bryce0lynch
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I put in a 13 gallon fresh water tank.
This is based on the design @Dan Grec used. Basically there's a water pump (with a prefilter before it) attached to a home water filter. In front and behind it are L Valves. This allows me to select my water source (the water tank if I want to drink water or a water bucket on the ground if I want to fill the tank) and then where the water goes (out the end nozzle to put in my bottle or in to the water tank if I'm filling the tank.) Basically, the water is filtered going in to the tank and again coming out of the tank. It's not a perfect design since water can still be in the lines, but, also, it's much better than no filter or a one direction filter. Dan used a bunch of normal vales, four or six I think. I used two L valves which were more expensive but simpler. The piping is 1/2 reinforced flexible line and the filter is a home water filter, so there's a wide variety of cartridges available for a decent price. The pump is a auto-detecting RV pump., but, I put it on a power switch.
The "faucet" hose sticks out about six inches. The "fill" hose can reach the ground with a foot or so to spare. I need to find a fitting to put on the end to hook up a normal hose to it so I hook it up to a normal faucet to fill, as well as said normal hose ... something small and easy to pack. With 13 gallons I shouldn't need it that often, but when I do ... and, speaking of, I'm going to need to find some kind of bucket when the hose won't work. You know the drill: small, collapsible, easy to pack in a truck that is rapidly coming to have zero space available ...
The tank came with one hole on the top. I replaced that with an inspection port so I could clean out the shavings I was about to fill it with. I had to buy a new hole saw for that. Then I drilled a hole near the bottom for the output and one near the top for the fill hose. One more near the top was connected to a tube going outside the truck (through the top of the bedside in one of those gaps that is always letting dust in ...) so air could come in and go out. Marine sealant on all of the gaskets.
It's not pretty. But, it works. And now that it does I can think about how to improve it, shorten lines, minimize fittings, and make it more compact. Also, 90 degree fittings are a lifesaver! I could have used a bajillion of those!
Fifteen more months till March 2025. Here's the project list to get done before then:
Heating elements for battery and water and water level (ordered)
Breather mod (ordered)
Roof Rack (waiting on paint match spray paint to come in)
Starlink
Modern headunit
Get some duplicate keys made
Get that gas tank skid purchased
Suspension upgrade
Inverter ... I want to go 12v only but also I'm not a fool
Roof Rack deflector and maybe solar?
Remote Start?
This is based on the design @Dan Grec used. Basically there's a water pump (with a prefilter before it) attached to a home water filter. In front and behind it are L Valves. This allows me to select my water source (the water tank if I want to drink water or a water bucket on the ground if I want to fill the tank) and then where the water goes (out the end nozzle to put in my bottle or in to the water tank if I'm filling the tank.) Basically, the water is filtered going in to the tank and again coming out of the tank. It's not a perfect design since water can still be in the lines, but, also, it's much better than no filter or a one direction filter. Dan used a bunch of normal vales, four or six I think. I used two L valves which were more expensive but simpler. The piping is 1/2 reinforced flexible line and the filter is a home water filter, so there's a wide variety of cartridges available for a decent price. The pump is a auto-detecting RV pump., but, I put it on a power switch.
The "faucet" hose sticks out about six inches. The "fill" hose can reach the ground with a foot or so to spare. I need to find a fitting to put on the end to hook up a normal hose to it so I hook it up to a normal faucet to fill, as well as said normal hose ... something small and easy to pack. With 13 gallons I shouldn't need it that often, but when I do ... and, speaking of, I'm going to need to find some kind of bucket when the hose won't work. You know the drill: small, collapsible, easy to pack in a truck that is rapidly coming to have zero space available ...
The tank came with one hole on the top. I replaced that with an inspection port so I could clean out the shavings I was about to fill it with. I had to buy a new hole saw for that. Then I drilled a hole near the bottom for the output and one near the top for the fill hose. One more near the top was connected to a tube going outside the truck (through the top of the bedside in one of those gaps that is always letting dust in ...) so air could come in and go out. Marine sealant on all of the gaskets.
It's not pretty. But, it works. And now that it does I can think about how to improve it, shorten lines, minimize fittings, and make it more compact. Also, 90 degree fittings are a lifesaver! I could have used a bajillion of those!
Fifteen more months till March 2025. Here's the project list to get done before then:
Heating elements for battery and water and water level (ordered)
Breather mod (ordered)
Roof Rack (waiting on paint match spray paint to come in)
Starlink
Modern headunit
Get some duplicate keys made
Get that gas tank skid purchased
Suspension upgrade
Inverter ... I want to go 12v only but also I'm not a fool
Roof Rack deflector and maybe solar?
Remote Start?
