Improved toilet rinsing!

[Snackchaser]

Last year while messing around under the bathroom sink, I adjusted the weight on the “pull-down” faucet hose so that it would pull out far enough to rinse the toilet.  That worked for awhile, then the hose started kinking when it was pulled all the way out.  Rats!

So while preparing for the next trip, I decided to try another approach.  I found a 1/2” x 10” spring at the local Ace that fits snuggly over the hose (when little snap-on clip is removed.)  The spring was tie-wrapped in place and it allows the hose to bend tightly without kinks.  Now the hose easily reaches the toilet for better rinsing.

This is a quick and easy mod, particularly if you have done the “Bathroom Vanity Cubby Modification”  by Frank C.  It allows cubby to be quickly removed without having to re-caulk every time.

I was also adding a little water freshener today, so thought I’d share another idea that's probably not new.  We always carry a 5 gallon bucket and tall kitchen bags to use as an outdoor trash can.  If we want to fill the fresh water tank from the Boondocking inlet, we use the bucket with a new trash bag as a clean liner.   We also carry a short piece of garden house for this purpose.  Saved us a few times.

Cheers!  Geoff

[Jason Foster]

Thanks for the idea.  I have been flirting with the problem for a while since rinsing is an easy way to keep the toilet clean.  Some of my old rv's had spray wands mounted next to them.  This would have been nice from the factory.

[Ronbrink]

On 9/21/2024 at 2:08 AM, Snackchaser said:

We always carry a 5 gallon bucket and tall kitchen bags to use as an outdoor trash can.  If we want to fill the fresh water tank from the Boondocking inlet, we use the bucket with a new trash bag as a clean liner.

This is a great idea, but with no room to haul a bucket we carry collapsible water containers and a dedicated hose to draw water into the tank; stow under the street side bed behind the stabilizer jack assembly.

EDIT: Original comment stated a ‘silicone’ hose, but actually it is a flexible PVC hose, as detailed in further comment.

Edited September 23 by Ronbrink

[rich.dev]

1 hour ago, Ronbrink said:

we carry collapsible water containers and a dedicated silicone hose to draw water into the tank

I’m looking for a short hose to draw water from my water bladder through the boondocking port into the fresh water tank, do you maybe have a link to the silicone hose?  

[Ronbrink]

17 minutes ago, rich.dev said:

I’m looking for a short hose to draw water from my water bladder through the boondocking port into the fresh water tank, do you maybe have a link to the silicone hose?  

My bad, the silicone hose is used as a gray water discharge on the cam lock end of the rear tank dump outlet. A 4’ length of clear PVC reinforced braided hose with a garden hose barb fitting is used for the water draw, silicone would collapse. Both PVC hose and fitting were from Lowe’s, silicone hose an Amazon purchase. 

PVC hose:

Silicone hose:

 

[jd1923]

On 9/21/2024 at 12:08 AM, Snackchaser said:

We always carry a 5 gallon bucket and tall kitchen bags to use as an outdoor trash can.  If we want to fill the fresh water tank from the Boondocking inlet, we use the bucket with a new trash bag as a clean liner.   We also carry a short piece of garden house for this purpose.

Good in a pinch but not enough volume for us. We have one of the old hulls where OTT messed up the FWT installation. The suction hose only reaches to the half-point level of the tank. We consistently get only 18 gallons from our FWT when the water pump starts gurgling! Oliver offers the repair and too bad visits by prior owners in 2018 and 2020 to Hohenwald and nobody thought to fix this! We may get there one day, but in the meantime...

With our TSC 35-gal potable water tank we can refill the FWT twice, so we get about 54 gallons total after a fill. When TV and TT are hitched, I use the 25 FT hose and 10 FT hose we travel with to make the connection. Took a call to Norwesco to order the hoop mounts: Norwesco 35 gal. Horizontal Leg Tank at Tractor Supply Co.

I custom fit a cover to keep the sun off the tank and water: Amazon.com : Dokon Heavy Duty Patio Ottoman Covers Waterproof Outdoor Ottoman Cover Anti-UV Patio Side Table Cover, Patio Furniture Covers with Air Vent, Rectangle (28"L x 22"W x 17"H) - Black : Patio, Lawn & Garden

Boondocking with 54 gallons of fresh water, we can last over a week or until the black tank is full. 

[mossemi]

7 hours ago, rich.dev said:

I’m looking for a short hose to draw water from my water bladder through the boondocking port into the fresh water tank, do you maybe have a link to the silicone hose?  

I made mine out of leftover Pex pipe and the needed fittings.

Mossey

[Geronimo John]

8 hours ago, rich.dev said:

I’m looking for a short hose to draw water from my water bladder through the boondocking port into the fresh water tank, do you maybe have a link to the silicone hose?  

I purchased a six foot water hose from a big box store, and cut it in half.  One end goes in my truck to help me fill my Reliance 5 gallon tanks from a hose bib.  The other us used to suck out water from my 5 gallon containers when boondocking it into Ollie.  Both of the cut ends of the hoses are beveled 45 degrees to keep them from "sucking down" in the containers.

GJ

[csevel]

8 hours ago, rich.dev said:

I’m looking for a short hose to draw water from my water bladder through the boondocking port into the fresh water tank, do you maybe have a link to the silicone hose?  

I have been using this hose with a quick connect fitting and I love it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0894GMDWP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1