Just got back from first trip. Questions.
Hubby & I got back from our 1st weekend trip on our Alabama Gulf Coast. We realized what more we need & what we forgot. Here are some questions after our trip: 1. After being out for 3+ hours, we cam...
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This past weekend was our first trip out for the year, and, we need some remedial water saving training! Here's a tip that may help you. It may not depending on the size of your tanks... Anyway this helps us (family of four). Our black and grey tanks are each 32 gallon. We never seem to get the black more than about 1/3 full on a two day weekend outing. But, that grey tank fills up to past 2/3 full in about a day, even with reminders to the two little ones, and mom about being easy on the water usage. I just bought a 5 gallon bucket. I also purchased a 3inch to garden hose adapter for my dump pipe. Then I slowly (slowly) open the grey dump and allow the bucket to fill, closing the grey gate valve around half way so the pipe can drain into the bucket without overflowing.
Then I carry the bucket to a designated grey dump in the campground I'm visiting, or, since my camper has separate entrance into the bathroom, I'll just dump it down the toilet ( carefully). Doing this extends my grey tank capacity, and adds mostly clean, soapy water to the black tank... Plus this cost me about $10 total compared to the expensive totes. It works for us. Your results may vary.
Also. Consider getting a shower head with a shut off so you can do as others have suggested and turn the water off whenever you do not absolutely need to be running it. I do as others have said, rinse, turn off water, lather, turn on water, rinse, done. It's not a long luxury shower, but gets the job done and saves a lot of space in the grey tank for the kids.
(On edit I'm not stowing the kids in the grey tank! ). For the kids use! LOL
Best of luck, happy camping!
Then I carry the bucket to a designated grey dump in the campground I'm visiting, or, since my camper has separate entrance into the bathroom, I'll just dump it down the toilet ( carefully). Doing this extends my grey tank capacity, and adds mostly clean, soapy water to the black tank... Plus this cost me about $10 total compared to the expensive totes. It works for us. Your results may vary.
Also. Consider getting a shower head with a shut off so you can do as others have suggested and turn the water off whenever you do not absolutely need to be running it. I do as others have said, rinse, turn off water, lather, turn on water, rinse, done. It's not a long luxury shower, but gets the job done and saves a lot of space in the grey tank for the kids.
(On edit I'm not stowing the kids in the grey tank! ). For the kids use! LOL
Best of luck, happy camping!
