Off grid camp setup
Hi all. I’m in a situation where I’m going be setting up a camp off the grid that we will use frequently throughout the year. A couple things about the place, we have windmill water but no electrici...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:
First storing a couple hundred gallons of water, in the sun is not the best idea. You can very easily get thing "growing" in that tank ! Drinking and bathing water need some SERIOUS treatment ! Possibly chlorine or at least ozone and/or ultraviolet.
If you plan on spending a lot of time there, a small structure housing your treatment equipment and typical home jet pump and pressure tank are your best option. I am sure you can find an "off grid" 12V pump.
If you own the property, I would make the structure big enough to house some batteries and maybe even mount some solar panels on the roof.
Solar panels on the roof of your RV and more batteries would allow you to run a residential refrigerator without a generator. Again, I you own the property, a carport like structure to keep the sun off of the roof of your RV will make a HUGE difference !
Researching online it looks like a lot of tanks have a treatment or are of material specifically designed to stop algae growth inside them. Or is it better just to go ahead and treat the water with chlorine when it goes into the tank? I may have misread but I thought the purpose of these tanks was to help avoid this is exact situation by keeping out all sunlight. If sunlight is the biggest issue it wouldn’t be that difficult to build and enclosure around it either way.
