The last 3 years since we started living in our caravan we have had issues with slow drains. In the shower you would have a foot bath and the washing up water would take ages to drain. Also the getting down and pushing those darn pipes in at camp, bit tough for an old guy with lots of arthritis. It seems Jayco, in their wisdom, use 25mm pipes and lots of bends, thus the slow drains.
I did some research and decided a 50mm thick wall pressure pipe (bit more robust than the others) a few connectors, glue, pain, swearing and bingo, problem solved.
Cost about $100 from the local agricultural plumbing supplier. Works well.
Cheers
Edit: some pictures
-- Edited by Phil C on Tuesday 9th of August 2016 12:21:42 PM
-- Edited by Phil C on Tuesday 9th of August 2016 12:31:21 PM
Well done BigP. Now it looks like under my van mate.
aussie_paul said
01:25 PM Aug 9, 2016
Phil C wrote:
Hi all.
The last 3 years since we started living in our caravan we have had issues with slow drains. In the shower you would have a foot bath and the washing up water would take ages to drain. Also the getting down and pushing those darn pipes in at camp, bit tough for an old guy with lots of arthritis. It seems Jayco, in their wisdom, use 25mm pipes and lots of bends, thus the slow drains.
I did some research and decided a 50mm thick wall pressure pipe (bit more robust than the others) a few connectors, glue, pain, swearing and bingo, problem solved.
Cost about $100 from the local agricultural plumbing supplier. Works well.
Cheers
Edit: some pictures
-- Edited by Phil C on Tuesday 9th of August 2016 12:21:42 PM
-- Edited by Phil C on Tuesday 9th of August 2016 12:31:21 PM
Well done Phil, gives me a few clues.
Aussie Paul.
Phil C said
01:52 PM Aug 9, 2016
Thanks guys, mongrel of a job getting under the van but well worth it. I did it the lazy way and used existing pipes into the main manifold, stops all that BS with the bends.
Cheers again
Cruising Cruze said
07:55 PM Aug 9, 2016
Hi Phil
Good out come my friend well done.
It's marvelous when you are that handy and can do it your self
Are them stands only for safety when you are working under the van, or do you use them all the time ???
Cheers John
Phil C said
10:54 AM Aug 10, 2016
Cruising Cruze wrote:
Hi Phil
Good out come my friend well done. It's marvelous when you are that handy and can do it your self
Are them stands only for safety when you are working under the van, or do you use them all the time ???
Cheers John
Cheers John, the stands are used when we are camping at home base longer term (been here for 5 weeks now) adds a bit more stability to the van. Not a necessity but nice.
Cheers mate.
Cruising Cruze said
07:21 PM Aug 10, 2016
Thanks for the reply mate
I don't use the wind down legs at all ,
got 2 stands for the front and on the other side 2 scissor jacks
wich will do for me, I hate when the van moves when you walk true it
Regards John
johnno48 said
08:20 PM Aug 10, 2016
Good job Plil
deverall11 said
11:11 AM Aug 11, 2016
Well done Phil. Yet another example of someone designing a van who is not a caravaner.
Bruce and Bev said
05:48 PM Aug 11, 2016
pity the manufacturers of RVs didn't consult with experienced or prospective users of RVS - we might then get something we really want without some of the frilly rubbish and useful stuff like decent drain pipes like Phil has fitted.
Most large companies, especially food makers, have "focus" groups where they test existing and new products before putting them on the market
Phil C said
07:19 PM Aug 11, 2016
I agree Bruce, the extra expense (for the want of a better word) would have been absorbed in the cost of existing drain pipes. Im not sure why they took the pipes via Bourke to get outside, and with all the bends and fancy crap who knows???
Anyway its fixed now and works a treat. We also get super hot water after I removed the tempering valve.. Why a tempering valve on a caravan beats me..
Cheers folks
Aus-Kiwi said
07:27 PM Aug 11, 2016
Na lol . They spend 1000's on development . The manufacturers know what's right for us !!
Phil C said
11:02 AM Aug 15, 2016
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Na lol . They spend 1000's on development . The manufacturers know what's right for us !!
Gday AK, I worked with engineers and designers for a rather long time in the airforce. Some of them have their heads so far up their fundamental orifices they cant see the light of day. It astounds me why Jayco design their grey water outlets so badly when a simple modification works so much better. Mind you there are a few elements of Jayco design that are hard to fathom (especially in the electrics). BTW R and D is a thing of the past Im afraid, we (the consumers) do all that when we complain that something isnt working as advertised..
Apologies to all those engineers whom are worth their salt.
-- Edited by Phil C on Monday 15th of August 2016 11:04:12 AM
Hi all.
The last 3 years since we started living in our caravan we have had issues with slow drains. In the shower you would have a foot bath and the washing up water would take ages to drain. Also the getting down and pushing those darn pipes in at camp, bit tough for an old guy with lots of arthritis. It seems Jayco, in their wisdom, use 25mm pipes and lots of bends, thus the slow drains.
I did some research and decided a 50mm thick wall pressure pipe (bit more robust than the others) a few connectors, glue, pain, swearing and bingo, problem solved.
Cost about $100 from the local agricultural plumbing supplier. Works well.
Cheers
Edit: some pictures
-- Edited by Phil C on Tuesday 9th of August 2016 12:21:42 PM
-- Edited by Phil C on Tuesday 9th of August 2016 12:31:21 PM
Well done Phil, gives me a few clues.
Aussie Paul.
Cheers again
Good out come my friend well done.
It's marvelous when you are that handy and can do it your self
Are them stands only for safety when you are working under the van, or do you use them all the time ???
Cheers John
Cheers John, the stands are used when we are camping at home base longer term (been here for 5 weeks now) adds a bit more stability to the van. Not a necessity but nice.
Cheers mate.
I don't use the wind down legs at all ,
got 2 stands for the front and on the other side 2 scissor jacks
wich will do for me, I hate when the van moves when you walk true it
Regards John
Most large companies, especially food makers, have "focus" groups where they test existing and new products before putting them on the market
Anyway its fixed now and works a treat. We also get super hot water after I removed the tempering valve.. Why a tempering valve on a caravan beats me..
Cheers folks
Gday AK, I worked with engineers and designers for a rather long time in the airforce. Some of them have their heads so far up their fundamental orifices they cant see the light of day. It astounds me why Jayco design their grey water outlets so badly when a simple modification works so much better. Mind you there are a few elements of Jayco design that are hard to fathom (especially in the electrics). BTW R and D is a thing of the past Im afraid, we (the consumers) do all that when we complain that something isnt working as advertised..
Apologies to all those engineers whom are worth their salt.
-- Edited by Phil C on Monday 15th of August 2016 11:04:12 AM