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OffGrid
Joined: Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:16 pm
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Location: Central Coast NSW
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 Very portable hot water and shower unit G’ day folks, On a miserable cold and windy day and nothing better to do than trawl the www, I found this very lightweight and clever water heater come shower kit. This has got to be better that the portable gas units I have seen and less complex. Would work on a caravan stove top or the or even a camp fire. Adaptable and lightweight, possibly good for caravanners with a bit of ozi ingenuity. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayISAPI … 4419wt_964It’s called a ShowerCoil portable water heater and there is a bit on YouTube as well.
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odzi
Joined: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:23 pm
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Location: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit That looks nifty!
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Motherhen
Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:34 pm
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Location: Bridgetown in the South West of Western Australia
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit Quite pricey compared to a standard solar shower bag which can be filled with water accurately mixed to the right temperature using some hot water from a kettle.
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Crazyhorse
Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:55 pm
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Location: Townsville
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit My thoughts exactly MH…  Boil the kettle, pour it in, have a shower…
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Rolex
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:05 am
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit I made something similar when I first started out, it was longer and fitted inside the exhaust pipe of my car, I would run the car to charge the camp battery and heat the shower water at the same time.
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Errol Best
Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:53 am
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Location: Hervey Bay
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit I made one of these about 10 years ago after seeing a readers idea in the Caravan World magazine. Used it on the camp fire. Found it not that successful and too much fiddling around so cut it up for toher uses.
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dieseltojo
Joined: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:06 pm
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Location: Doveton vic
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit Hi OffGrid,
It sure is an interesting concept though, good post.
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Frank & Brenda
Joined: Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:26 am
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Location: Aldinga Beach SA (in the Fleurieu peninsula)99 Mistubishi Challenger, 1996 J-co DISCOVERY 18′ poptop
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit Hhere’s a youtube video of it and some others next to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQUQ1oLymScIf you’re handy, it wouldn’t be that hard to make and would be a lot cheaper than that unit. Thanks for the post Frank
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TramcarTrev
Joined: Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:08 pm
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Location: Tuggeranong, just north of Cooma
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit There is a chap makes old fashioned technolgy "chip heaters" but they are a stainless steel contrivance, has a heater which is a cylinder with a water coil in it and a few hoses and a pump… Light a fire in the centre of the heater thing and once it gets going pump water thru it and adjust the water temp by adjusting the flow. It all packed away into itself and was no bigger than a large hose bag, He made them to order "Uffas Chuffer" I think it was called….
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Frank & Brenda
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Re: Very portable hot water and shower unit Thanks for bringing this one up again Trev we have a sink bath most nights but when we want a shower, we now use a 20lt black container similar to this one fill it with water and place out in the sun On a 26 degree day it reaches 32 or more degrees by the evening Then pop in the 12v shower Brenda likes a hot shower and goes first, uses about 10-12lt then I put in 5lt or so of cold water and have a shower Great if your staying in one spot for the day If not warm up water on the camp fire and use the 12v shower
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