When I was last in the former USSR I lived in a dacha with no running water. I had to get a bucket of water from a communal well and pour it into a rectangular box on the wall. To wash my hands I pushed the pipe coming from the box, upward. That released water.
This link describes something very similar. http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/rukomoinik/
Is there anything like this, in the USA? I'd love to have one over the handbasin on my bus conversion.
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No thanks. I have a faucet in my sewer hook up bay. Hot and cold running agua. Wash you face or hook up hose and wash the dog. ;D
Quote from: muldoonman on March 18, 2017, 07:16:33 AM
No thanks. I have a faucet in my sewer hook up bay. Hot and cold running agua. Wash you face or hook up hose and wash the dog. ;D
I didn't bother with hook ups :) my bus is set up for dry camping.
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I remember a few years back, someone was selling a water dispenser that looked like your Russian dispenser only it would hook up on an outdoor faucet and turned on at very low pressure. It was for dogs to lick and get a drink!
--Geoff
How about an Igloo type drinking water cooler? Or you could look around for a big old commercial coffee urn; that could even be used to heat the water if your bicycle generator produces 120v.
Quote from: Lin on March 18, 2017, 01:21:13 PM
How about an Igloo type drinking water cooler? Or you could look around for a big old commercial coffee urn; that could even be used to heat the water if your bicycle generator produces 120v.
Lol. That's more than a bicycle generator. It won't produce more than 24v and I doubt it's any good for anything. Half of it is made of plastic so I expect a life expectancy of nil. Turning it by hand proves it's too stiff to generate any realistic power from turbine blades of a viable size in the kind of winds I get here.
I liked the water release of the Russian thing when I last used one. The one I used leaked badly so it was empty every morning. I do have a cooler with a push button faucet but at the moment I'm leaning more toward a bowl and a jug. Where I fill the jug from a jerry can.
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Quote from: Zephod on March 18, 2017, 08:03:32 AM
I didn't bother with hook ups :) my bus is set up for dry camping.
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I guess a good hot shower or shave is out of the question.
Quote from: muldoonman on March 18, 2017, 04:29:49 PM
I guess a good hot shower or shave is out of the question.
On the contrary, I have a shower. I have a battery pump and a 3 gallon cooler. Put a gallon or so of cold water and a kettle of boiling water. I've used it and it works. As far as shaving is concerned... not something I bother with :)
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Dry camping is fine but you can still have running water with a 12 v pump. a small on demand hot water tank would be more efficient than a pot on the stove .IMO. We are set up just 12 v and propane . The ac 110 is only used when the dog is left alone in the bus , other wise we open all the windows.
First year we used the bus we left home with no provision to hook up to 110 . had a campground say that all big spots came with 110 included so i plugged in my toothbrush and took a pic of my 110 .
Chuck
Quote from: Lin on March 18, 2017, 01:21:13 PM
How about an Igloo type drinking water cooler?
Thats what I have.