by PcHistorian » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:26 pm
sounds like a good idea to me.
One of the things I am thinking about is the pump switch and this might be a good place to put this. Pump switch as part of the faucet valve. Pump switch separate. Pump switch in the line due to pipe pressure.
But I am also thinking, if I have an overhead tank of some kind, to refill it using a washing machine fill depth switch. Actually it operates on the depth of the hose tip, but the hose is filled with air. So as long as the supply tank had water in it, you could auto pump to the gravity feed overhead tank, and pump that until it reaches depth. Even have a warning light when the lower tank goes so low in water depth and maybe an auto shutoff to prevent damage to a pump in an empty tank.
(if you saw one of these switches in action you'd know instantly what I was talking about.)
Although I keep thinking, "we" fill the main tank until the vent overflows at the top? no?
For those who are in the build yet, but want to go camping, there are plastic bag water bags, with turn valves and usually a special holder opposite the spigot, like a hanging point... You could hang the bag on a hook over your sink until you had your full plumbing in, if you just had to get the shell out in the green heaven(s).