Water Transfer

Trackrig wrote:
Using an older but still working RV water pump is best, but here's another cheap idea.

If you're carrying a drill with you, go to any hdwr store and they'll sell a cheap pump that you power with your drill motor. They're about $11. The pump will have hose fittings on both sides of it. You can buy several feet of cheap clear plastic tubing to fit over the hose fitting. I use this set-up for pumping my RV antifreeze for winterizing.

Bill

I bought one of these, a very cheap one, I got what I paid for, it never worked the first time, being so cheap I just threw it away, now looking for an electric pump,AC or DC doesn't really matter, but now the Shur Flow sounds like it may be the answer.

I have an old Sureflow pump that I have rigged up like many other previous posters. However I find it quicker to use my 5 gallon solar shower from my back packing days to add 5 -10 extra gals to the tank I hang the shower bag off my awning strap and just let it drain into the main tank.

Here is a diagram of how I modified my fresh water system so that water can be drawn in from any vessel. There is no need for extra pumps, battery clips, switches or extension cords.

I flip the water control valve from normal/city to sanitize tank and just let the on-board pump draw water into the tank with a small length of fresh water hose. I can draw water from any vessel that holds water, even little 16 oz water bottles if absolutely necessary.

-Michael

I bought a used 40 gallon rv water tank. Transfer it with a 120 volt pump.

rjxj wrote:
I installed 2 ge whole house filters and a pressure tank. When I plumbed it I installed a halve that lets me pump water into the fresh tank. Instead of going to the house, it diverts to a tee in the hose for my fresh water tank. I use the winterize valve and hose to pump water out of a 5 gallon container and it goes into the fresh tank. I can use a small folding hand cart to move the water jugs and dont have to lift anything.

Open the divert ball valve, switch the pump valve to winterize, stick the hose in the 5 gal jug.

Pretty much what I do. Trailers usually come with pumps, wires and switches already installed, so with a few simple plumbing changes they can be used.

I presurize my 25 gallon water transfer tank with my 12 volt air compressor. Already had the compressor. Just had to add a tire valve stem to the top of the tank and a hose spiggot to the bottom. Now the compressor does double duty.

A former hobby of mine was fish keeping, tropical aquariums, etc.

They make cheap, durable pumps called "power heads". I picked up one for around $20, moves over 1000 gallons an hour, so it's pretty fast. submersible, so one end in a bucket, other end a hose goes to the rv. you can put a hose on the intake too, but that really slows it down.

I have a lot more AC outlets on my rv than DC, and an always on inverter, so an ac powered pump is no problem.

I bought a pair of 5 gallon collapsible water carriers,



and got tired of lifting them to fill the tank. So I bought a "spare" ShurFlo Water Pump and plumbed it with adapters to fit water hoses. I have a pair of 10' water hoses. I put one water hose in the water carrier, one water hose in the fresh water fill, and plug in a 12v connector I added to a 12v outlet I have in a basement near there.



As a side benefit, if my RV water pump ever fails, I can replace it on the road.

dieseltruckdriver wrote:
I bought a new quieter pump for our 5er, so I use the old pump to transfer water. Plus I have a spare if I would ever need it.

+1 for this