I just use a collapsible bucket. When it gets full I carry it to the
bathroom and empty it. Simple, light weight, easy to install, cheap.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: W. Silva <wsilva@CAPECOD.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 7:03 AM
Subject: Gray Water Tank

>I have seen good gray water tanks for sale from places like Steve Lashey's
>site http://EuroCampers.com but they still only hold about 5 gallons and we
>are carrying the smallest (glue) gray water tank available with us now
which
>is also 5 gallons and is really too small to be practical.  If you are
>staying a full weekend in a campground and use your sink a lot you will
have
>to empty this at least once if not more.  There is a large hollow space
>under the sliding door behind the passenger seat which corresponds with the
>bay the propane take is in on the driver's side and there are large tanks
in
>all configurations available from RV dealers that will fit in this space.
>The only problem I can foresee is that the waste water will have to travel
>down the drain tube and across, underneath the van and up again to get into
>the tank on the other side.  Will the water fill the tank or will it take a
>transfer pump to pump it into the tank? The tank would be lower than the
>sink so that part would be ok although there would always be standing water
>in the line but would it force it's way UP into the tank?  Not being a
>hydro-engineer I can't figure out if this would work or not.
>
>Some of the tanks I have seen hold as much as 15-22 gallons and of course
>you wouldn't want to go driving around with all that waste water but it's
>real easy to dump it on your way out of the campground, just like the "big
>guys" do.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>John & Wendy
>Cape Cod, MA
>
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