Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I have decided I need to install a water storage tank (abs plastic 6 Gal.) with at least a faucet to free up the space taken up by the 5 Gal water can...... Lets see some pic's of your tank installation's, faucets and sinks if you have them. I was even thinking about putting the facuet on the outside. I am leaning in the direction of the self priming pump kind?.... Any help you could give me to make up my mind would be great!!!!!

Thanks! Jason

Check my build photos (link in signature block)

I'm going with a 4" pvc belly tank approx 14' long (7' "u" shaped)
approx 10 gallon. I am going to use a small air compressor to pressurize it for flow.

Jason, I just used a restaurant supply chafing/steam table pan, drilled a hole and installed the drain, and used the below device powered by simple D batteries. This device also connects directly to Coleman's 5-gallon collapsible jug, which means you can fill the jug with water and place it outside of your galley, freeing up room.

CHEAP!!!

The water supply is like 25 bucks, and the sink was 20:

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemanc ... oryid=6100

Here's a photo of my configuration below, prior to connecting the jug and painting my hatch props a cool gold and properly installing them!



You gotta realize that your sink water supply needs will really be minimal, which is the reason so many TD'ers don't even bother with a "working" sink.

A lot of us do it for the "kewl" [cool] factor, but in practice and in actual camping, you could more than live without it.

I don't have a sink picked out yet. I was thinking of checking some boatyards for a used sink. I have seen some cool round ones on boats. Anyone else source one out of a boat?

Here are my tanks, two ten gallon tanks connected by 1/2" hose and vented together. I have a on demand water pump that really works great, it has a variable speed so it only pumps what you need, Aaron

Here is the slide out sink,

The fridge sits between the tanks.


Here is the sink in the stored position.

By the way my faucet is kinda home made, I couldn't find a decent single handle faucet anywhere so I modified one with a 3/4" copper pipe as a riser and a 1/4" thick aluminum plate. The whole faucet is held on the sink with two knurled nuts that unscrew then the faucet lifts out and sits in the sink so the sink can slide under the counter. Aaron

I actually put my faucet on the outside of my trailer on the right side. It's under a hatch door along with the fill pipe, which is made from a pvc female garden hose connector and a short length of flexible pvc. The tank is 21 gallons mounted under the galley. Recently I had to refill it twice on a week long campout. The pump is electric and flows more than it should. I will soon add a voltage dropping circuit to slow it down some.
Couple of pics on page 5 of my album.
Phil

You should look at the SureFlow on demand pumps, I have one and it works great, cost about $45 on Ebay. I can turn the faucet just a teeny bit and the pump runs very slow, as you open the faucet the pump speeds up only as much as you want. My water pressure is just like at home. It is also very quite, the sound of the water coming out of the faucet is louder than the pump.
Aaron

toypusher wrote:Check my build photos (link in signature block)

I checked your pics... didn't see anything on water tanks..... where is it???

Thanks guys! great ideas and pic's!

For my second 'Diner project, I welded a frame for the tank, then suspended it from the frame with all-thread and ny-lock nuts.


The sink is a bowl from Walmart, no drain. The faucet from the RV dealer.

The pump is a demand unit, mounted under the counter top.

The Rondack will get two tanks, one fresh, one gray water.
They'll go under the bed. I have them in the shop, just too busy to finish!!

Sorry, no pics. I used the Coleman portable camping shower pump, which is a drop in the bucket, self-priming unit. I bypassed the power setup to an arcade style button switch (think Pacman), and tied it into the 12V system. Believe it or not, this system is very easy to assemble, costs about $25 and Target.com carries the pump. I like it because you can use an ordinary water can or bucket and you don't need a pressurized system. The water flow is good enough for a sink. I used a cheapo faucet from JC Whitney for the faucet.

Since I usually camp where there are hookups, I have a sink that hangs on the side of my tear, that hooks to onsite water with a food-grade hose. The sink drains into a five-gallon bucket that I dump when full.

I use bottled water to drink and cook with. The sink is just for washing dishes and stuff like that.

CD

Although you can't fault the beauty of these sink installations , our practical /simple solution to a sink was a bucket ... got a nice handle to carry it around where needed/emptying/etc. No Pumps or drains required , waaaay less weight , and we can use it for storage when not being used...did I mention cheap too ???
The best idea so far for a pump was that guy that mounted the shelf high on the TD for gravity feed...simple ...needs no batteries...