Greywater

[prohandyman]

MJ said he had a foul taste from his. Maybe the glue or something in the PVC.

[cuyeda]

MJ said he had a foul taste from his. Maybe the glue or something in the PVC.

I am not an expert on PVC grades, but if any of the designs included using potable PVC materials it would be improved. Even with on board water, I would not use it for drinking. Cooking and cleaning would be ok.

Quick internet search note: If the pipe is for potable water, a laboratory seal or mark attesting to suitability for potable water.

[toypusher]

Cliff,

I have a plastic (made for potable water) tank and we do NOT drink the water, we always take bottled water when camping. Tanks systems are just too difficult to maintain in a truely sanitary manner.

[prohandyman]

Mallett
I see in your photos the flex drain line. How does it connect to the 1" fitting? It looks like your system is tight against the floor bottom, so did you have to cut a hole in the floor to allow room for the fitting as well as the hose?
Pretty cool system!

[mallett]

Mallett
I see in your photos the flex drain line. How does it connect to the 1" fitting? It looks like your system is tight against the floor bottom, so did you have to cut a hole in the floor to allow room for the fitting as well as the hose?
Pretty cool system!

Dan,
I soaked the drain line in hot water and just slide it on to the fitting with no clamps. It fits real tight. I made a paper template of where the fittings came out of the PVC. Then I drilled two holes through my floor. One a 1 3/8" for the drain line and the other 15/16" for the vent. I put a little silicone around them to seal them off. I soaked the drain line in hot water and just slide it on to the fitting with no clamps. It fits real tight.

Mallett

[madjack]

Cliff...those are not my photos...as far it goes, I wouldn't do the PVC water tank again...although, I used PVC, rated for potable water, it would taste bad(not plastic...just bad)...it was way too much of a hassle to keep clean and sanitary and I would just as soon use it for washing only...in the future, I would just use a camping water container(think 2.5gal blue jug) and acquire water as needed...plus, keep some bottled water for drinkin' and coffee makin'........as always with such things...YMMV

[jeep_bluetj]

My tank is 2 6" pvc pipes about 5' long. (15 gal or so).

It's a bit plasticy, but not bad. If I have nothing else to drink or make coffee with I'll use it.

But normally it's wash water only. I keep it clean by a cup-o-bleach shoved through after every trip. It's pretty bleachy as it stored, then I rinse again before the next fill.

PolyEthelene (standard RV) tanks have much less 'flavor' to them after they've been used a bit. But since I use air pressure for the pump, I really needed something stronger.

[cuyeda]

Cliff...those are not my photos...as far it goes, I wouldn't do the PVC water tank again...although, I used PVC, rated for potable water, it would taste bad(not plastic...just bad)...it was way too much of a hassle to keep clean and sanitary and I would just as soon use it for washing only...in the future, I would just use a camping water container(think 2.5gal blue jug) and acquire water as needed...plus, keep some bottled water for drinkin' and coffee makin'........as always with such things...YMMV

MJ,
Sorry for the missed reference. I picked those photos up on another thread. Perhaps something you made reference to. When the time comes to install a tank, I may look into a couple of vendors that make custom tanks if it is not to costly. Just gathering ideas.

[prohandyman]

Well Mallett, thanks to you, I now have a greywater holding tank. Looks very similar to yours. I need to install a vent in it, and it will ready to mount.

[mallett]

Dan,

The vents is very important. I put mine about 2 inches behind the inlet works great so far. I hope to take it camping this weekend to give it a real work-out.

Just looked at your picture gallery, Love the looks of your tear. How thick are the stripes that make up the sides?

mallett

[stedi]

mallett,
what hardware did you use to connect the pump of your hwod to your freshwater supply?
regards,
steve

[mallett]

mallett,
what hardware did you use to connect the pump of your hwod to your freshwater supply?
regards,
steve

Steve,

I used the Coleman garden hose adapter & spray hose adapter (took the spray head off).




Hope this helps,
Mallett

[Mary K]

What a great Idea. I have been putting off doing a grey water tank, cause I didn't want to deal with the 4" pipe. But this look so easy.



Thank you Thank you!!! Awesome Idea!!!


Mk

[wax]

Made this grid out of 2" PVC pipe. It 51" by 24" which gives me about 25'. I found a program that figures the volume of pipe and it comes to 4.7 gals. I am planning on installing it under my teardrop between the 2" tubing. I have the inlet and outlet but will have to vent it.
Here is a link to the neat program for figuring the volume of pipe.

pages.prodigy.net/rich_demartile/files/pipe-vol.xls

*snip*

Since there's no pressure on your 'tank' you could have cut half or three quarters of an inch off of each side of your Tees and Elbows and you would have had room to add a sixth cross pipe to your 'tank' - That would have given you about another three quarters of a gallon of storage capacity

Don

you could also use a header pipe rather than the T joints and have the lengths as close together as you wish... well as close together as you can make them.

but only if needed of course.

[nikwax]

returning to freash water tanks for a moment, any experience with the ABS tanks

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