Camper Hacks - Love to hear your solutions
Very curious to hear folks camping hacks. Hacks meaning a creative low cost solution for problems or situations that arise during camping. I have mentioned a few that I have adopted from other folks...
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Here's one I did just this year. Suppose your water heater goes out! Both electric and gas! Mine actually did. You're desperate for a shower, but the outside temperature is in the middle 50's. Way too cold for a cat bath or a garden hose shower. You want a hot water shower! What do you do?
1. Heat water on your gas stove top and pour it into a big bucket or a big container that will hold at least a couple gallons of water or more. Fill it with hot water from the stove top.
2. Take your winter by-pass hose for your on-board water pump and drop it in the bucket.
3. Flip the winter by-pass valve on your water pump. (or if you have a separate hose, connect it and drop it in the bucket).
4. Turn on your water water pump and turn on your shower (cold side will do just fine). You don't want till your water heater with the water, just pump it through the cold side. W
5. Water will begin to flow in the shower nice and warm. Not steaming hot,but nice and warm. Take a Navy Shower, rinse quickly before the 2 gallon bucket runs out.
We actually did this for 4 showers. It worked very well.
Turned out the thermostat on the water heater was dead, so neither gas or electric worked.
1. Heat water on your gas stove top and pour it into a big bucket or a big container that will hold at least a couple gallons of water or more. Fill it with hot water from the stove top.
2. Take your winter by-pass hose for your on-board water pump and drop it in the bucket.
3. Flip the winter by-pass valve on your water pump. (or if you have a separate hose, connect it and drop it in the bucket).
4. Turn on your water water pump and turn on your shower (cold side will do just fine). You don't want till your water heater with the water, just pump it through the cold side. W
5. Water will begin to flow in the shower nice and warm. Not steaming hot,but nice and warm. Take a Navy Shower, rinse quickly before the 2 gallon bucket runs out.
We actually did this for 4 showers. It worked very well.
Turned out the thermostat on the water heater was dead, so neither gas or electric worked.
