Describing Advanced Water Supply for Campervan (Off Grid Breakdown)
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Welcome to our campervan water supply breakdown video! It has actually taken a relatively long while for us to figure out our water supply and how we were going to lay it out. There were a great deal of sophisticated functions we understood we desired, however we had actually just utilized them or seen them, never ever developed them. In this video I wish to discuss how and WHY we chose to integrate these specifications, however we understand a great deal of you seeing will likely understand more than us about pipes and filtering, and we desire you to inform us! Please drop some understanding, resources, experiences, or concepts listed below since your remark gets checked out by numerous other individuals and everybody here wishes to discover more! 00:00 Advanced Water Supply Introduction 01:00 1) Water Storage Thinking (do it yourself Tank functions). 04:15 2) Off-Grid Drinkable Water prepares (up until now) … assist! 06:02 3) Water Input & Extraction (3 alternatives!). 11:00 4) Warm Water Process (3 alternatives for UNLIMITED WARM WATER!). If you enjoyed this video, make certain to have a look at our complete van-related subject breakdown playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiNFT2nrwhsn9zwHnppauwpQE0GYWN6qB. If you do not understand how water supply work, like you require the basics of what a water pump or blending valves are, you must initially view Greg’s video since he breaks down the procedure wonderfully! As soon as you get the part, return here. simply do not ignore me on the previous tab;-RRB- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gieUNuZan4&t=1s. Van Build Components List: https://www.ladiandmargaret.com/product-page/van-conversion-parts-list. Conserve yourself numerous dollars & hours of research study time! Ladi’s Customized Designed Leather Apron: https://www.ladiandmargaret.com/product-page/tradesman-apron. More tools, concepts, and info on our site: https://www.ladiandmargaret.com/. ⚡ Have a look at our effective do it yourself eBikes: https://mysuperebike.com/. Join this channel to get access to benefits: https://bit.ly/3Fzc1W6. Follow along on INSTAGRAM @curlyhaircamping https://www.instagram.com/curlyhaircamping/. —-. Who are we? We’re Ladi (from Czechia) & Margaret (from U.S.A.) and we enjoy eBikes, campervans, & felines. In 2020 our van life way of life turned upside down, & we required to stop taking a trip in our camper to lockdown in eastern Czech Republic due to the pandemic. Without any itinerary and some brand-new time on our hands, we chose to offer our old van, begin an electrical bike company, start a youtube channel, develop our supreme dream campervan, refurbish a junkyard into a small home homestead, prepare a container & house system, and … well, some other smaller sized tasks in-between. What we believed would just be 6 months of “stillness” has actually ended up being 2 years of development, development, therefore much enjoyable, and the majority of that is thanks to YOU. Although we’re thrilled to be back on the roadway and taking a trip the world once again quickly, we’re so glad to lay a structure here in Central Europe & bring you with us on this insane journey. Thank you for supporting us and belonging to this unbelievable neighborhood! —-. Music By: MusicBed & Upsurge Noise. MB01EEJYPDTCRBO. MB01ZIEI40WQGD1. MB0147OGUBDAH92. MB012Q0MNR9J8OW. #watersystem #campervan #offgrid
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I have engine heated hotwater in my van, im using the ATI Boat boiler as the hotwater tank/heat exchange. It works awesome, piping hot water after 20min of driving. Its well insulated and has a mains power element inside. These have been around for ages in the boating community, you could try just buying this off the shelf
Just one thing that stood out was a corner case regarding the heater in the fresh water tank to prevent freezing. I don’t know if you have resolved it already but if for some reason you run out of fresh water and the air temp is low the heating element will turn on and without water in the tank it will likely melt the fitting and destroy your tank as the temp sensor likely won’t pick up the temp change fast enough. So a water leak on a cold night will result in a ruined tank and possibly even a fire.
A couple redundancy checks that would help would be a water level sensor that disables the heating element, a local temp sensor to ensure the heating element isn’t getting above a safe temp for your plastic or some additional logic on the heating element control to modulate its run time and sample the temp sensor to ensure the expected feedback is happening.
I love all the design and thought you both have put into everything in your van build, one question is when you are connected to the mains water and you turn on your tap the water is forced through the pump will this not do any damage??
hello from argentina, excellent content, I have a popup camper made at home and in my opinion they should put a diesel water heater, in my case it is a webasto top c, with which I heat the water in a small tank and use it to bathe …..but I also recirculate it through an aluminum radiator to heat the interior…..my advice is that if they install one like this they could also heat the van’s engine in extreme climates, have hot water, heating and defrosting of the engine (more heating in the front of the driver) a hug ……. I hate them with envy, do not change anything excellent
If connecting tap water you need to take pressure into consideration. My house has 6 bars pressure, but not all RV pipes and fittings are rated for this.
So you might need to incorporate a pressure reduction step.
I had a thought that might be right up Ladi’s alley. I’ve seen other builds that dump excess solar through the water tank. Basically, when you’re batteries are topped off, the 1500w heater in your tank turns on to siphon off energy and utilize the excess solar being generated. Would love to see how this is accomplished and can’t think of anyone better to work it out than you and Ladi.
Overall I think your plan is great.
That said I see two points that could be problematic.
1. If your hot water tank is flat, and under pressure, it will need to be very strong or it will deform and leak.
2. You will need a lot of surface area for your diesel heater to heat up the tank. If the air is forced past heatsinks that are thermally connected to the tank, it might work. There are hot water heater tanks that are designed to be connected in the way you describe but I don’t think they are flat. Search Elgena boiler, BNC100510.
I basically have the same water set up. I use a 7 gallon jug with the siphon function to fill my main tank almost 90% of the time, espically when in a city and you don’t need to fill the tank all the way or the hose doesn’t reach, It’s also a lot quicker and inconspicuous than dragging out the hose. You could introduce some air into the system, so the faucet *might* spit the first few seconds, but my valve set up is slighly diffrent, so you may not encounter that.
I haven’t seen water heater insulation in your diagram. It typically is twice the size of the heating tank.
The tank setup is something you could have manufactured and sell because it’s better than anything on the market currently
Hot water system in cabinet. Does it need insulation to keep it from heating up the interior? Just a thought
But but but how are you running 22v from your 48v system? Or creating 48v from 12v?
Please check out Mels blog showing his ceramic water filter he will be installing. That would allow you to use different water supplies and have drinkable water
https://youtu.be/qLgYfOuUOI4
9:00 You must be reading my mind or comments. I posted comments a while back about an RV water system with a long hose, pump & filters so you could get water while boon docking from a lake or stream. Also an on board water/filter/recycle system to reuse shower water for example, for washing clothes later.