Howdy to all.Our CG shuts off the water during winter which I understand.We use the CG showers. But every now and then the wife wants to soak in the tub in our tt. I can get pails of water if I want and heat water on the stove ( and use gas ) and dump in the tub for her. I was thinking of heating a couple metal 5 gal buckets on the fire pit and dumping them in. Some work involved but manageable. Does anyone have any better ideas they can share. I thought of storing water in a 55 gal barrel and use a sump pump to fill the small tub. Heat a couple buckets over the fire and dump them into the barrel then pump with the pump. Will hot water damage a sump pump.Thanks guys and gals.God Bless †

You'll tote buckets of hot water so your wife can take a tub bath? That's love... ;)

she,s one lucky gal. heat the whole 55gal and pump it in threw a hose.set the drum on blocks and build the fire under it.

I'm with midnightsadie: heat the water in the barrel, raise it up, and put an ordinary ball valve on the bottom so you can "pump" it into buckets using gravitation. Most sump pumps would have a temperature limit, probably below the boiling point of water; the literature for the pump in question ought to spell it out.Sometimes you can get big stock pots, 24 quarts or so, fairly inexpensively. One of those heated to near boiling might be more than enough hot water (when mixed with cold to make a pleasant temperature) to fill a small tub. Carrying a large hot heavy stock pot is not the easiest, however.

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Thanks Sadie and Drew. When thinking 55gal barrel I thought of the blue plastic ones. Forgot about the metal ones. Great Ideas.

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MNGeeks61
Explorer
Mar 21, 2017
Funny you mention this.

Our seasonal campground also has no water, but there are plenty of ice fishermen/snowmobilers/ATV'ers that come up in winter.

They fill these coolers up with hot water and use them if they need hot water.

We heat water on the stove in our park model if required and put it in an insulated container in the same fashion. I think a couple of the 5 gallon containers might work for you - then again getting the water heated in the first place is the tough part.
Whiskey_River
Explorer
Mar 21, 2017
If word of this gets out you are going to ruin it for all of us.
But if you are going to do it, park near the campground shower and carry the water from there. Put a couple pans of water on the stove to boil and top off the tub water you carried from the shower room.....
nineoaks2004
Explorer
Mar 21, 2017
We have several of the heaters, bought from Jeffers equine.com, here in Dothan, we use them for our animal troughs in the winter, but will not actually get hot enough to heat water for a hot tub.
westend
Explorer
Mar 21, 2017
Harbor Freight sells this dandy little 12V transfer pump. You could use a dark colored bladder or barrel and Mr Sun will heat the water.

I do like those water trough heaters, though. Just make sure that if you use it in the tub to remove it before inserting Wife.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Mar 20, 2017
If you can get buckets of water can't you just fill your holding tanks with that water and use the on board water heaters to get hot water where ever and when ever you need it? Is the coach winterized and not capable of utilizing the plumbing that was designed in. There are a number of way of getting water into your coach so we would need to know how you are setup be it gravity feed or pressurized city water only.
crasster
Explorer II
Mar 20, 2017
Yeah, I think the simple thing to do is just large pans on the stove. Campfire heating you'll need something to keep ash out. Be careful hauling all that super hot water!
The_Kunkels
Explorer
Mar 19, 2017
Thanks Sadie and Drew. When thinking 55gal barrel I thought of the blue plastic ones. Forgot about the metal ones. Great Ideas.
atwowheelguy
Explorer
Mar 19, 2017
1500 watts

http://www.unitedvetequine.com/Automatic-Horse-Waterer/Sinking-horse-waterer-De-Icer.asp

1000 watts

http://www.unitedvetequine.com/Automatic-Horse-Waterer/Submersible-horse-Water-Heater.asp
DrewE
Explorer II
Mar 19, 2017
I'm with midnightsadie: heat the water in the barrel, raise it up, and put an ordinary ball valve on the bottom so you can "pump" it into buckets using gravitation. Most sump pumps would have a temperature limit, probably below the boiling point of water; the literature for the pump in question ought to spell it out.

Sometimes you can get big stock pots, 24 quarts or so, fairly inexpensively. One of those heated to near boiling might be more than enough hot water (when mixed with cold to make a pleasant temperature) to fill a small tub. Carrying a large hot heavy stock pot is not the easiest, however.
midnightsadie
Explorer II
Mar 19, 2017
she,s one lucky gal. heat the whole 55gal and pump it in threw a hose.set the drum on blocks and build the fire under it.