kelly58 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 For filling the motorhome with fresh water I have a standard fitting to connect to a water tap which has a thread on the outlet , but whilst on some Aires I have come across taps with a larger threaded outlet , is there an adapter available in the UK to fit on the larger thread ? Our new Autosleeper is fitted with the Whale Systen which is not as convienient to use as just putting the end of the hose in the filler hole or just using a watering can so I am trying to collect an array of fitments for all occasions before we next venture to Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindiboy Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Get a 10ltr Watering Can, top up a little and often, beats a hose anytime and fits all taps. IMHO hee hee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan k Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Most of the ones I have come across on the continent are starngely 1/2" or 3/4" BSP thread and adapters are available at most garden centres or hardware shops for use with hosepipes cheers alan PS although I have a backup with a small funnel and bucket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 And then you would need an adapter to fit the watering can to the whale inlet! Autocruise use / used to use a similar Truma system and it is a real PITA to fill up with and about the only thing I don't like about Autocruise! If you try and use a watering can it will also take forever to tip a can of water through the very small aperture that these silly systems use - give me a Mark 1, old fashioned, nothing to go wrong, 2" hole to fill via anytime! Tap adapters are many and numerous and these are always handy. They come in several sizes but the bigger ones you may need to go to an agricultural merchant for - also you may get the larger screw on adapters there? It also pays to buy a cheap copy and ream most of the rubber away and it will then fit bigger taps! http://www.hozelock.com/watering/hose-fittings/connect-to-tap/2177---indoor-round-tap-connector.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I assume you already have one of they - http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Hose-Pipes+Connectors/Wilko-Tap-Adapter-Multi-Thread/invt/0298809?htxt=PsAGyAqy%2FDSGVBgOHPBfATKVETOKIWHcwqoICuDrG%2FxTcDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB%0AtDs76aYYKg%3D%3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 We got ours from a French garden centre and have a nice collection now ... see this earlier thread for more enlightenment!!!! :-D http://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=20486&posts=27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 We also carry a couple of old tap heads with different size square holes - in case we come across a working tap with - err - no head - which has happened at a marina in Sweden! A triangular gas meter locker key also fits some taps - so I have been told - we carry one of they too - but never used it - yet! Now - what have I forgotten! Ah yes - one of they perhaps? http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16428/Hand-Tools/Plumbing-Tools/Specialist-Plumbing/Services-Cabinet-Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How Much Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Sod the watering cans. I use a 25l container, with a 12v pump that i drop in, thats fired via an outlet under the filler. Cant beat it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Sod the 25 litre container - you must be an ex caravanner! I have a pair of folding canvas bucket that together hold about half that and can be ferried from tap to 12v pump in turn and then fold flat to store in very little space when done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Tracker & Kelly, I too have a 'pump' type water filler, for my inboard water Tank (Autocruise Starlet II), i didn't like the idea too much, i gave up 'Toting water' when i changed to a motorhome from a Caravan. So I fitted one of these :: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Truma-Carver-Crystal-MK2-Hose-Adaptor-Plug-/270633056072?pt=UK_Campervan_Caravan_Accessories&hash=item3f02fcb748 onto the end of a standard water filling hose, plus all the usual adapters for the 'Mains tap' end. It works fine, and fills the tank as normal, without the need for the external pump or a watering can. Ray ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thanks Ray - when new your van would have had a blue hose with that very attachment on one end - did the previous owner swipe it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How Much Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 When i say i use a 25l container with a pump, i mean as an 'extra'. The tank is filled with a hose from the off. I then use the container to top up as and when, instead of back and forth with watering cans or ridiculous 'canvas buckets'. Mind, if folk have nowt better to do than trail back and forth all the time? :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 One of the joys of motorcaravanning is watching the tuggers walking backwards and forwards pulling thier little roly poly things behind them, some several times a day :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayjsj Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Tracker - 2011-03-14 9:00 PM Thanks Ray - when new your van would have had a blue hose with that very attachment on one end - did the previous owner swipe it! No, i've kept it, connected to the pump assy, just in case i ever get 'memory tearful' about dragging a heavy Aquaroll about (not likely !). Have you 'Upped Sticks' out of 'Gods own Country' yet ? ;-) Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 vindiboy - 2011-03-14 5:03 PM Get a 10ltr Watering Can, top up a little and often, beats a hose anytime and fits all taps. IMHO hee hee. No thanks, why would I want to carry a 120 Lt (120kg) of water when a hose can do it much more efficiently and takes up much less storeage space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 As said most tapes are either 1/2" or 3/4" BSP I came across one in Ireland last year that seemed to be somewhere between 3/4" & 1" I just used a flexible connector I always carry. I have found with high water pressure the flexible connectors to often fly off the hose and you get a cold shower I cured this by cutting a short length off a 1/2"plastic water water pipe connector pushed it into the hose then you can push on the flexible connector and secure with a jubilee clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 lennyhb - 2011-03-15 11:44 AM I have found with high water pressure the flexible connectors to often fly off the hose and you get a cold shower I cured this by cutting a short length off a 1/2"plastic water water pipe connector pushed it into the hose then you can push on the flexible connector and secure with a jubilee clip. A short length of lightweight chain with a hook on each end does the same job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 We have a hole in the side of the van which has a pipe that goes into our onboard water tank :D I can fill it via a hose or watering can ;-) I suppose this new system is progress*-) (lol) (lol) (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I dont get you lot that fill your "onboard" tank with a bucket, watering can or have a 25l container :-S As mentioned by earlier post you must all be ex caravaners. Surely the whole point of onboard is so you dont need endless trips to the watering hole. And if its because you have put an awning up and therefore cant drive around to said watering hole then there you go thats your problem you are still in caravaning mode because in my opinion using an awning is also defeating the point of a motorhome. Anyway you shouldnt be in one place long enough to run out and neccesitate filling a bucket. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 You're a true Motorcaravanner Ips - I couldn't have put it better!! You are very lucky if you are not saddled with progress in the water works department I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Tracker - 2011-03-15 2:10 PM lennyhb - 2011-03-15 11:44 AM I have found with high water pressure the flexible connectors to often fly off the hose and you get a cold shower I cured this by cutting a short length off a 1/2"plastic water water pipe connector pushed it into the hose then you can push on the flexible connector and secure with a jubilee clip. A short length of lightweight chain with a hook on each end does the same job! And how does that stop the connector coming off the hose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 ips - 2011-03-15 2:43 PM I dont get you lot that fill your "onboard" tank with a bucket, watering can or have a 25l container :-S As mentioned by earlier post you must all be ex caravaners. Surely the whole point of onboard is so you dont need endless trips to the watering hole. And if its because you have put an awning up and therefore cant drive around to said watering hole then there you go thats your problem you are still in caravaning mode because in my opinion using an awning is also defeating the point of a motorhome. Anyway you shouldnt be in one place long enough to run out and neccesitate filling a bucket. ;-) Must agree and I'm an ex caravanner, soon fell into the Motorhome way of life never stay in one place for more than one or two nights. The wind out awning was a waste of the best part of a grand, hardly ever use it, only need a light breeze to make it unusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 lennyhb - 2011-03-16 12:14 AM Tracker - 2011-03-15 2:10 PM lennyhb - 2011-03-15 11:44 AM I have found with high water pressure the flexible connectors to often fly off the hose and you get a cold shower I cured this by cutting a short length off a 1/2"plastic water water pipe connector pushed it into the hose then you can push on the flexible connector and secure with a jubilee clip. A short length of lightweight chain with a hook on each end does the same job! And how does that stop the connector coming off the hose? Sorry I misunderstood! The hose never comes of the tap connector so that problem does not arise for me! Perhaps you are using a cheap tap connector rather than a proper Hozelock one - or it is faulty? You might try ptfe tape bound round the hose beneath the nut before tightening it? The chain round the adapter, over the tap and linked back on itself stops the whole thing flying off the tap when pressure is too high - alternatively partly close the tap to reduce the pressure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 No I have one of those in my collection I'm talking about a soft blue rubber one that will fit any size tape & it pushes on to the hose, can't post a pic as having to do some work at the moment & stuck in a hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 If it pushes onto a hose can't you clamp it on with a jubilee clip? In which case it would probably slip off the tap - unless you secured it somehow - like with a chain??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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