Cold Weather Plumbing

[Chuck Wheeler]

It seems like Kathy and are in cold weather a lot and many times dry
camping. I hated to waste water getting hot water to the shower so I routed
a return line from the shower back to the water heater. I then placed a
relay on the pressure control switch of the primary pump to control both
pumps. If the primary pump is running the recirculation pump is off. If
pressure is up and the primary pump shuts off then the recirculation pump
runs. When you turn the pump switch on before stepping into the shower you
have instant hot water. It works well for it's intended purpose to conserve
water but I don't believe that it would keep the cold water side from
freezing.

- Chuck Wheeler -
82 FC 31 SB
Fort Worth, TX


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From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Terry Neal
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:50 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Cold Weather Plumbing



Hi Stephen,

How are you? Staying warm up North I hope.

How would a recirculating pump on the hot water line (at the end)
pumping the hot water back to the water heater itself work? I'm
thinking another Groco 12 volt pump with a switch to turn it on/off when
needed. Like the ones used in residential construction so that you have
instant hot water at all faucets all the time? I think that would be a
good solution. My system needs to be usable down to -20 or -30 & on
shore power or generator. With enough insulation & keeping the water
moving, that may be the answer?

Terry Neal
Bozeman, MT
82PT40
74FC34

Stephen Birtles wrote:

> for that to work successfully you have to have a hot return from the
> farthest faucet requires another pump but can be done succesfully and
> only works when faucet is running
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@
yahoogroups.com
> , Wilhelmus Schreurs
> wrote:
> >
> > Ernie:
> > What about having your hot and cold water lines together,insulated
> in a blanket or something like that, and then circulate the hotwater
> throughout the hot water lines? That way you would not require the
> heat tape or forced air fans.
> >
> > Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
> > Terrace, B.C. Canada
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "erniecarpet@..."
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@
yahoogroups.com
>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2006 6:04:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Cold Weather Plumbing
> >
> > Installing a bypass and injecting antifreeze in all the pipes might
> be well
> > suited to folks that do not use their coach in the winter. Since we
> live
> > further south of the deep freeze, we use ours year round. in fact, I
> guess i could
> > have considered myself a fulltimer as I was in the coach 10 months this
> > year.
> > What I was trying to get across, and hopefully I can this time. I
> would like
> > to be able to stay up in Montana longer- that is if I had a good
> system in
> > place where my water wouldn't freeze if it got to be zero outside for a
> > prolonged time.
> > Is heat tape the ONLY solution that is on the market?
> > It would be nice if there were small heaters- not noisy hair dryers
> that
> > could operate and send warm air down the side runs of the coach.
> > On my coach, the chassis heater lines do not run down the fresh
> water runs-
> > thus I couldn't use those. By the way, my chassis heaters saved our
> butts
> > driving home.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ernie Ekberg
> > 83PT40
> > Weatherford, tx
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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