mgirardo wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
Not sure what you are doing at the house but assuming 2 - 20gal showers and 20 gal for dishes and minor other uses per day...that works out to around 900gal per month in the RV.
I think your calculator is messed up, 60 gallons * 30 days = 1,800, not 900.
There are 4 of us, 2 adults, and 2 teens. So that would be 4 showers a day on a normal day. However, there is a lake and 2 pools here, so there are times when we take more than 1 shower each per day. We also often times have visitors who also take showers.
valhalla360 wrote:
Also, with a 100 gallons total waste tanks (probably a high estimate with only 40gal fresh water), your 6,000gal assumption would have you going out to drain the waste tanks twice a day anyway (more often if most is going into a one waste tank). Of course if you leave your waste valves open, you wouldn't fill the waste tanks in any case.
We have 4 waste tanks, 2 black and 2 grey. The grey tanks are always open. They are opened the day we arrive and closed the day we leave. The main black tank is emptied every 6 days or so. The secondary black tank is drained every few weeks.
My 5,000 - 6,000 gallon per month assumption may be a little on the high side, but not by much.
-Michael
Regardless the OP started he does not have full hookup and uses the dump station when he leaves, so he's obviously got way less usage than that.
