Taking on water

[sonar]

Taking on water if one is going off grid good idea or not.

we’re we’re thinking a 3 or 4 days off grid and then maybe a couple of days on a serviced site before returning home.

we have two toilet cassettes not large ones but there have to do.

100 later fresh water and 80 litres waste tank well it looks about 80 ltrs.

empty everything for the trip back home except the kettle.

 

[Itsmcb]

Unsure whether you mean filling your tank, (which would be a good idea if your going off grid), or drinking lots, which might not be such a good idea due to your limited cassette situation.

 

[iandsm]

If you are going off grid for 3/4 days of course you need a full tank to start with, you never know where or when you might get some.

 

[Speve]

Taking on water if one is going off grid good idea or not.

we’re we’re thinking a 3 or 4 days off grid and then maybe a couple of days on a serviced site before returning home.

we have two toilet cassettes not large ones but there have to do.

100 later fresh water and 80 litres waste tank well it looks about 80 ltrs.

empty everything for the trip back home except the kettle.

depending on cassette type we can manage approx 4 days off grid before needing to empty a C200 type

 

[Spriddler]

I travel full and keep it full by topping up whenever I can.

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60 comments in the thread below so fill yer boots (if not yer tank).

Fresh water filling

Are you a fresh water filler as you leave or as you arrive at a site? I am amazed at the number of Motorhomes especially hire vans that fill up their tank as they leave the camp site seems daft to me driving around with full tanks and the effect it must have on fuel consumption 🧐

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[sonar]

depending on cassette type we can manage approx 4 days off grid before needing to empty a C200 type

We have the c200 as well so that’s a bit of good news then..

 

[sonar]

I travel full and keep it full by topping up whenever I can.

Hundreds of posts and many opinions on this very frequently asked question.

Using the Search facility will keep you busy with previous posts.

60 comments in the thread below so fill yer boots (if not yer tank).

Fresh water filling

Are you a fresh water filler as you leave or as you arrive at a site? I am amazed at the number of Motorhomes especially hire vans that fill up their tank as they leave the camp site seems daft to me driving around with full tanks and the effect it must have on fuel consumption 🧐

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We we’re thinking the same but fill up before and when we can but unload for the trip home.
same with the grey water Fills while we’re on the move then empty before the trip home.

 

[Spriddler]

We we’re thinking the same but fill up before and when we can but unload for the trip home.
same with the grey water Fills while we’re on the move then empty before the trip home.

I treat filling my water tank with the the same common sense as the diesel - never let it get low and refill when necessary/convenient.
Folk will say that travelling with an unnecessary amount of water will reduce mpg. Fortunately I'm not so hard up that it matters.

 

[PP Bear]

Fill fill and fill again. I travel full to the brim all the time and another 80 litres in Jerry cans under the rear bed, that I decant into the main tank as soon as it drops by the 20 litres head space. Haven’t ever seen a difference in MPG, so can’t comment on such nonsense.

Also, 25 litres of separate drinking water in 5 litre bottles.

We don’t flush into our c200 unless we and then we use the happy bowl liners and flush to cover and then bombs away when the trap opens. The liners make sure there’s no stains to worry about.

I have a spray bottle of diluted thetford cassette cleaner, that we spray post pee and a bin to keep the loo roll in that SWMBO has dabbed with. Only loo roll in the cassette is post only.

As a result, we can easily do 4 days on a single c200, so if you have the spare, you’re easily going to survive.

Depending on where you are regarding the grey waste, then if it’s rural I empty into a container and it goes in a hedgerow, or dyke etc. On site, just dispose in the normal way. There’s a lot of controversy over the grey waste, with some believing it’ll bring around the destruction of mankind, spill peas and carrots on the road and kill every cyclist or motorbiker there is. If you’re on a narrowboat, then the same grey waste goes into the canal, it doesn’t kill the fish, or ducks and swans etc, but dispose of it sensibly is the answer. I’ve been on sites where the warden encourages it to go in the hedgerows, but ask first.

Me, I just leave the tap open and splash it everywhere

Happy bowl liners for those days…..

And I use this diluted in a spray bottle instead of filling the cassette with flushing.

And one of these to dispose of the grey into….

Good luck and let us all know how you get on.

 

[sonar]

There stuck on the to get list .
thanks for that information..

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[sonar]

Fill fill and fill again. I travel full to the brim all the time and another 80 litres in Jerry cans under the rear bed, that I decant into the main tank as soon as it drops by the 20 litres head space. Haven’t ever seen a difference in MPG, so can’t comment on such nonsense.

Also, 25 litres of separate drinking water in 5 litre bottles.

We don’t flush into our c200 unless we and then we use the happy bowl liners and flush to cover and then bombs away when the trap opens. The liners make sure there’s no stains to worry about.

I have a spray bottle of diluted thetford cassette cleaner, that we spray post pee and a bin to keep the loo roll in that SWMBO has dabbed with. Only loo roll in the cassette is post only.

As a result, we can easily do 4 days on a single c200, so if you have the spare, you’re easily going to survive.

Depending on where you are regarding the grey waste, then if it’s rural I empty into a container and it goes in a hedgerow, or dyke etc. On site, just dispose in the normal way. There’s a lot of controversy over the grey waste, with some believing it’ll bring around the destruction of mankind, spill peas and carrots on the road and kill every cyclist or motorbiker there is. If you’re on a narrowboat, then the same grey waste goes into the canal, it doesn’t kill the fish, or ducks and swans etc, but dispose of it sensibly is the answer. I’ve been on sites where the warden encourages it to go in the hedgerows, but ask first.

Me, I just leave the tap open and splash it everywhere

Happy bowl liners for those days…..
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And I use this diluted in a spray bottle instead of filling the cassette with flushing.

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And one of these to dispose of the grey into….

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Good luck and let us all know how you get on.

I have a hose for local emptying but also a wheeled grey water carrier but we’re not be taking it with unless we feel that’s our only option

 

[cyberyacht]

A certain S Claus Esq has just given me a similar one. In extremis it could also be used as a holder for the contents of your cassette.