Onboard Water Tanks

Wild1 · Senior Member

Onboard Water Tanks

Dougwe · Chief one feather

"a ton of space"....not only space but make sure your weights are available to carry the extra 100kg created by the extra 100lt tank.

Your idea of water from the awning is how I do it with my van but into containers then I pump it into the 2x195lt tanks. I do it that way so my tank doesn't get any bugs or dust etc.

Keep Safe on the roads and out there.

corolly2 · Member

Be careful you don't exceed the GVM for your vehicle or you could fall foul of the scalies. Only problem I see with catching water from roof or awning is the risk of contaminates from road dust or bird poo, especially flying fox poo, getting into the water system and eventually yours if you drink it. Can't take unnecessary risks to spoil the good parts of living the dream by getting sick!!!!!

Tony Bev · Guru

One, off the shelf design is the Camec type Water Tank - 59 Litres
Size 865 x 490 x 190mm

They are available in some, if not most camping shops, I purchased mine from BCF Bunbury

I would assume that any reputable place would fit one, if you are unable to do it yourself

I fitted one in between the chassis rails of my 2006 Fiat Ducato, without any problems, but the larger size 82 litre was just too long to fit, in the space available

Hope that this info is helpful to you

Warren-Pat_01 · Guru

Wild1, it could be worth checking your breather(s) on your tank to ensure you are filling the tank to capacity.
I had to cut the breather line on my Jayco Eagle & added a T piece with a screw cap. I always had a full tank after that.

Warren

mezza56 · Senior Member

Hi Wildy You can get a set of clips that turn the front skirt of your awning into a gutter to catch the water , takes a couple of minutes to do when you have set your awning up, you can buy them online. Not sure what they're called .

Colin Penrose · Senior Member

Hi. I have an Avan pop top. I fitted an 85 litre ss tank under the rear. I then use one of the rain saver gutter clip systems on the awning flap. The water is run directly into the tank that is used for the en-suite shower. Col P

JeffRae · Guru

This is the system that mezza56 mentioned

https://www.freerangecamping.com.au/rain-saver-gutter-review/

Wild1 · Senior Member

Thanks for those tips everyone - I think I'm more inclined to do something on the roof, like in the post by Hobo Home http://hobohome.com/news/?p=161. But with modifications.
When it's raining it's often blowing and I don't like to have the awning out in case I lose it. And sometimes it rains while I'm driving and that could be awkward.

Cupie · Guru

If you are serious about collecting rain water then there is a multitude of ways that you can rig up a tarp to drain into a container.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

I collect water from the roof of the OKA and take it by hose directly into the tanks, but the ability to do that was part of the original design.

Water catchment.jpg

Cheers,

Peter

Wild1 · Senior Member

Yes, this is something like the design I am interested in - and my roof is flat and square edged. Thanks Pete

macka17 · Guru

There are multiple ways ofcollecting water.
No matter which you use.
Do NOT run it straight into your drinking water tanks
without at least fine filtering it first.

When travelling regularly We had a collapsable 50ltr container.
I ran water into that first. off the roll out
through a funnel and inline filter to remove heavy stuff.
AFTER giving roll out a good flush first.

I have a submersible 12v pump which I used to pump that water.
through a set of under sink filters in front boot.
to drinking tank.

Didn't filter all. Just the drinking.

Used to carry marine desal unit off yacht. But when membranes needed changing.
Too exxy for what I used it for nowadays.
gave to mate on his yacht.