Motorized waste tap

[chaser]

Is there such a thing? I am sure I have seen mention of them on here, I am getting fed up of getting down on my knees on wet ground to open the grey water tap.
I have tried putting all sorts of things in eBay but nothing seems to come up.
Any ideas what I should be looking for?

 

[cmcardle75]

Is there such a thing? I am sure I have seen mention of them on here, I am getting fed up of getting down on my knees on wet ground to open the grey water tap.
I have tried putting all sorts of things in eBay but nothing seems to come up.
Any ideas what I should be looking for?

I found a chinese one on eBay once, but baulked at the price (was around £70 I think). I was going to wait until I had a bit more cash. It would be great to have a switch from the driving seat for use on RV/coach style gratings. (Not for when driving down a country road with no-one in sight!)

 

[denisejoe]

Depends on waste pipe diameter

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[Gaston aires]

We’ll have to get “PaulandChrissy” to make one on their 3D whatsit .
Phil

 

[mike mcglynn]

Hi, Chaser we had hundreds of them where I used to work ,try looking for motorised valve 12 volt ball type.

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[chaser]

I found a chinese one on eBay once, but baulked at the price (was around £70 I think). I was going to wait until I had a bit more cash. It would be great to have a switch from the driving seat for use on RV/coach style gratings. (Not for when driving down a country road with no-one in sight!)

Yeah it's always wet around the emptying places be nice just to draw over and switch it on without walking and kneeling in other folks grey.

 

[cmcardle75]

I found a chinese one on eBay once, but baulked at the price (was around £70 I think). I was going to wait until I had a bit more cash. It would be great to have a switch from the driving seat for use on RV/coach style gratings. (Not for when driving down a country road with no-one in sight!)

1 WRAS motor ball valve 10 Bar | ABVM08S

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The 1" version of the above might do it for my setup, but everything depends on existing pipework.

 

[tonka]

Here ya go..

Motorized waste valves

Thinking of adding this to the van, I know I am bored stiff and looking for another project but if any one is interested these are a excellent price on Amazon. DN40 Ball Valve DC 12V G1-1/2" Brass 2 Way Motorized Actuator Valve for Air Conditioner and Plumbing

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One already fitted to my van, just need to move the switch near the steering wheel

 

[cmcardle75]

1 WRAS motor ball valve 10 Bar | ABVM08S

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www.solenoid-valve.world

The 1" version of the above might do it for my setup, but everything depends on existing pipework.

The data sheet states:
"Ideal for dirty or clean water drainage for caravans, canal boats, motor homes, HVAC, solar water heating, solar thermal system, water recycling, rainwater system, BMS building management systems, communal and district heating systems, tenant heat meter services, harvested grey water systems, home energy control systems, building zone applications and heating metering systems."

I think I might buy one.

 

[Gaston aires]

Why go to all this trouble when you can use a magic bucket

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[chaser]

Here ya go..

Motorized waste valves

Thinking of adding this to the van, I know I am bored stiff and looking for another project but if any one is interested these are a excellent price on Amazon. DN40 Ball Valve DC 12V G1-1/2" Brass 2 Way Motorized Actuator Valve for Air Conditioner and Plumbing

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

One already fitted to my van, just need to move the switch near the steering wheel

Cheers for that, missed that thread somehow, as iv been thinking of this for a while now

 

[Steve and Denise]

Here ya go..

Motorized waste valves

Thinking of adding this to the van, I know I am bored stiff and looking for another project but if any one is interested these are a excellent price on Amazon. DN40 Ball Valve DC 12V G1-1/2" Brass 2 Way Motorized Actuator Valve for Air Conditioner and Plumbing

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

One already fitted to my van, just need to move the switch near the steering wheel

Just fit a remote control on that’s what I did

 

[chaser]

Found some now for 7 quid, only half inch at the moment, but must be bigger ones

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[Richard n Ann]

I'm sure I've seen them at £20 somewhere.

 

[chaser]

Down to £2.50 now would this work with inverter?
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[Steve and Denise]

I think if you look for a recent post from Ditcha there was a long post on this with ball valves

 

[cmcardle75]

Down to £2.50 now would this work with inverter?
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No. It's got a tiny bore and a strainer. It would block up the second time you used it.

 

[Lenny HB]

Don't forget the camera Charlie, I don't have to move from the drivers seat when having a dump.

 

[cmcardle75]

Don't forget the camera Charlie, I don't have to move from the drivers seat when having a dump.

I was wondering if anyone had gone to the trouble of doing that!

 

[chaser]

Now got to thinking a bit more, is there such a thing as a pump to pump it out quicker?

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[cmcardle75]

Now got to thinking a bit more, is there such a thing as a pump to pump it out quicker?

Absolutely there is. A 12V macerator pump. You can also attach a hose and pump it a reasonable distance to a distant waste point.

 

[Lenny HB]

I was wondering if anyone had gone to the trouble of doing that!

It was an option on our van but rather than paying Hymer many hundreds of pounds I did it myself for ten quid.

 

[cmcardle75]

It was an option on our van but rather than paying Hymer many hundreds of pounds I did it myself for ten quid.

I might think about doing that myself at some point. I also wanted to get a decent rear view camera. My stop light mounted one gives me a top down view at the rear, but a rear view mirror would be good too. I think I can auto switch that at the rear door depending on whether the reverse is selected. I could contrive switching for the waste outlet so that it switches to the correct camera and automatically selects the image on the stereo (by sending a fake reverse signal). Just needs some switches, a bit of thought, a couple of auto video switchers and a couple of cameras.

 

[chaser]

Absolutely there is. A 12V macerator pump. You can also attach a hose and pump it a reasonable distance to a distant waste point.

Now we are talking

 

[Lenny HB]

I might think about doing that myself at some point. I also wanted to get a decent rear view camera. My stop light mounted one gives me a top down view at the rear, but a rear view mirror would be good too. I think I can auto switch that at the rear door depending on whether the reverse is selected. I could contrive switching for the waste outlet so that it switches to the correct camera and automatically selects the image on the stereo (by sending a fake reverse signal). Just needs some switches, a bit of thought, a couple of auto video switchers and a couple of cameras.

Here is what I did and later in the thread I added a front camera.

Lenny's Modding the new Gin Palace

There you are Steve, I've done a drawing especially for you. I did find with my inverter if fires up OK with it left switched on, I didn't really need the timer but better to play safe. Thanks Lenny... That's brilliant.... Much appreciated... :notworthy2::notworthy2: You made your own timer...

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[tinks703]

Why not leave the tap in the on position and park a waste hog under when on site.check you have room for the waste hog to fit underneath. Simples

 

[Lenny HB]

Why not leave the tap in the on position and park a waste hog under when on site.check you have room for the waste hog to fit underneath. Simples

Then you have to lug that to the emptying point and you have got to store it when not in use. He's got a Motorhome not a caravan.

 

[cmcardle75]

Why not leave the tap in the on position and park a waste hog under when on site.check you have room for the waste hog to fit underneath. Simples

Not simples. That is way more complex than just driving to the drain point on the way out and flicking a switch. You need a wastehog for a start. And you need to position it underneath in the rain, which means leaving the vehicle. And remembering to drag it to the toilet block. And it only contains 40 litres. Some tanks are over 200 litres. And the waste hog doesn't have a level sensor to say when you're going to overflow.

 

[chaser]

I am seriously going to look at a pump now , won't need a tap as I can run the waste pipe higher than the tank then just switch on and pump it out, hopefully no blockage and faster as well when you have a queue behind you.

 

[Bailey58]

Why not leave the tap in the on position and park a waste hog under when on site.check you have room for the waste hog to fit underneath. Simples

Then you have to lug that to the emptying point and you have got to store it when not in use. He's got a Motorhome not a caravan.

Not simples. That is way more complex than just driving to the drain point on the way out and flicking a switch. You need a wastehog for a start. And you need to position it underneath in the rain, which means leaving the vehicle. And remembering to drag it to the toilet block. And it only contains 40 litres. Some tanks are over 200 litres. And the waste hog doesn't have a level sensor to say when you're going to overflow.

As Trigger once said "Why ask?"