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blondie69


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Hi everyone,

Hope you've all had a ripper Xmas and Happy New Year for tomorrow..  

We have our van now and it has a Truma HWS with about 14lts in the tank, and we are going to change it to an instant HWS (after a day of shearing we need more than a bucket of hot water to feel clean, lol.. )

Truma have one, about $2K, not too concerned about price, just want something reliable that gives good hot water!

Interested in what others have and what you recommend?

Cheers! biggrin



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Bagmaker


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Real hot water can only be produced in a hurry by large killerwasps.
You won't create those killerwasps with electricity which is why electric HWS all have storage.
Talk to a plumber about instant domestic gas hot water and be prepared to change the bottles every few days.
Oh, you will need water as well confuse



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www.joolca.com.au/hottap

These are supposed to be good,,,, and there cheap :)

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Bagmaker


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kesa32 wrote:

www.joolca.com.au/hottap

These are supposed to be good,,,, and there cheap :)

 Have had one of those (they are all the same sort of thing and price), OK for medium pressure luke warm shower.

If you turn the flow down to a dribble the temperature is acceptable.

Personal preferences here of course, some are happy with lukewarm dribble, some not.

Not much of a stretch to fit a proper domestic instantanious unit in a box and plumb it in. Pretty common on bus conversions.



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Meredith


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I'm surprised your Truma doesn't give enough hot water for a reasonable shower, it should. Have you had it checked out? Is there a temperature setting on it that can be adjusted.

We have the Suburban 22l hot water system and on either gas or electric it gives plenty of hot water.

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Meredith wrote:

I'm surprised your Truma doesn't give enough hot water for a reasonable shower, it should. Have you had it checked out? Is there a temperature setting on it that can be adjusted.

We have the Suburban 22l hot water system and on either gas or electric it gives plenty of hot water.

Gday...

After a long day's shearing as stated ... usually in hot, dusty, dirty conditions ... I don't think a Truma/Suburban would last long enough.

Cheers - John



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blondie69


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Thanks, as I said in the original post - it is only about 14lts, not 22lts, so VERY limited hot water, especially on a cold day..

And John, you are spot-on, after a day in the shearing shed, you are filthy dirty, sore, smelly and feel like you can never wash the lanolin off your body, lol..

Thanks again, I'll keep searching.. :)

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