Looking to pump water from creek to van when free camping to top up water tanks. Will I need an inverter to power it? Look forward to udeas.
Cheers Craig
Cheers Craig
Looking to pump water from creek to van when free camping to top up water tanks. Will I need an inverter to power it? Look forward to udeas.
Cheers Craig
Good feed back thanks! Something to think about...Are you wanting to access the non-potable water for showering, or drinking or both?. A simple 12v Whale impeller pump and 20ltr jerry filled by hand at the river will do the job without getting too complex and expensive.
Australian rivers are breeding grounds for bacteria such as E coli, and Protozoa (parasites) particular Giardia. Nasty buggers that on a good day will give your toilet a serious workout, or much worse on a bad day. You should be particularly careful of not poisoning your sealed caravan plumbing system by pumping contaminated water in your vans tanks. The Aust Drinking Water Guidelines recommend never to drink untreated river water, so the extension to that is not to put untreated river water into you tanks. You can never be sure what is floating in a river upstream, or washing into it from catchments. Crystal clean water can (and does) carry toxins so boiling and/or quality filtration is an absolute must for drinking water or caravan systems.
Non potable water for showering isnt a toxin issue, accept that to use the caravans onboard shower you need to access the water from the vans water tanks and unfortunate that's the same sealed system that provides drinking water so any water you put into the water tanks must be potable. The only options are to properly treat/ or filter the river water, or run a portable shower with river water for showering. We have 20ft van with full bathroom but we carry and use a portable Coleman HWS shower when free camping.