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09-02-2015, 06:25 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 3
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Off the grid.
For buses completely off the grid: how do you store and utilize water?
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09-02-2015, 07:49 PM
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#2
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Harvest rain water, melt snow, drill a well, haul it in 5 gallon jugs.
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09-02-2015, 07:56 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 3
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How do you run it through the pipes?
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09-02-2015, 09:43 PM
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#4
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,436
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Gravity,foot pump,hand pump,electric pump, pour it out of a jug.
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09-02-2015, 09:45 PM
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#5
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 100
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Once it's in the fresh tank, it flows the same way any other rv does.
Read up on boondocking and plumbing systems on the site. For a small setup, I'd go with a submersible pump in the fresh tank.
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09-02-2015, 10:34 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Here's a neat combination faucet/hand pump for the kitchen sink. Requires no electricity.
LASCO RV740 RV Hand Pump Water Faucet - - Amazon.com
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09-03-2015, 03:40 AM
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#7
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 308
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At that point why not just get a keg and a bicycle pump.
My folks had one of those little pumps in a tent trailer, nope nope nope never again.
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09-03-2015, 09:35 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainInsaneo
At that point why not just get a keg and a bicycle pump.
My folks had one of those little pumps in a tent trailer, nope nope nope never again.
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I imagine that would work fine also..
My preference would be to use an electric water pump coupled to a fairly large battery bank and enough solar panels to keep them charged.
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09-03-2015, 09:41 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 100
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I wouldn't mind the manual pumps, but a foot actuated model.
I never understood why faucets weren't made to be actuated by foot. Like those sinks in school when I was a kid...
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09-03-2015, 11:34 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrblah
I wouldn't mind the manual pumps, but a foot actuated model.
I never understood why faucets weren't made to be actuated by foot. Like those sinks in school when I was a kid...
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They are in surgical wards for obvious reasons. My guess is that it doesn't necessarily "work" in a residential environment.
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09-03-2015, 03:33 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooternj
They are in surgical wards for obvious reasons. My guess is that it doesn't necessarily "work" in a residential environment.
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My cats would turn them on  
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