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Almot wrote:
He was being funny Almot. LOL!
Probably grams. 8 lbs = 3,632 g. Pascals are units of pressure, not mass.BFL13 wrote:
It was all over for us in 1975, on day one, when they tried to report newborn babies, instead of being 8 lbs, it weighed 30,000 kilopascals or whatever. That did it. Total failure of another government program.
Probably grams. 8 lbs = 3,632 g. Pascals are units of pressure, not mass. Decimal system is more accurate - kilometer, meter, millimeter and kilogram, gram, milligram. Units smaller than "milli" are easily made by adding "micro" or "nano". When manufacturers really need accuracy, they switch to "kind of decimal" system, ex. 0.0007834 inches. Decimals are easy to compare and calculate, 0.59 vs 0.58 is obvious, 19/32 vs 37/64 is not. There are 2 or 3 different "gallons" and "ounces", people are using these terms without clear understanding. Boaters are measuring speed in "knots" - nautical miles per hour, and distance - in "land miles" aka statute miles, and it takes some head scratching or calculator to convert one "mile" to another.
Back to the topic - yes, morning use of hot water is what makes solar heater impractical. Installing it for only afternoon use seems like too much trouble. "Solar pump" is particularly bad idea, it will let you down more than once. Like "solar fountain" indeed - my neighbor has one, doesn't work half the time. Though pump can be fixed by running it from 12V battery. The very idea of water on the roof doesn't sound right for a movable rig.BFL13 wrote:
Camping in Death Valley like some kind of Kit Carson walking his mule from Santa Fe to LA might be different! :)BFL13 wrote:
It was all over for us in 1975, on day one, when they tried to report newborn babies, instead of being 8 lbs, it weighed 30,000 kilopascals or whatever.
LOL!!! You are a crack up my friend!2oldman wrote:
Sorry, I meant we only turn on the burner twice a day. The water is plenty hot from the morning for daytime stuff but needs a boost in the evening.
I can use the WH most any time during the day. There's always dishes!pianotuna wrote:
Ours is 75 fresh with a 60 grey. Plenty for our weekend trips. Enough for DW and I to do two showers each with dishes and cleaning included. Have yet to run out.
I'm fortunate that the original owner ordered a 2nd water tank so I have 66 gallons to play with. Of course they are Yankee gallons *grin*.- The furnace runs overnight if required from the batts which are at whatever the solar got them to, minus the evening movie. Nothing to do with me; it's all up to the various RV gods (mostly Apollo of course, in his Heavenly car)
BFL13 wrote:
There has to be something else to do with "extra solar" than heat water you can't use before it gets cold again.
People have different lifestyle routines so who knows? but we only use hot water first thing in the morning. No time that day to heat it up with solar, and no way to keep it hot from the day before.
The only way to use solar hot water would be in the evening. That would turn our lives upside down. Not worth it, but YMMV. Right now at our seasonal site, we need a 30 pounder of propane about every three weeks at $29 a bottle. That covers furnace, hot water, stove, outside BBQ.
We fire up the 10 US gal water heater in the morning, it runs for about 40 min or so and then we turn it off. That's it. Water is still warm at lunchtime after morning shower, shave, shampoo, wash dishes. (all dishes get washed in the morning after breakfast, not after every meal---had to get DW sorted out on that one :) )
Furnace?- All I know is they (in the USA) call a 45 gal drum a 55 gal drum, and now we here after metric conversion in 1975, buy a "gallon" of paint in a really tiny can. (no longer made by American Can.)
It was all over for us in 1975, on day one, when they tried to report newborn babies, instead of being 8 lbs, it weighed 30,000 kilopascals or whatever. That did it. Total failure of another government program. - Hi BFL13,
I find that the ten gallon tank is still warm enough to have two brief showers in the morning.
Paper plates are your friends?BFL13 wrote:
There has to be something else to do with "extra solar" than heat water you can't use before it gets cold again.
People have different lifestyle routines so who knows? but we only use hot water first thing in the morning. No time that day to heat it up with solar, and no way to keep it hot from the day before.
The only way to use solar hot water would be in the evening. That would turn our lives upside down. Not worth it, but YMMV. Right now at our seasonal site, we need a 30 pounder of propane about every three weeks at $29 a bottle. That covers furnace, hot water, stove, outside BBQ.
We fire up the 10 US gal water heater in the morning, it runs for about 40 min or so and then we turn it off. That's it. Water is still warm at lunchtime after morning shower, shave, shampoo, wash dishes. (all dishes get washed in the morning after breakfast, not after every meal---had to get DW sorted out on that one :) ) - Hi mena,
Add a pump with a simple filter and use the gray water for flushing the toilet?
I'm fortunate that the original owner ordered a 2nd water tank so I have 66 gallons to play with. Of course they are Yankee gallons *grin*.
Like you, I run out of water before I run out of power.mena661 wrote:
We use our WH in the morning and in the evening. I turn it on for 15-30 mins (evening takes less time) each time. We shower at night before bed. Makes for a more comfortable sleep. You know, what I'd like more than battery capacity is FW storage. 200 gallon FW and grey tanks would be perfect. Could camp comfortably for a month. My next rig will have those size tanks even if I have to custom install them. - It does not get so hot here we need an evening shower. Also we go up to the lake in the afternoon for a swim. Camping in Death Valley like some kind of Kit Carson walking his mule from Santa Fe to LA might be different! :)
mena661 wrote:
I do too, and it keeps the sheets a lot cleaner!
We shower at night before bed. Makes for a more comfortable sleep.
I can use the WH most any time during the day. There's always dishes!
