fresh water tank capacity

We have a pretty small fresh tank in our TT. 35 gallons is all we have. We have gone 5 days with 5 of us and that is with 3 being teenagers. Not hard to do if you learn to manage your water and bring separate water to drink. We do water bottles for drinking and bring an extra 5 to 10 gallons in jugs to wash dishes with.

SoundGuy wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
There is no need to buy a pump, switch, wires and a lot of hose. Your trailer came with a pump, just alter the plumbing so that you can pull water in the fresh water inlet and send it to the tank.

And as we've "discussed" before, perhaps you should also mentioned this means also having to fool around with switching valves each time you want to use that one pump for water transfer, during which time the water system can't be used by anyone else for it's normal purpose. To each his / her own but I'll say "Thanks, but no thanks". :W

x2. was really easy to just add a second pump in the pass through and plumb it into fresh water inlet.

Lynnmor wrote:
There is no need to buy a pump, switch, wires and a lot of hose. Your trailer came with a pump, just alter the plumbing so that you can pull water in the fresh water inlet and send it to the tank.

And as we've "discussed" before, perhaps you should also mentioned this means also having to fool around with switching valves each time you want to use that one pump for water transfer, during which time the water system can't be used by anyone else for it's normal purpose. To each his / her own but I'll say "Thanks, but no thanks". :W

There is no need to buy a pump, switch, wires and a lot of hose. Your trailer came with a pump, just alter the plumbing so that you can pull water in the fresh water inlet and send it to the tank.

SoundGuy wrote:

shasta24 wrote:
Do you guys have any suggestions or pictures of what you do to add water to your tank when its dry.

Fresh Water Transfer (7 pics) ... been using one variation or another of this system for 15 years and wouldn't ever consider being without it. Inexpensive 7 gal Aquatainers, made of food grade plastic, are perfect for this application. :B

SoundGuy, your water system is amazing! This is a good example, of a handy man, with a little time, perfecting a transfer system, and quieting an otherwise noisy water pump.

Great job, with pics and vid!!

Jerry

I use a small 12v marine rated pump with a home made dip tube to pump from barrels. My Rv water hose goes from the pump to the trailer. I have added a cigaret adapter to power the pump. No switches necessary. It pumps 50 gallons in 15 min.

Conservation is king. All this extra water can end up in the gray, so we keep our sink use down. For example, we brush our teeth with bottled water spitting in the outside garbage. Washing dishes is another killer of water,

shasta24 wrote:
40 gallons of fresh water used up in two short days. We are training 2 granddaughters how to conserve from this point on. Do you guys have any suggestions or pictures of what you do to add water to your tank when its dry. We borrowed a 5 gallon bucket and funnel. Didn't work so good. Thanks

wire in a water pump in the pass through next to the inlet. dip tube on the water pump inlet, stick outlet tube into the fresh inlet opening. turn on switch, pump away.

And teach the grandkids etc. conservation. DW and I, daughter, SIL and an 8 and 5 year old grandkids 40 gallons seldom lasts LESS than 2 days, usually 3 full days, and refill sometime day 4

I made a funnel from a 2 litre pop bottle. We we refill the water tank using it with 9 litre bottle. It worked well last winter when we camped in the desert

We have gone 2 weeks with the 80 gallons in our 19.5' trailer. And that is with 3 people including one 12 year old.
Conservation methods need to be implemented.

shasta24 wrote:
Do you guys have any suggestions or pictures of what you do to add water to your tank when its dry.

Fresh Water Transfer (7 pics) ... been using one variation or another of this system for 15 years and wouldn't ever consider being without it. Inexpensive 7 gal Aquatainers, made of food grade plastic, are perfect for this application. :B