What length of water hose?

drc
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edited January 2021 in Parts & Accessories #1

After caravanning for nearly 25 years we will hopefully be taking delivery of a Elddis Accordo motorhome in March.

My question is what length of water hose is normally required for filling the fresh water tank on site?

Considering a roll flat hose for ease of storage but I know these have to be unrolled to use, so don't want to buy a excessive length

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  • ABM
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    edited January 2021 #2

    I normally say it should be about a foot longer than the distance from Tap to 6 inches into the inlet point.  sealed

     

    Tonight I will be a well behaved A B M  and say that my hose is approximately 10 feet / three metres long  wink

  • peedee
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    edited January 2021 #3

    I started off with one of 25 meters, 95 percent of the time that was too long. Due to damage I have cut it down to about 10 meters. In this country I doubt you would need anything longer. (CLs excepted) I believe the flat hose on a reel can be bought in two lengths, 15 or 25 meters. If I was replacing mine I would still go for 25 meters just for that odd occasion when the tap is a bit more distant.

    peedee

  • SteveL
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    edited January 2021 #4

    We switched in March 2019, and have only used it on about 30 different sites so far. When caravanning we took two joinable lengths of 10 and 8 metres for use on service pitches. I decided to only pack the 10 metre length and so far that has been sufficient both in the UK and France.

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited January 2021 #5

    Law of Sod: Whatever length is selected it will be a metre too short.

  • OrionCalls
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    edited February 2021 #6

    I use a BRUNNER 15M ROLL-ON HOSE REEL WITH FLAT FOOD GRADE HOSE They are shown on Leisure shop direct for £27.95 

    This type of flat hose can be unrolled to the length required leaving the rest still rolled. It’s slightly slower water flow but I’ve never found this much of a disadvantage over the advantage of not having to unroll it all and the ease of storage.

  • SeasideBill
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    edited January 2021 #7

    I’ve got one of those 30m expandable hoses which mostly does the job and takes up little space when stored. However, they don’t seem to have a long life and will readily split if you just look at them the wrong way. X-hose and Hoselock are the brands to avoid.

  • eurortraveller
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    edited January 2021 #8

    Well there you are - suggestions range from 3 metres to 30 metres of hose. That's perhaps why every self reliant Dutchman I ever met was carrying a plastic watering can - and many Dutch campsites helpfully provide them by every water tap. 

  • ABM
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    edited January 2021 #9

    Ah well Eurortraveller the OP was asking for what hose length to carry,  so I never gave any thought to talking of what system I use --> my most recent watering can was bought at the garden centre near to Ferry Meadows Club Site after I had a slight accident with the original -- the wind moved it and I put 750k ( one wheel ) over it and flat watering cans are not a lot of use are they  embarassed  wink

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