

| Subject: | Re: hot water in Westy |
| From: | Jonce Fancher |
| Date: | Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:37:08 -0500 |
HMMM All Part of a Evil Idea I've had for moons. 1 Remove Fridge put in shelves Cap Gas lines (done) 2 install dual battery set up with maintainer so when you plug into power it charges and maintains both (started, Not done) 3 add electrical outlets ( 1 by back hatch cabinet 1 by sliding door ) interior lighting with switch by sliding door. (done) 4 add propane heat and Hot water tank or Instant Hot water, using capped fridge gas lines, Vented through Flue Vent. ( still on the drawing board ) Presently for water we use a coleman hot water gig that uses the Propane bottles. Instant hot water, great gig, Wife likes it, so I like it. Heat is Electric for 110V plug in with T-stat. during the day it is a little buddy in the tent. Same small propane bottles. Still not 100% sure how I want it to finish it out. Soon Very Soon. C-ya Jonce >Here is something interesting! > >The past summer, traveling thru Alentejo province (Portugal) I took >a look at ruins of Roman villa at Beja. On my way back I ( it was >late evening) spotted 2 Westies parked in the woods. I approached >them and witness a guy taking a shower. The real lid was up and the >shower head was attached to the lower edge of it. Both campers were >from France. That was a disappointment, because most French purely >speak English, and Deutsch. >I saw once in USA a Westy with a black rubber tank placed in a roof >tray. In that case the water in the tank was heated by the sun and >used for showering in similar fashion as by French. Their French >Westies, had plastic tanks in the roof tray, but the water was >heated by a heatexcanger - a small and yet very efficient one made >by Laval (Sweden). I asked questions and was shown the set-up. The >heat exchanger was familiar to me: I used it in USA - about 30,000 >BTU capacity. Located next to rear heater under the rear seat it >took very little space. The engine was running and I understood that >the coolant was heating the water from the roof tank. In my >estimate, except the tank, the system was about $100. > >I wonder if the list ever discussed hot water issue. > >Ark.
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