I tried one of these pumps (pictured) with the shower head removed, to pump water into the vans tanks and it did an ok job. Sure makes life a lot easier than lifting a heavy bladder up and using a funnel. The problem is I had to empty the water bladder into a bucket first as the pump wouldn't fit into the bladder hole, which is 30mm wide. Not sure how wide the pump body is offhand, but what is available to stepdown the body size to the bladder hole size? I need a magic stepdown hose or something. Anyone got any ideas please.
Cheers, John.
-- Edited by meetoo on Sunday 5th of March 2017 08:14:27 PM
I tried one of these pumps (pictured) with the shower head removed, to pump water into the vans tanks and it did an ok job. Sure makes life a lot easier than lifting a heavy bladder up and using a funnel. The problem is I had to empty the water bladder into a bucket first as the pump wouldn't fit into the bladder hole, which is 30mm wide. Not sure how wide the pump body is offhand, but what is available to stepdown the body size to the bladder hole size? I need a magic stepdown hose or something. Anyone got any ideas please.
Cheers, John.
-- Edited by meetoo on Sunday 5th of March 2017 08:14:27 PM
Cheap solution - 1/2 inch garden hose with non return valve on end to keep primed.
Expensive solution - but marine in line pump and drop in through top. I use one of these to drop into rivers etc and pump from truck tanks into van.
Both easy solutions/
cheers Baz
meetoo said
11:27 PM Mar 5, 2017
I don't get it Baz, Half inch hose is ok to put in water bladders to suck water out, but I need to join the half inch hose to the pump some how.
Cheer, John.
macka17 said
10:41 AM Mar 6, 2017
Buy some intermediate hose to suit.
then as long as similar sized. wrap well with some grey tape
Cover WELL with some "self amalging" tape and hold for a coupla minutes.
It's only sucking.not pressurised.
If hoses similar it'll work.
Otherwise. Car accessory shops. some have reducing heater ad hoses??.
PS.
I bought a stainless"fuel\oil" pump off net for $30.
Fits nicely into the 20ltr drums and jerri's.
then added $40 worth of hose to it for my jerricans to tank filler on ute.
But that wouldn't do you much good hey.
-- Edited by macka17 on Monday 6th of March 2017 10:47:54 AM
Baz421 said
06:50 PM Mar 6, 2017
meetoo wrote:
I don't get it Baz, Half inch hose is ok to put in water bladders to suck water out, but I need to join the half inch hose to the pump some how.
Cheer, John.
Replied to yr PM John
meetoo said
07:13 PM Mar 6, 2017
Baz421 wrote:
meetoo wrote:
I don't get it Baz, Half inch hose is ok to put in water bladders to suck water out, but I need to join the half inch hose to the pump some how.
Cheer, John.
Replied to yr PM John
Thanks Baz, much appreciated.
Cheers, John.
Baz421 said
10:38 PM Mar 6, 2017
Hi John
see diagram as promised,, may not be a work of art but cheap and will work.
see diagram as promised,, may not be a work of art but cheap and will work.
Cheers Baz
Hi Baz, thanks. That drawing is just about good enough to frame.
Macka, Thanks too. I have some tommy tape, never used it yet, might have a reason to now.
Cheers, John.
Mark Bolton said
10:11 PM Mar 14, 2017
Those wretched low power portable shower units are expensive and fragile. The shower heads are fiddly and hard to mount. You are better off to get a centirifical builge pump and gerry rig the thing using reticulation fittings or some such.
I tried one of these pumps (pictured) with the shower head removed, to pump water into the vans tanks and it did an ok job. Sure makes life a lot easier than lifting a heavy bladder up and using a funnel. The problem is I had to empty the water bladder into a bucket first as the pump wouldn't fit into the bladder hole, which is 30mm wide. Not sure how wide the pump body is offhand, but what is available to stepdown the body size to the bladder hole size? I need a magic stepdown hose or something. Anyone got any ideas please.
Cheers, John.
-- Edited by meetoo on Sunday 5th of March 2017 08:14:27 PM
Cheap solution - 1/2 inch garden hose with non return valve on end to keep primed.
Expensive solution - but marine in line pump and drop in through top. I use one of these to drop into rivers etc and pump from truck tanks into van.
Both easy solutions/
cheers Baz
I don't get it Baz, Half inch hose is ok to put in water bladders to suck water out, but I need to join the half inch hose to the pump some how.
Cheer, John.
Buy some intermediate hose to suit.
then as long as similar sized. wrap well with some grey tape
Cover WELL with some "self amalging" tape and hold for a coupla minutes.
It's only sucking.not pressurised.
If hoses similar it'll work.
Otherwise. Car accessory shops. some have reducing heater
ad hoses??.
PS.
I bought a stainless"fuel\oil" pump off net for $30.
Fits nicely into the 20ltr drums and jerri's.
then added $40 worth of hose to it for my jerricans to tank filler on ute.
But that wouldn't do you much good hey.
-- Edited by macka17 on Monday 6th of March 2017 10:47:54 AM
Replied to yr PM John
Thanks Baz, much appreciated.
Cheers, John.
Hi John
see diagram as promised,, may not be a work of art but cheap and will work.
Cheers Baz
Hi Baz, thanks. That drawing is just about good enough to frame.
Macka, Thanks too. I have some tommy tape, never used it yet, might have a reason to now.
Cheers, John.