Foot Pedal Sink

[firebuild]

This is the latest evolution for my bus (and my latest video too, coincidentally).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1j8XDXbqVM

[Rochey6957]

Your hilarious! Nice work! Keep on keeping on!

[peakbus]

Great, funny videos! I have been planning to use a foot pump as well: No electricity needed, and much less water wasted! Keep it up!

[o1marc]

With that faucet you could use it as an outside shower if you're really fast. You could find a way to hang the pedal out the window and push it with your hand.

[firebuild]

Originally Posted by Rochey6957

Your hilarious! Nice work! Keep on keeping on!

Awww, thank you! I'm having so much fun!

I have been taken to task for not adding a p-trap so I guess there will be another plumbing video eventually.

[firebuild]

Originally Posted by o1marc

With that faucet you could use it as an outside shower if you're really fast. You could find a way to hang the pedal out the window and push it with your hand.

Yeah, I've thought about that! I have another shower idea though, trying to figure it out.

[firebuild]

Originally Posted by peakbus

Great, funny videos! I have been planning to use a foot pump as well: No electricity needed, and much less water wasted! Keep it up!

I'm pretty excited to have finally gotten it done!

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by firebuild

Awww, thank you! I'm having so much fun!

I have been taken to task for not adding a p-trap so I guess there will be another plumbing video eventually.

With the way the hose is routed into the blue jug it is effectively a "P" trap.

[peakbus]

I don't think a p-trap is really needed for a little grey tank like that. I had a similar set-up last summer and you empty it frequently enough not to be an odor issue. I plan on doing the same in my rebuild. Carry it out to empty daily and no worries about finding a dump site.

[o1marc]

As I mentioned, you have a "P" trap there already, plus the "basket" in the drain will minimize food stuff get into the tank. So,ya, you'll empty it more often that having to worry about smell. I do think about it because our water here is so bad that a glass full of tap water left in the sink for more than a day stinks so bad you wouldn't think of drinking it.

[firebuild]

Originally Posted by o1marc

With the way the hose is routed into the blue jug it is effectively a "P" trap.

Nice, that's what I was going for but then someone said no, that's not a p-trap.

Anyway, something new to think about today: my water jugs are sweating quite a bit. Any thoughts on that from anyone? It's just not something I thought about but it's 75 today, so I guess the water is a lot colder than the air in the bus. Not that it's super hot in there but it was only about 40 when I filled them and it hasn't really warmed up until now.

[o1marc]

All a "P" trap is is a loop in the line that's lower than the opening of your tank. That loop retains water and keeps the smell from coming out the drain.