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Post by Miyamoto Takezo on Feb 4, 2012 21:51:44 GMT -5
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Post by Sō Haruko on Feb 5, 2012 3:15:39 GMT -5
... oh my. I heard the greywater rules had changed for Estrella. This looks possibly do-able. Thanks. I'm about to drop that into Evernote for later....
(Looks like something you could do yourself if you have the right pieces-parts, and probably less expensively too. Would save on shipping a large heavy object from Japan, assuming they do ship overseas.)
That is really super-cool. (:
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Post by Ishikawa Yoshimasa on Feb 5, 2012 18:36:32 GMT -5
the plumbing is easy, the hardest part is a transportable drop in liner that is able to handle conducted heat... that too can be alleviated somewhat through use of a pair of hoses which could handle the conducted heat instead of pipe conducting the heat to the tub more directly. in ideal conditions the hot water would be the only thing heated, but the real world finds heat unwilling to remain confined where you want it. in the early 90's I was part of a mailing list that looked at the functionality of sca level technology to create luxurious camping. a pipe fitter from Pennsylvanian and I worked out the details on a system that would work with a 12 volt battery to pump water from a wood stove boiler (copper coil inside) through a filter to keep the war dust from creating too much mud into a wooden hot tub using a pond liner to keep it water tight. the only part that would not fold flat would be the stove and battery... however the water use regulations limited it's usefulness as many wars where starting to say "unless you are this person or that person who the rules will not apply to because we have known them for years you have to truck in your own water"
we then worked out a water filtration system that while bulky, would allow the water from the creek by the bog to be siphoned off, filtered, used for the hot tub, filtered again and returned to the creek as long as no one used non-biodegradable soaps/shampoos while bathing, and since as hot tub is meant to bath, not wash this would not be an issue, but the filter was intended for a portable bathhouse(hygiene) trailer intended to support a composting toilet, a shower or two and a vanity) the water entering the creek would have been cleaner than the water coming out of it.
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Post by Miyamoto Takezo on Feb 6, 2012 2:27:08 GMT -5
Interesting! I have 4 100 gallon water barrels, the bath holds approximately 75 gallons. I can carry the 4 100 gallon barrels in my 4 horse trailer with 6 hay bales and still have room on the other side for my horse and all of his things, then put all of my other camp supplies in my van. I've done this before when helping provide water to a site that did not have access to it, so in theory, I should be able to do it again for the bath, but a filter would be so so much better and provide so much more space!
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