I agree with Stuart, Richard's shower option would be good especially if
you use
your camper/vanagon for travel alot.   It uses otherwise wasted heat and
has fairly
minimal impact on space (YMMV)....   I'm not traveling like I used to but
I'm still
considering putting a similar setup in mine.    I'd like to "sort-of" have
the hot water
stored in maybe separate containers in the engine compartment toward the
side
walls away from the engine itself so as to keep the underseat area free for
other
storage though.   Haven't found suitable containers yet.    I'm open to
suggestions.

Steven
91 Westy

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for all the info!
>
> I like Rich's water heater application, very clever.  He doesn't need this
> in San Diego, but I recall someone putting five gallon jugs of heated water
> in the van before winter camping and he could heat the van all night.
>
> This is a way to replenish the heat mass every day with a little driving
> around and have a hot shower too:
> >
>