AQUAROLL HOSE

[Fraseb01]

Good morning all,

Has any one got a trick how i can keep my pump hose to the bottom of the aqua roll, is these something i can buy to stop it surfacing .

Cheers,

Brian.

 

[Billy wizz]

Good morning all,

Has any one got a trick how i can keep my pump hose to the bottom of the aqua roll, is these something i can buy to stop it surfacing .

Cheers,

Brian.

Tie marbles or similar to the bottom of it.

 

[JTQ]

Using three cable ties fix the tube to something clean like a natural garden cane, bit of aluminium tube [B&Q] or stiff plastic tube like home brewing shops sell for syphoning drop in tubes.

Clearly avoid any canes treated with fungicide. Best cut a growing one.

Edit: if it is just the tube without a pump at the end then use an off cut of white ABS plastic drain pipe.

 

[Fraseb01]

Cheers guys, just searched this on ebay , nearly 13 quid for small length pvc pipe lol.

 

[otherclive]

Cheers guys, just searched this on ebay , nearly 13 quid for small length pvc pipe lol.View attachment 784

PVC for potable water? I’d stick with the weighted end. Although it’s not something I’ve had a problem with. Perhaps it’s because the Aqua roll rarely goes below 25%

 

[Fraseb01]

Yeh i think same, think its the way i will go.

 

[JTQ]

Aquaroll's own tube product

 

[Woodentop]

If your van has an internal pump and your pick-up pipe has just a removeable (unscrew) filter on the end, get a length of white water pipe, remove the filter, stick the small pipe down the large pipe and replace the filter. The large pipe needs to have a big enough ID that the screw assembly on the end of the flexible pipe will fit down it, and it needs to be long enough that it holds the filter at the bottom of the Aquaroll and fits just under the lip at the top of the barrel.
Despite what it shows in the catalogue, you can buy an individual 2m length of pipe from Toolstation.
If the pump is external its own weight should hold it at the bottom.

 

[Gralay]

Hi our van has onboard pump with whale aquasmart carbon filter I have cut the filter to remove the carbon then glued back together to keep the debris filter to keep the empty canister at bottom of aquaroll I have put 3x 22mm brass nuts on the pipe I got of a local plumber

 

[Fraseb01]

Mine is onboard pump as well,good ideas guys

 

[JTQ]

If the pump is external its own weight should hold it at the bottom.

The reality though is different, the more so I suspect as the tubing used on ours ages and loses its as new flexibility.

 

[CustardAvenger]

I had some left over plastic pipe which I use to fill the Aquaroll. I cut a length to the internal height of the Aquaroll, put a slit all the way down to feed the pick up pipe into and that keeps the blue strainer thing from floating and sucking air.

 

[DaveA1]

I had a length of 12mm water grade pipe. cut to just under the depth of my 40ltr barrel, then fixed it to the pickup pipe, always sits on bottom now.

 

[Robert_374373903]

Good morning all,

Has any one got a trick how i can keep my pump hose to the bottom of the aqua roll, is these something i can buy to stop it surfacing .

Cheers,

Brian.

Use heavy water

 

[Mandarin]

We just took the filter off, added some stainless rings on the pipe and put the filter back on. Could use anything that won't corrode just to weight the end down. Initially whilst away and in frustration we just tied a stainless dinner knife to the tube with string, that worked fine for two weeks!

 

[JezzerB]

Just not lead!!!!

 

[bertieboy1]

We just took the filter off, added some stainless rings on the pipe and put the filter back on. Could use anything that won't corrode just to weight the end down. Initially whilst away and in frustration we just tied a stainless dinner knife to the tube with string, that worked fine for two weeks!

Hi,
We did something similar,we have an on board pump,the end that goes into the aquaroll has a filter at the end.We took out the filter and threw it away and put glass marbles into the filter housing.