Neat little fresh water in an ABS pipe idea

[wopachop]

Saw this down in sunny San Diego. There is a hose bib on the right side. My buddy said its common for the surfer guys to do this. Water gets warmed a bit in the black pipe.

If its 4", and roughly 60" long, it holds around 3.25 gallons.

[JaxDad]

They sell black poly bags as ‘solar water heaters’ for camping, 5 and 10 gallon sizes. Pretty reasonable price and designed for sitting out in the sun so should be decent life span.

[Naio]

JaxDad wrote:

Naio wrote:
I'm thinking about getting one of these
water bladders for the roof rack of my van. I would only fill it when parked, but it might make more sense for me than a water heater.

Water weighs 8.345 pounds per gallon. That water bladder when full would then weigh 500 pounds.

I saw in another post where you say your roof is fibreglass..

I think you’d very quickly have a new skylight if you put one of those on your roof.

:B I was thinking about getting a 10 or 15 gallon size. My roof holds a person walking around ok, and that would be less weight than a person, and better distributed.

And yeah, it wouldn't last forever. But the size I was looking at is $100.

[Fizz]

Naio wrote:
I'm thinking about getting one of these

500 lbs in a plastic bag?
No mater how well made they are you know there will be a problem eventually.

[JaxDad]

Naio wrote:
I'm thinking about getting one of these
water bladders for the roof rack of my van. I would only fill it when parked, but it might make more sense for me than a water heater.

Water weighs 8.345 pounds per gallon. That water bladder when full would then weigh 500 pounds.

I saw in another post where you say your roof is fibreglass..

I think you’d very quickly have a new skylight if you put one of those on your roof.

[Naio]

I'm thinking about getting one of these
water bladders for the roof rack of my van. I would only fill it when parked, but it might make more sense for me than a water heater.

[mobeewan]

You can make a similar adapter to pressurize the ABS version too. You can also thread in a freshwater blowout connector to the water inlet connection. You just have to be careful not to over pressurize it. But you don't need much pressure anyway.

[4x4van]

The commercial versions usually add a metal tire valve and allow you to pressurize the pipe using a compressor or a small bicycle pump even.

[pnichols]

PastorCharlie wrote:
A good garden sprayer painted black is a great shower in the rough and needs very little water to do a GI shower.

That's an outstanding Quick-And-Clean minimalist showering solution!!

Most garden sprayers are in the 3 to 5 gallon range. A 4 or 5 gallon model might be good for at least 2 hot showers.

(But to get around that I donated our camper van away years ago and went the small motorhome route ... and have been clean ever since. 😉 )

[PastorCharlie]

A good garden sprayer painted black is a great shower in the rough and needs very little water to do a GI shower.

[Chum_lee]

smthbros wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
Don’t forget guys. A 4” pipe is the outside diameter!

I would say around 3 gallons?

I seldom venture south of the border, but up here in God's country, the nominal size of pipe refers to the inside diameter.
https://pvcfittingsdirect.com/pvc-pipe-sizes-chart/

I used to work for a company that manufactured, designed with, and sold PVC/ABS SDR-XX plastic sewer pipe. You are correct. Nominal size generally refers to inside diameter. Not all plastic pipe is sized that way though.

Chum lee

[smthbros]

dodge guy wrote:
Don’t forget guys. A 4” pipe is the outside diameter!

I would say around 3 gallons?

I seldom venture south of the border, but up here in God's country, the nominal size of pipe refers to the inside diameter.
https://pvcfittingsdirect.com/pvc-pipe-sizes-chart/

[JaxDad]

I’m surprised none of the PC grumpy-pants in the crowd here have mentioned that the van is illegally parked.

:B

[dodge_guy]

Don’t forget guys. A 4” pipe is the outside diameter!

I would say around 3 gallons?

[BFL13]

Phil, the over-the-cab part of the VW looks like it has a starboard list. Either DW or DH needs to go on a diet!