Hi all, I am interested in researching water conserving fixtures. The RV-Dreams website pointed me in the direction of Oxygenics for the shower head and they look wonderful (as well as being what I would consider reasonably priced) Does anyone have any suggestions on Faucets and other fixtures that are good at water conservation?
We will be buying used and fixing up / modifying so these types of items are on my research radar right now.
Thanks!
Meg
Lucky Mike said
01:17 PM Jul 9, 2013
most fixtures on board are already water savers also you must keep in mind that saving water is only done by the operator.....half hour showers of continuous running water during off grid stop overs just might not be fixed unless all the holes in the shower head are plugged up except 2......and we wash the dishes with a squirt gun..2 pumps only please
Meggie said
01:28 PM Jul 9, 2013
(smile) True that, Mike. We surely do know that we will have the largest impact on saving water but we are in that "every little bit helps" mentality. It did help to hear you say that most RVs come with water savers. We will just have to see about that when we decide on the rig. If nothing is needed, all the better.
Lucky Mike said
01:47 PM Jul 9, 2013
home water systems are fed with 3/4 and larger main feed lines and then branched to 1/2 going to the fixture most rv's are only 1/2 inch or smaller continuous feeds.
the onboard pump 12volt is less than 30 pounds.......most homes are 45 plus direct
the purpose of oxygenics shower heads was to increase the water pressure to stream the shower with more force due to low water pressure , it cut down on the amount of water being used in a forceful shower.
normal rv shower durring boondocking for me is 2 gallons or less for a comfortable shower.....comode is figured at a 1/2 gallon a day......kitchen area is at 2 gallons a day.....without scrimping......this allows me 2 weeks of boondocking without dumping
so with 2 people onboard depending on your holding system you should be able to carry on for 1 week give or take with alot of error
Howard said
02:54 PM Jul 9, 2013
As Mike says, RVs are built to naturally conserve more water than sticks & bricks, and additional conservation is mostly at the hands of the RVer.
We do try to conserve a bit more when not on hook-ups to keep our tanks from filling. When on full hook-ups we don't go to as much effort because we know we're still not using much in the overall scheme of things.
So, for boondocking (parking without hook-ups) we have a low flow water pump - 2.5 gallons per minute (as opposed to 4 - 5 gpm) - just to help us. The Oxygenics shower head (ours also has an on/off switch which Linda uses but I don't) also helps plus it makes our low flow water pump seem like we're getting more flow in the shower - makes the shower better although water use is less. We have no other fixture modifications.
Linda uses Dawn Direct Foam for doing dishes and that assists in using less water.
There are many other ways to conserve water that range from the simple to the extreme - we talk about those in our Boondocking seminars, but that's more detail than we need to go into here.
Meggie said
03:32 PM Jul 9, 2013
Mike and Howard, thanks so much! All of this was a big help.
Hi all, I am interested in researching water conserving fixtures. The RV-Dreams website pointed me in the direction of Oxygenics for the shower head and they look wonderful (as well as being what I would consider reasonably priced) Does anyone have any suggestions on Faucets and other fixtures that are good at water conservation?
We will be buying used and fixing up / modifying so these types of items are on my research radar right now.
Thanks!
Meg
(smile) True that, Mike. We surely do know that we will have the largest impact on saving water but we are in that "every little bit helps" mentality. It did help to hear you say that most RVs come with water savers. We will just have to see about that when we decide on the rig. If nothing is needed, all the better.
the onboard pump 12volt is less than 30 pounds.......most homes are 45 plus direct
the purpose of oxygenics shower heads was to increase the water pressure to stream the shower with more force due to low water pressure , it cut down on the amount of water being used in a forceful shower.
normal rv shower durring boondocking for me is 2 gallons or less for a comfortable shower.....comode is figured at a 1/2 gallon a day......kitchen area is at 2 gallons a day.....without scrimping......this allows me 2 weeks of boondocking without dumping
so with 2 people onboard depending on your holding system you should be able to carry on for 1 week give or take with alot of error
As Mike says, RVs are built to naturally conserve more water than sticks & bricks, and additional conservation is mostly at the hands of the RVer.
We do try to conserve a bit more when not on hook-ups to keep our tanks from filling. When on full hook-ups we don't go to as much effort because we know we're still not using much in the overall scheme of things.
So, for boondocking (parking without hook-ups) we have a low flow water pump - 2.5 gallons per minute (as opposed to 4 - 5 gpm) - just to help us. The Oxygenics shower head (ours also has an on/off switch which Linda uses but I don't) also helps plus it makes our low flow water pump seem like we're getting more flow in the shower - makes the shower better although water use is less. We have no other fixture modifications.
Linda uses Dawn Direct Foam for doing dishes and that assists in using less water.
There are many other ways to conserve water that range from the simple to the extreme - we talk about those in our Boondocking seminars, but that's more detail than we need to go into here.