My previous m/h had a digital display for water levels that showed the amount present as a % of full. It displayed to the nearest 10% but below that in single figures. It’s important to be level, of course, but it was surprising how accurate the reading
was. My current model uses a needle to show the level but the needle only stops at 0, ¼, ½, ¾, and full. Not so useful for managing levels and not running out.0 -
Levelling a caravan is much easier than a motorhome as you only have to worry about the angle across the axle. There is an art with a motorhome and the purist will need three blocks rather than two. Hydraulic levelling is the way to go if you want an easy
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Levelling a caravan is much easier than a motorhome as you only have to worry about the angle across the axle. There is an art with a motorhome and the purist will need three blocks rather than two. Hydraulic levelling is the way to go if you want an easy life.
I wrongly assumed you were a caravanner when I read your comments.
Levelling a MH with two ramps is incredibly simple.
PS. Sorry off topic!
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Water and waste water ARE much easier with a motorhome, most have large on board tanks, so negate the need for constant shuttling backwards and forwards with water and waste, that is unless you stay over 3 days or so, and don't like moving
your van for whatever reason,then it's back to being Gunga Din. The cassette is the same for all of us.Have to agree to disagree here then - we didnt find it easier despite large onboard tanks. And no, we didnt have a cassette toilet we had a big onboard black tank
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We have two cassettes. So, if needed, we could use the second while waiting for an opportunity to empty the first. Rarely need to but it’s something that others could do if they were worried about that kind of thing. You just need somewhere to keep the other
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No, I’m a ‘converted caravanner’, EJB. I think that most motorhomers are ‘tilt-tolerant’, so getting level is not such an issue for them. Just as well, considering how few CC pitches are a perfect level.
I thought that Motorhomes had to be level to 2 degrees otherwise the fridge wouldn't work?
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We have two cassettes. So, if needed, we could use the second while waiting for an opportunity to empty the first. Rarely need to but it’s something that others could do if they were worried about that kind of thing. You just need somewhere to keep the other
one.Write your comments here...Blimey twin cassettes I had that on my old audio system. Have you tried Immodium Rogher ?.
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We have two cassettes. So, if needed, we could use the second while waiting for an opportunity to empty the first. Rarely need to but it’s something that others could do if they were worried about that kind of thing. You just need somewhere to keep the other
one.Friends of our that fulltime have a Frankia M/H they come with 2 cassettes, the spare is stored alongside the one in use, I think its a great idea.
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Completely agree that grey waste emptying points can be a major hassle because of incorrect positioning, and the fact that different makes of motorhomes have their grey waste drainage pipe/tap in diferent places. Our old Auto Sleeper had the drain tap on
the nearside while our new Chausson has it underneath in the middle of the van.The best style of drainage point is one that is accessible from both sides and has a fixed open grating over the drain so you don't have to mess around trying to lift a cover, which often jams.You can just drive over it. To many drainage points, even on
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I thought there was a clue in the description of the vehicle – Motorhome – Home with a Motor.
At home you turn on the tap to get drinking and washing up water, turn a tap to use the shower and push a handle to flush the toilet.
We do the same in our Motorhome.
We have a full tank of fresh water when we set off for holidays in the UK or France and around four days later we visit a water supply point and refill the tank and get rid of the waste water.
And four days later do the same again.
Ad infinitum.
No visiting a tap or waste point on a daily basis but just concentrating on enjoying our holiday with a minimum of fuss.
And if you're really worried about weight being a problem then you didn't do enough research about payloads before buying the Motorhome.
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....Amen!
