Outside Shower

[jimlj]

I bought a new to me TT last fall that has an outside shower. At first I thought it was kind of cool, but now I'm wondering what it's purpose is? About the only use I can see it would be good for is washing sand off of the grand kids feet at the beach. Am I missing something?

[All_I_could_aff]

I love my outdoor shower, to me, there is nothing better than a refreshing shower out in the fresh air on a nice sunny day.

[dodge_guy]

Like I posted previously. I use mine every trip. my buddy uses his also. I`ve seen many people around the campground that use there`s. it`s a very good thing to have!

[K-9_HANDLER]

Washing sand off. Last step before leaving camper every weekend (on seasonal site) is that I use it to depressurize water system.

[Farmerkev]

Lynnmor wrote:

dave54 wrote:
One use I did not see mentioned is rinsing the sewer hose. Our shower is only a few feet from the sewer connection. I unhook the hose from the rig, leave the other end attached to the ground, and use the shower to rinse the hose before putting it away.

I had a trailer like that and it was handy for rinsing sewer parts. When I mentioned it here, they jumped on me about how that was such a bio-hazard.

Not sure why it's a hazard, leave the outlet connected and the rinse water goes down the same hole you just put the dirty stuff in.
I've done that many times, keeps the oder down where the hose is stored.

[JonWalter]

We had one on our first motorhome (owned for 5+ years) and never used it. It was just an extra spigot to empty out and winterize at the end of every season. I think it's one of those features that some manufacturer thought to add as a "new and innovative" design at some point (late 80's or early 90's maybe?) and other RV makers grabbed onto the idea because it was cheap to install during the building process... despite the fact that it was probably never used much by customers. Especially when it was a new concept, full hookups were a lot more rare and I can't imagine many people would waste a lot of fresh water by spraying it onto the ground.

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[TurnThePage]

Mine has been winterized and disconnected since my kids and pets have grown/gone. I'm considering using it to supply the misting station I built for the awning. Not sure how much water/power will get consumed for that though.

[Last_Train]

For those of us who fish in salt water, the outside shower is a great tool to rinse off your rods and reels & other gear once you're out of the water. We'll be at Galveston Island State Park next week, and I guarantee you that I'll be doing that as well as rinsing the aforementioned sandy feet, dirty dog, etc..

[CavemanCharlie]

I have never had a TT with one. I can see a few reasons to have one. But, it would not be a big selling point for me. I've never needed one so far.

[Lynnmor]

dave54 wrote:
One use I did not see mentioned is rinsing the sewer hose. Our shower is only a few feet from the sewer connection. I unhook the hose from the rig, leave the other end attached to the ground, and use the shower to rinse the hose before putting it away.

I had a trailer like that and it was handy for rinsing sewer parts. When I mentioned it here, they jumped on me about how that was such a bio-hazard.

[Jackfate]

SoundGuy wrote:

garyemunson wrote:
The hose on those showers is 3/8". Kind of an odd size for garden hose fittings.

I've never seen an outside shower on any trailer with 3/4" GH fittings, AFAIK they're all 1/2" NPT, just like the rest of the camper.

My open range has standard garden hose fittings
It came that way

[dave54]

One use I did not see mentioned is rinsing the sewer hose. Our shower is only a few feet from the sewer connection. I unhook the hose from the rig, leave the other end attached to the ground, and use the shower to rinse the hose before putting it away.

And of course, muddy boots, skunked dogs, and all the other mentioned uses.

[Cocky_Camper]

kevden wrote:

Cocky_Camper wrote:

kevden wrote:
I set up a shower tent to prevent the grey water tank from filling up quickly when we boondock. Our previous camper had an outside shower, but our current one does not, so I bought some adapters from Lowe’s to connect a hose to the low point drains, and a sprayer for the other end. The shower tent fits nicely between the 2 slideouts. Similar to this one;
https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Changing-Adventures-California-restrictions/dp/B013S9EMVW/ref=sr_1_1...

We have considered getting on of these for the same reason also, but my question is do they make openings in the side of the tent to put the hose through, besides the door?

Ours did not have a hole. I cut a flap at approximately the same height as the outside shower on our old camper, and taped the cut edges with gorilla tape. The tape has held up very well. I use a couple of bungee cords to secure the tent between the slideouts, otherwise the wind tips it over. One downfall to my setup is I have no mixing valve. The hose is connected to the hot low point drain. So to avoid scalding water I have to turn on the water heater and get a shower in between too cold and before it gets to full temperature. Our suburban water heater has no temperature adjustment. I tried using a hose “y” to connect both hot and cold to the hose at the low point drains, but all I get is cold water that way.

I finally broke down and ordered one of Amazon today, after LOTS of research. I really like the idea of the 2 room tent, so you have a dry portion to change it, but NONE had a opening for a shower head, plus there were larger than I wanted, I was concerned about space being an issue when setting up.

The one I ordered from amazon has a window that unzips, that you can also unzip the screen the reach items hanging outside. We will see how this does when it arrives Saturday.

This would have been great to have last weekend at the state park when the showers where lined up. But we will get to try it out at the Darlington, SC race in a few weeks where we won't have sewer hook ups.

We do use the RV shower if we have full hook-ups. This should make it easier than dumping the gray tank and taking it for a trip.

[GaryWT]

I used mine once to warm up after river tubing for 6 hours but other than that the door is only unlocked to winterize and de-winterize.

[kevden]

Cocky_Camper wrote:

kevden wrote:
I set up a shower tent to prevent the grey water tank from filling up quickly when we boondock. Our previous camper had an outside shower, but our current one does not, so I bought some adapters from Lowe’s to connect a hose to the low point drains, and a sprayer for the other end. The shower tent fits nicely between the 2 slideouts. Similar to this one;
https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Changing-Adventures-California-restrictions/dp/B013S9EMVW/ref=sr_1_1...

We have considered getting on of these for the same reason also, but my question is do they make openings in the side of the tent to put the hose through, besides the door?

Ours did not have a hole. I cut a flap at approximately the same height as the outside shower on our old camper, and taped the cut edges with gorilla tape. The tape has held up very well. I use a couple of bungee cords to secure the tent between the slideouts, otherwise the wind tips it over. One downfall to my setup is I have no mixing valve. The hose is connected to the hot low point drain. So to avoid scalding water I have to turn on the water heater and get a shower in between too cold and before it gets to full temperature. Our suburban water heater has no temperature adjustment. I tried using a hose “y” to connect both hot and cold to the hose at the low point drains, but all I get is cold water that way.