How long will 120 litres last for off grid.

[Millcourt]

With “Social Distancing” you should be fine for a week, perhaps longer!!!

Your limiting factor may well be your toilet cassette. If away from services for more than 2 or 3 days, it is definitely worth having a second cassette...... unless you have a huge inbuilt holding tank.

 

[DangerMousy]

We keep cold drinking water separate, but for cooking and hot drinks we take it from the tap and in our previous MH (100L tank, but realistically only about 85L once it had finished siphoning out the overflow) we used to get 2 nights off grid with each having a shower every morning. After that the tank wasn't totally empty but I'm not sure if it would last another day, anyway by that point the toilet cassette needs emptying. On a campsite if we used the site showers but still did the washing up in the MH we could easily get 4 nights. Again, the toilet cassette is the limiting factor - even using the site toilets for 50% of the time it still needed emptying after 3 nights.

This year we're planning on 4 nights on a site but we'll probably be using our own shower and loo more than before....luckily we now have a 130L water tank so I'm not too worried about the water situation. We have a watering can and bucket in case we can't be bothered driving over to the services half way through. But the toilet cassette is still the same size so that'll have to be emptied half way through.

My top tip for washing up: wipe everything with either kitchen roll (for wet residue) or surface wipes (for dry/greasy residue) before washing up - then you can then wash up in very little water.

But as I think a few people have alluded to.....if you're planning to stay off grid water isn't normally the limiting factor, its the toilet cassette you need to think about.

 

[Scotch mist]

With “Social Distancing” you should be fine for a week, perhaps longer!!!

Your limiting factor may well be your toilet cassette. If away from services for more than 2 or 3 days, it is definitely worth having a second cassette...... unless you have a huge inbuilt holding tank.

you won’t have to worry about social distancing, If you make shower water last a week or more

 

[WillH]

May sound stupid but practice showering with the minimum of water, it is possible to use very little but it does take practice. Of course unless you are squeaky clean is it necessary to shower every day? Without showering we use between 10 and 20 lites a day.

 

[IanRJ]

Which one please...?

Ionic Shower Head, Baban Upgraded 4-Layer Filtration Universal Handheld Showerhead, Higher Pressure Water Saving with 3 Sprays Modes, Extra Filter Bead Replacement Panel & PP Cotton Filter Cartridge

Sorry can’t seem to link on my iPad. Copy paste this to google and see the amazon ad.

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[IanRJ]

If you switch to having a tramp's shower (a good rub down with wet wipes) your water will last even longer

Or mechanics showers (rub down with an oily rag) it takes no water at all

 

[peterc10]

Our 120litre tanks lasts about 3 days. That's with us each taking a shower each morning plus normal cooking washing up and tea and coffee. And using our own toilet as well.

We use the Ecocamel shwer head, which reduces water use whilst keeping it powerful. We also both have a sailor's shower. Wet yourself all over, turn off shower, soap yourself up all over then switch shower back on to rinse.

 

[Next Stop]

After reading through this thread I'm going have to drastically re-think my proposed 30ltr tank capacity
Although we don't have a shower and will be drinking bottled water, who am I kidding, bottled cider

 

[Marmite]

Recomendations for an eco shower head?

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Recomendations for an eco shower head?

Eco camel seems to be favoured by most

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[Sheddy]

We have just returned from 11 nights on our facilities, we have a 300L tank and it was close to empty when we got home. We use the shower daily and of course the loo flush, but bottled water for drinking. Years ago I tested the water levels after showering in our old van and found that we could manage on 7L for a shower with an eco head. On get wet, off soap up, on rinse.
Cheers
Ed

 

[PhilandMena]

6 days if your prepaid to stink a bit !

 

[pandas]

Hi
Anyone know how long a full tank of water would last for 2 people off grid ? Say a shower a day, bit for washing up 120 litre tank.
Cheers

2 showers 6L

 

[Lenny HB]

We use around 35 Lt a day both having showers.

 

[Ninjabob]

Realistically 100 litres approximately two days with two people showering, washing up, hand washing, teeth brushing and toilet flushing. Maybe two and a half if frugal - longer if you are both part of the great unwashed

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[Reallyretired]

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Ionic Shower Head, Baban Upgraded 4-Layer Filtration Universal Handheld Showerhead, Higher Pressure Water Saving with 3 Sprays Modes, Extra Filter Bead Replacement Panel & PP Cotton Filter Cartridge

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We tried that one, two of them actually, good when they worked but found the back pressure produced would often stop the pump starting (pressurised system) would probably be no problem on a microswitch system. We are currently using a basic shower head from a Spanish China shop, together with an on off thumb switch which is working ok.

 

[bigwood]

One of the down sides of our Rienza is the size of the water tank, 60ltrs. For the size of the motorhome it is a comfortable two berth. Autosleepers seemed to only fit one size tank across the fleet at one time.
We can manage two days showering, washing up and tea brewing. I have gone through all ideas for fitting a bigger tank but then we have the problem of the size of the grey tank, 55ltrs.
We learned to plan things round the tank size when we had the Duetto. Two nights off sites stretched to three with our 20ltr water container.

 

[Ridgeway]

Ours has lasted since we bought it in 2013, we just keep filling it up

 

[Simon Meadwell]

We have a similar shower head to previous post. Initially thought was rubbish because it just dribbled out. Then for some reason next shower started spraying properly and is much better than ordinary shower head.

 

[dunnah01]

But why does it always take 10 times longer to fill than it does to empty? Never can figure that one out..

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[The Browns.]

3 or 4 days. But you can double that easily If you are really, really, careful, And you take your drinking water in bottles and not from the tank. But you mustn't waste a drop, if you need hot water, you cannot waste the pipe full of cold waiting for the hot to arrive, you need to catch that and get it back in the tank. Some use of a bowl and a flannel to cut showers right down. But with practice you can shower using less water than you might put in a bowl.

You won't really know till you give it a go. Tell us how you get on.

Will do, have a few days planned Castle Howard, Whitby then up to Scotland right across the top, bout only bit of Scot not done.

 

[Lenny HB]

Our last van only had a 100 Lt tank we could manage 3 days, I used to carry 2 x 20 Lt containers in the garage with a submersible pump, to pump it over that gave us another day, or two if very careful.
Also we always carry a spare cassette.

 

[Geo]

If swmbo is there about 45 minutes

I had one of those.
I had to have her recalibrated

 

[Lenny HB]

But why does it always take 10 times longer to fill than it does to empty? Never can figure that one out..

Depends on the water pressure, with decent pressure takes about the same time to fill our 160 Lt tank as it does to empty the 140 Lt waste.
Takes a lot longer to fill in the UK as the water pressure is always naff.

 

[Landy Andy]

It doesn’t take long to fill a water tank at any vineyard. They have mega pressure, I assume due to their crop watering requirements. Thought my water tank was going to explode or be pressured washed out the door when I flicked the lever valve open

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[Razamataz]

My wife and 2 Schnauzers and I have just returned home after touring round NW Scotland.
Left home on Tuesday 25th August and Wild Camped for 9 days.
Still got some water left after showering everyday,water for dogs,water for coffee and tea.......only did washing up plates every 2 days............water may have lasted that long COZ I started on the beer.

 

[MitchandJenny]

The rare times we have been off grid we had strip flannel washes, Pee in a 10ltr bottle ( which we then tip at a suitable place)
Everything else normal except carrying cans off fresh water to drink/ tea / coffee etc.
Spare toilet cassette just in case.
8 - 9 days.
Mitch.

 

[DrewE127]

Hi
Anyone know how long a full tank of water would last for 2 people off grid ? Say a shower a day, bit for washing up 120 litre tank.
Cheers

We have the same setup. After a few trips I would confidently say that 120litres will last 2 days comfortably, 3 if you’re frugal and 4 if you choose to shower every other day

We are away for 2 nights wildcamping this weekend, should be good!

Our van holds 2x6kg gas bottles, and has a solar panel (not sure what type). Fridge is auto switching so the van is great for wildcamping but water is the problem, I’m still not sure how people do it for weeks on end.....where do they empty/fill up?

 

[TinaLes]

I have just ordered this shower head from flea bay, on the recommendation of a fellow trusted funster
Its small enough and does what its supposed to do in saving water, so for £11.95 I will give it a go.

Pardon our interruption...

Since having the van, I have always meant to actually see (calibrate) what all those red/amber/green lights on the indicator panel mean, i.e 2 red + plus 2 amber shows half full, so is that actually 60 litres?
I like to see at least 2 reds, 2 ambers and one green to feel happy, but if the digital gauge is anywhere near accurate, then I will have a rethink as it will save on long walks with two watering cans when on rallies or wilding etc
I will be emptying tank soon, so will use 10ltr watering cans to refill from empty and check against water gauge readings.
NB: I will not be draining down water boiler & pipework which takes a couple of watering cans when filling after full drain down.
LES

 

[Jev88]

Eco heads can be too heavy for your holder? But either way use a shower head with trigger function. Don't waste water whilst you actually wash and soap up etc....

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