Spelling errors or not, I could not find three-way valves with barbed
fittings for 3/8'' tubing at acquarium or aquarium supply shops online.
However, I did find the exact valve I needed at US Plastics.

http://tinyurl.com/yparun -- show the FTP version, but the part number
is for the version with the hose barb fittings.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

vt typed:
> I've just slapped my fingers for the spelling error.  But, truth is,
> with "Wondiws" XP, my spell check was eliminated, and I haven't yet
> figured out how to get it downloaded and working.
>
> And, of course, you are "korekt."  {;?)  Acquarium supply shops are the
> place to look.
>
> Tks
>
> Sam Conant
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Old Volks Home <mailto:oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
>     *To:* vt <mailto:samcvt@comcast.net>
>     *Cc:* camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:12 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: Sources for plastic valves?
>
>     Shouldn't "acquarian" be correctly spelled "aquarium"?  Might help
>     with better search results. :-)
>     --
>     Jim Thompson
>     84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>     84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>     73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
>     72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>     oldvolkshome@gmail.com <mailto:oldvolkshome@gmail.com >
>     http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>     ***********************************
>     On 4/7/07, *vt* <samcvt@comcast.net <mailto:samcvt@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>         Recommend you go to a store that sells home acquarian
>         supplies.  Or go on
>         the web and look in "aquarian supplies" sites.  We have
>         reconfigured a
>         couple of our pumps for our two fish tanks inside and the one
>         outside so
>         that they distribute water differently and more efficiently
>         through carbon
>         et. al. filter media - and we bought the supplies to do this
>         from acquarian
>         sources.
>
>         SamC
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: "Michael Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM
>         <mailto:camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>>
>         To: < vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>>
>         Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 3:26 PM
>         Subject: Sources for plastic valves?
>
>
>          > This is only marginally related to Vanagons because it is
>         about camping
>          > equipment.
>          >
>          > We have a Zodi On Demand portable hot shower thingy. Works
>         just fine.
>          > But, I'd like to modify it.
>          >
>          > It has a pump on a hose that you drop into a water reservoir. The
>          > storage bag is designed to be that reservoir. The water is
>         pumped
>          > through a coil of copper tubing that is heated by the gas
>         flame, then
>          > out of the device, through the outlet hose and to the shower
>         head. To
>          > conserve water, one is meant to put the shower head in the
>         reservoir
>          > when soaping and scrubbing, so the water recirculates when it
>         is not
>          > needed. This also provides hotter water. You're not meant to
>         turn off
>          > the pump when the flame is on.
>          >
>          > In my experience, showering is a lot easier when you can use
>         both hands
>          > for rinsing and scrubbing, but with a shower head that has to be
>          > hand-held because it always needs to be returned to the
>         reservoir,
>          > one-handed showering has to be mastered.
>          >
>          > So while rinsing myself this past week, it occurred to me
>         that the
>          > shower head could be mounted like a real one if there was a
>         valve in its
>          > line that could be used to divert the water back into the
>         reservoir when
>          > soaping and scrubbing. In one position, the hot water comes
>         out the
>          > shower head, in the other position, it goes back into the
>         reservoir.
>          >
>          > So I'm looking for a source for inexpensive plastic valves. I
>         reckon the
>          > line has about a 3/8'' ID, and barbed fittings on the valve
>         would work
>          > fine. Aquarium supply stores?
>          >
>          > Heck, I suppose I could just put a tee in the line and use
>         bulldog clips
>          > to alternately open and close the recycle or the shower head
>         line.
>          >
>          > --
>          > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>          > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>          > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>          > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>          > KG6RCR