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Hi. Can someone tell me how I know if I have baffles in my fresh water tank, please? Thank you so much
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The only way is to look.
How big is it? Small tanks don't need baffles.
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Be very surprised if tank that small has baffles..It's 120L. I can't actually see the tank, as it's hidden under one of the seats.
Be very surprised if tank that small has baffles..
Or snap it full... no room for movement then.Just double-checked and it's 130L, so I was close enough. So, I shouldn't really travel with much in the tank, then?
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Same. 150l. Usually travel full. No issue in 60k miles over 8 years. Can occasionally hear slosh but never affected handling.We have a 120 litre tank with no baffles in our Hymer. Always full when we leave home and when touring we take every opportunity to keep it that way. Never had any problems in the 40,000 miles we have travelled in the last 7 years.
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Same. 150l. Usually travel full. No issue in 60k miles over 8 years. Can occasionally hear slosh but never affected handling.
No convinced consumption would change but can feel weight when braking. Can be reassuring in high winds that you have 150Kg balast low down.
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r, my thoughts are with the strength of my tank and whether or not it has baffles to help prevent sloshing against a thinner tank.
Or desperate to save travelling weight due to a lack of payload. And yes, you do wonder how many have actually toured in a motorhome……..I’ve never thought it was a real issue. But with manufacturers advising against. Who am I to argue. To tell people to ignore the makers advice, could prove costly.
But for me a maker who advises travelling with 20L either has no idea about motorhome use at all, or is a bad designer. Do makers have focus groups, if they do they must be either caravanners or accountants.
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Most tanks are just plastic boxes with some shaped to fit the recess where they are but have never heard of any with baffles in.Just double-checked and it's 130L, so I was close enough. So, I shouldn't really travel with much in the tank, then?
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Appreciate you travel quarter tank for weight issues but in regards to possible handling issues (not that there will be any) but a quarter tank full tank is worse than a full tank.. more water... less spare room in tank therefore water cannot swish about as much as the water in your tank will...With my 3.5 tonnes max van. I can only travel with a quarter tank so not much water to swish about. We are always off grid and have never failed to find water when we want some, in fact it's getting easier every year. We only half fill it on bath night and drain the grey tank ASAP.
Burstner have strict instructions to not travel with full tanks. They have special valve that only allows you to travel half full. I assume they have carried out tests as to the consequence and effect of half empty tanks.Appreciate you travel quarter tank for weight issues but in regards to possible handling issues (not that there will be any) but a quarter tank full tank is worse than a full tank.. more water... less spare room in tank therefore water cannot swish about as much as the water in your tank will...
Is that a stability or a weight issue??Burstner have strict instructions to not travel with full tanks. They have special valve that only allows you to travel half full. I assume they have carried out tests as to the consequence and effect of half empty tanks.
I've never noticed any problems.
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Don't worry about it. What do you propose to do if it hasn't got baffles and you'd 'like' some?
With the world as it with wars, pandemics, warming, economic inflation, cost of living rises and City's failure to sign a left back, one of the last things I would worry about would be water sloshing about in my motorhome tank.
JJ
Most tanks are just plastic boxes with some shaped to fit the recess where they are but have never heard of any with baffles in.
We have a 120l tank under the bandwidth no baffles , but if your concerned that the water sloshes about then dont worry about it ,unless that is you are short on payload. A full tank of 130litres weighs 130kg
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