Priston Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Before this arrangement I used a collapsible watering can to fill the water whilst on site. We were in Yorkshire earlier in the summer and a camper showed me a new arrangement to fill in a much easier and quicker manner. Take a spout from a 75mm water down pipe and fit it directly over the water filler in the van (the wide end of the moulding), you may need a file to remove the moulding flash from the spout. You can then pour directly from a large container, we use 5 litre water containers. The fill is completed within seconds and no dribbles. I attach a couple of photos for clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 ;-) ;-) 5th posting here https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Hints-and-Tips/Water-Connection-Adaptors/34072/ (But well worth revisiting.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Each to their own systems, but I've never quite understood why folk fiddle about with watering cans etc - why not just drive to the nearest campsite tap and fill up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Conrad - 2021-11-15 8:49 PM Each to their own systems, but I've never quite understood why folk fiddle about with watering cans etc - why not just drive to the nearest campsite tap and fill up? Me too! Once on an Aire in France we joined everyone's hoses together and filled up a number of vans from 100 yards or so without anyone moving their van or carrying buckets etc! It turned into quite a multi national social event based on Hozelock - and several other foreign names for the same thing - and we managed to make it, and the laughs, last for hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Conrad - 2021-11-15 8:49 PM Each to their own systems, but I've never quite understood why folk fiddle about with watering cans etc - why not just drive to the nearest campsite tap and fill up? I would have thought the reasons for putting water into a motorhome’s fresh-water tank without using the traditional hose should be self-evident. It’s be discussed here many times https://tinyurl.com/9up66xtj and it should be apparent from those threads that even forum ‘gurus’ usually carry a watering-can (or water container) of some sort for scenarios when filling with a hose would be challenging or an irritating exercise (eg. the motorhome has been parked up for a longish stay and the owner does not wish to move it.) Another drian-pipe ‘elbow’ mention here https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/water-filling/56439/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM50 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Seems like a sensible idea and worth a try. Wonder if something similar could be rigged up for adblue filling. I find it a real faff unless using a proper pump at a garage, twice the price of Lidl/Aldi 5 litre plastic can - though tbh the cost is fairly low isn't it. *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 ‘Spill-proof’ Adblue containers are marketed in various sizes https://tinyurl.com/rh63mtf6 And this YouTube video shows how a spill-proof funnel might be made from one of the smaller bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priston Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 Apologies for posting what i thought was a useful tip to be shared. Obviously from now on I will keep quiet or move elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Priston - 2021-11-16 11:51 AM Apologies for posting what i thought was a useful tip to be shared. Obviously from now on I will keep quiet or move elsewhere Don't be so sensitive - a forum is often a place of opposing views!! It IS a good tip, just the sort of thing that is a low cost practical solution for them wot needs it! Just because not everyone needs it is no reason for you to get all offended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterjl Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Conrad - 2021-11-15 8:49 PM Each to their own systems, but I've never quite understood why folk fiddle about with watering cans etc - why not just drive to the nearest campsite tap and fill up? For me, sheer laziness. Can’t be bothered to drive to fill up. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 How best to fill (or top up) a motothome’s fresh-water tank without using a hose has been asked about repeatedly over the years on this forum (2021 example here) https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Water-Filling-without-moving-motorhome/57598/ As I said above, the reason for wanting to do this should be blindingly obvious - the motorhome owner wants to put water into the tank without having to move the vehicle. Besides the drain-pipe elbow ploy (that was initially suggested on the Hints & Tips forum where this thread should really be) there are commercially available products marketed to facilitate filling the tank. This GOOGLE-search on “motorhome water tank funnel” shows several examples. https://tinyurl.com/vvh2ndkp https://tinyurl.com/3ktvz33p There’s even a 3D-printable ’trough type’ funnel that can be DIYed if you have a 3D printer https://www.stlfinder.com/model/trailer-water-fill-funnel-6w6s6oJ0/3315600/ or purchased if you have not https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/classifieds/water-tank-filler-funnel.1506/ I’ve always carried a full 10-litres water container in my motorhomes, but I’ve usually used this during the toilet-cassette emptying procedure. I can only recall needing to use the container twice for topping up the fresh-water tank. Once on a French campsite where getting the motorhome parked level had been hellish difficult and all of the campsite’s water taps were designed to fill containers and not to accept a hose, and the 2nd time (also on a French campsite) where getting close enough to the water tap for my 10-metre hose to connect would have meant risking driving across very soft ground. In both instances I took the inspection hatch off the water tank’s top and filled up through the hatch from inside the vehicle. This was with my Hobby motorhome, where the pipe from the external filler inlet ran near horizontally to the water tank and - to avoid water gushing back out of the inlet - a hose needed to reach right into the tank itself. I doubt that, with the Hobby, using any of the funnel/watering-can methods would have been practicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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