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Bushtrekker

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The current owner of the Hymer I'm buying has removed the shower head, although the plumbing is still there, as he said the water supply was inadequate and has done the same on the bigger Hymer he bought to replace it. I measured the water tank yesterday and it seems to be between 17 and 20 gallons, so how long does it take you to empty your tank using a shower?
 

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The current owner of the Hymer I'm buying has removed the shower head, although the plumbing is still there, as he said the water supply was inadequate and has done the same on the bigger Hymer he bought to replace it. I measured the water tank yesterday and it seems to be between 17 and 20 gallons, so how long does it take you to empty your tank using a shower?

I use a trigger shower head. Water keeps at constant temperature when you switch it on/off as pump remains on. Saves on water consumption too. My van has a 140 litre water tank (whatever that is in gallons) and lasts me 7 days having a shower every day, washing up, etc.
 

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Hi simple way is to wet yourself turn off lather up turn on and rinse.You can buy trigger shower heads, this makes it easier.He may well have run out of hot water -could be a 10ltr boiler? (2 galls)but that should be well enough for the shower- big tip is turn hot on full then adjust cold to required temp,that way as you run out of hot you only need adjust the cold tap :thumb:
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If you use your shower as you do at home (running continuously) it won't take all that long to empty the tank.

Technique in the van is to get wet under the shower, turn water off to wash with shower gel, rinse down, turn water off to shampoo hair, rinse down. Uses comparatively little water.
 

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Water pumps average around 10 litres per minute, your tank is around 80 litres
theirfore 8 minutes showering,on full flow.

We use ours daily when abroad, the best way we have found is to wet down,soap up
and then rinse off, three stage showering. Don't think you can shower like you do at home.

hope this helps
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Steve:thumb:
 

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Water pumps average around 10 litres per minute, your tank is around 80 litres
theirfore 8 minutes showering,on full flow.

We use ours daily when abroad, the best way we have found is to wet down,soap up
and then rinse off, three stage showering. Don't think you can shower like you do at home.

hope this helps
regards
Steve:thumb:

That may be true but you never use full flow :Doh: plus most hot tanks are 10 to 15 ltrs so a cold shower even quicker-using your method about 1 min ::bigsmile:-YOU CAN EASY GET A 4/5 MIN SHOWER BEFORE RUNNING COLD :thumb:
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In a MH a shower is to stop you smelling not for enjoyment. The limitation is a low powered boiler which takes an age to heat a small volume of water.

Learn to live with it or use campsites with proper showers. I remember campsites by their showers as much as anything.

Fixed temp tepid - double yeuch. Sorrento.

Hot trickle - yeuch. All over.

Hot with bursts of steam - oooooooooooeeeer. Marjal.

Hot, steady temp, painful force - deep joy - Villasol, Benidorm, Grantown on Spey.
 

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Water pumps average around 10 litres per minute, your tank is around 80 litres
theirfore 8 minutes showering,on full flow.


We use ours daily when abroad, the best way we have found is to wet down,soap up
and then rinse off, three stage showering. Don't think you can shower like you do at home.

hope this helps
regards
Steve:thumb:
I agree fully Steve......if you like cold showers.

the water boiler will be around 10ltrs so better make that a couple of minutes max...hot and cold mixed.

thats one advantage of an RV....6 GALLON or 10 GALLON water heater which takes around 20 minutes to heat.
 

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If you use your shower as you do at home (running continuously) it won't take all that long to empty the tank.

Technique in the van is to get wet under the shower, turn water off to wash with shower gel, rinse down, turn water off to shampoo hair, rinse down. Uses comparatively little water.

Perfect answer GJH....turn shower on....wet......turn shower off...soap/lather/gel...turn shower on..rinse off.....turn shower off...all showered in hot water..... DRY yourself :thumb:...get dressed :winky: easy....Now where is my breakfast.....Bacon, Black Pudding, B/Beans, Eggs, Mushrooms and Fried Bread::bigsmile::winky::thumb:...lovely

Mel

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Our hot water capacity is something like 15 litres.

Myself, SWMBO and 2 kids can all shower with that and still hot water left for the dishes etc.

Just use economically, as said in previous replies above.

Water On, get wet, Water off, Wash, Water On, Rinse down, Water off, simples......:thumb:

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yes correct fast showers on RV's

I agree fully Steve......if you like cold showers.

the water boiler will be around 10ltrs so better make that a couple of minutes max...hot and cold mixed.

thats one advantage of an RV....6 GALLON or 10 GALLON water heater which takes around 20 minutes to heat.

The 6 galls in the boiler heats up fast in an RV.. we have Attwood boiler in ours. add the cold, plenty of time in the shower.. plus the boiler keeps filling ... with 30 galls of fresh water (and we have small tanks) showering in an RV is easy. :Blush:

Bob
 

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The 6 galls in the boiler heats up fast in an RV.. we have Attwood boiler in ours. add the cold, plenty of time in the shower.. plus the boiler keeps filling ... with 30 galls of fresh water (and we have small tanks) showering in an RV is easy. :Blush:

Bob
Why heat up a whole 6 gallons when a couple of litres will do? Not very eco friendly :roflmto: :reel:
 

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If you use your shower as you do at home (running continuously) it won't take all that long to empty the tank.

Technique in the van is to get wet under the shower, turn water off to wash with shower gel, rinse down, turn water off to shampoo hair, rinse down. Uses comparatively little water.

Eh, actually some of us sadly now don't have any hair to shampoo:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: :cry:but at least now this gives me a bit more time to wash what's still there whilst the water's running:roflmto:
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Perfect answer GJH....turn shower on....wet......turn shower off...soap/lather/gel...turn shower on..rinse off.....turn shower off...all showered in hot water..... DRY yourself :thumb:...get dressed :winky: easy....Now where is my breakfast.....Bacon, Black Pudding, B/Beans, Eggs, Mushrooms and Fried Bread::bigsmile::winky::thumb:...lovely

Mel

We're planning a trip over to France sometime later on this year, I take it that the aforementioned FBP is NOT available in La Belle France:winky:
Margaret:roflmto:
 

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Er in doors - Eddi - can and does use almost a full tank of water - 120lts most days. Mind you, she keeps the van in spotless condition when we are in it. Forever using hot water to clean down the sink, bathroom and cooker. As she says, you cant clean up with cold waer:RollEyes:

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We're planning a trip over to France sometime later on this year, I take it that the aforementioned FBP is NOT available in La Belle France:winky:
Margaret:roflmto:

ROFL - Mel L I V E S in France permanently, Margaret!
 

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ROFL - Mel L I V E S in France permanently, Margaret!

Sedge...Margaret....FRAY BENTOS...in France Heavens forbid:Eeek:.....I wish they did!!!:thumb: I have only just started eating FB again in the last year after JJ gave them World Publicity

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We're planning a trip over to France sometime later on this year, I take it that the aforementioned FBP is NOT available in La Belle France:winky:
Margaret:roflmto:

Le boudin noir is available in France, in several versions, but none taste like Bury black pudding. I usually take a frozen supply, together with bacon which is also hard to find in France

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Le boudin noir is available in France, in several versions, but none taste like Bury black pudding. I usually take a frozen supply, together with bacon which is also hard to find in France

We had a cooked breakie this morning, we don't have it very often, but had black pudding (Scottish of course!), treacle-cured bacon (from Aldi) which was tasty:thumb: and a couple of pork sausages and a fried egg. Forgot to get mushrooms and tomatoes, so it was a "weight watchers" breakfast I suppose:roflmto:
Any time my parents came up to Scotland to visit us, they used to take down whole black puddings and fruit puddings to friends in Hampshire. They used to moan that the English black puddings weren't as good as the Scottish ones..............:winky:
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ROFL - Mel L I V E S in France permanently, Margaret!

Yes I saw that on his avatar, but we'd been having a discussion on the soggy bottoms on the FBPs........long story:roflmto:
Funny, this Fray Bentos pie thing started when some called Facebook FB and then someone else started the FB pie story and it evolved from there. But the original thread was about Facebook:roflmto::Doh:
Margaret
 

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Any time my parents came up to Scotland to visit us, they used to take down whole black puddings and fruit puddings to friends in Hampshire. They used to moan that the English black puddings weren't as good as the Scottish ones..............:winky:
Margaret
When we used to tent camp in Kirkcudbright in the 1980s we had to always bring back square sausage, black pudding and white pudding for exiled Scots friends.

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When we used to tent camp in Kirkcudbright in the 1980s we had to always bring back square sausage, black pudding and white pudding for exiled Scots friends.

We're about 12 miles away from Kirkcudbright, lovely little place:thumb:
Actually, I'd forgotten about square sausage, because I never buy it, but my parents used to cause quite a lot of amusement in the airport when they were flying back down south with all these full size puddings:roflmto:
I think our fruit pudding might be close to your "white" pudding, with some dried fruit through it........I prefer fruit pudding to black pudding:thumb:
But they'll probably ban the "black" pudding before long and refer to it as "non-white" pudding:Doh:
I'm still wondering how black puddings found their way into the "water and showers" thread.
Margaret
 

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When we used to tent camp in Kirkcudbright in the 1980s we had to always bring back square sausage, black pudding and white pudding for exiled Scots friends.

SQUARE LORNE SAUSAGE, now you are talking...... Yum Yum Yum...:thumb:

Perfect for sausage sandwiches.......::bigsmile:
 

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SQUARE LORNE SAUSAGE, now you are talking...... Yum Yum Yum...:thumb:

Perfect for sausage sandwiches.......::bigsmile:

Ahhhhhh! I used to like a lorne sausage with fried onions in a nice crusty Scottish roll........not one of these awful English bap things:Blush:
Real Scottish morning rolls, only available "north" of the border from a proper bakers shop:winky:
Margaret:roflmto:

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