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Subject:Re: shower for a Westy
From:80 Westy Pokey
Date:Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:53:16 -0400

Has anyone ever hooked up a Zodi to your on board westy
propane tank through some sort of regulator? I would like to
avoid the external tank.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:09:16 -0330
>From: Tom Rowsell <nfld_exile@WARP.NFLD.NET>
>Subject: Re: shower for a Westy
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>If you're going to do this, a nice extra step would be a
Zodi propane fired hot shower. They usually have some on Ebay
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&item=1856600738).
>
>Also if you go to their website, they even have one where
the heater coil sits on your 2 burner stove
>http://www.zodi.com/stove_top.html
>
>More expensive but worth it if you hate cold showers.
>Also at Cabelas ...
>
>http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-
pod.jhtml?id=0006339&navAction=jump
>
>
>Tom
>
>
>>Subject: Re: shower for a Westy
>>   From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
>>   Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:06:33 -0300
>>     To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>
>>On 3 Sep 2002 at 22:34, Gerald Masar wrote:
>>
>>> Cabela's Fall catalog has a new battery operated shower.
Includes 2.5
>>> gal collapsible water container, submersible pump,
waterproof battery
>>> box (4-D cells), 7' hose and shower head. Water can be
turned off at
>>> head without turning off pump. $24.99 and includes hard
plastic
>>> storage case. Anyone seen one of these? Jerry
>>
>>Here's the URL   http://www.cabelas.com/   search for   -
portable showers - then
>>scroll down for the portable shower
>>
>>or the full URL is:
>>
>>http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard
-
>>item.jhtml?
id=0014246515336a&navAction=push&navCount=2&indexId=cat20097&p
>>odId=0014246&catalogCode=QN&parentId=cat20097&parentType=ind
ex&rid=
>>
>>Runs on four D-cell batteries (not included) bummer!  My
thought is to buy a
>>submersible sink water pump from GoWesty and then run 12
volts from somewhere
>>with an on/off switch. That way, one could put the pump in
any container.  My plan is
>>to also set up the rear-lid shower curtain.  I may give
this Cabelas.com shower a try
>>though.
>>
>>Thanks for the lead.  malcolm