Bailey Senator Shower.

[ProfAlGoogle]

Hi all, we took delivery of a 2007 Bailey Senator Arizona just before Christmas, used it a couple of times and so far so good with no problems. That is until this weekend just gone, used the shower for the first time, filled the aqua roll to ensure we had plenty of water and in to the shower I stepped. To start with the water pressure was not too bad, not as good as I imagined it would have been, but then the pressure slowly started to drop almost as if we were running out of water. I then turned the shower off left it for a minute or two then tried again, same result okay at first then slows up!!! Could it be that I am not using the onboard tank? But instead pulling water direct out of the aqua roll and the filter could be impeding the flow? Both the kitchen sink and the bathroom sink seem fine but obviously these require a lot less pressure than what the shower does. Your thoughts and suggestions would be much appreciated before I start calling the supplying dealer. And I also found that the hot water did not seem to last for to long, or is it me that has lost the knack of using a caravan shower after returning from a fixed bed model where the shower room was so small it was neither use nor ornament, so we never used it, apart from once and once only when I ended up trusted up in the shower curtain, lol

Allan & Gill.

 

[woodsieboy]

Hi Allan. For what it is worth we had a similar problem with the hot water in the kitchen of our Senator Wyoming,the hot water pipe had softened with the hot water passing through it and somehow had become trapped behind the wood in the back of a cupboard, which restricted the flow of water, once I freed the pipe it was fine, also our shower pressure is no different used off the aquaroll or internal tank I think it is because it is the same pump, wherever you draw the water from, hope this is of help.

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

Thanks a lot for that information Keith,will now start searching for any traped or kinked pipes.

Fingers crossed,

Allan & Gill.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

The shower in our Oklahoma is really good.

We use it off the tank because you then can pump in from(or switch to)the external source for extra water.

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

Will be out in the caravan the weekend after next, and will try showering using the inboard tank and see if we can get an impovement in presure, thanks for the advice, will report back with my findings.

Allan & Gill.

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

Mission accomplished, filled the onboard water tank, after finally de frosting the caravn, all the taps, valves etc were frozen solid, and that was after ensuring that I had removed all the water from the pipes, hot tank etc, the last time we used the van. Other than blowing it through with an air line how do you ensure that any residual water does not remain? However no damage was sustained. Back to the shower, yes there was an improvement in pressure and it was adequate, but not quite what I had expected from a rather large on board pump, or am I just being picky?

Allan & Gill.

 

[Lol1]

Hi Allen, I think adequate, when it involves the shower, is quite good. You have already identified a problem with the amount of hot water available, so having a powerful shower would deplete these dwindling reserves, much quicker. There are ways to make the hot water go further, apart from the normal caravan shower where you switch it off while soaping up. Try using both gas and electricity to heat the water twenty Min's before and during the shower. Sometimes a change in shower head can achieve good results, look for a rose that delivers a finer spray. During summer the water will naturally last a lot longer. Last year during a hot spell, we couldn't run out of hot water, even on a full hook up pitch, and showers could be as long as you wished them to be, sheer bliss.

You were lucky with the frost doing no damage to your fixtures. Simply opening taps and drain valves probably wont get rid of all the water. If I know I'm going to be leaving the van in storage and there might be a frost, I take the van for a tow with taps and drains open. The movement of the caravan is usually enough to dislodge any trapped water.

Enjoy your shower, it's one of life's little luxuries.

 

[cris_408518]

I agree with Lol, we had a neat shower head that gave a fine and mist like spray and never had water problem.

If you have or have access to a wet and dry Vac it's quite easy to rig a joint to the taps and suck out remaining water in a flash and also to make sure the tank is left empty.

 

[Lol1]

Hi Allen, I think adequate, when it involves the shower, is quite good. You have already identified a problem with the amount of hot water available, so having a powerful shower would deplete these dwindling reserves, much quicker. There are ways to make the hot water go further, apart from the normal caravan shower where you switch it off while soaping up. Try using both gas and electricity to heat the water twenty Min's before and during the shower. Sometimes a change in shower head can achieve good results, look for a rose that delivers a finer spray. During summer the water will naturally last a lot longer. Last year during a hot spell, we couldn't run out of hot water, even on a full hook up pitch, and showers could be as long as you wished them to be, sheer bliss.

You were lucky with the frost doing no damage to your fixtures. Simply opening taps and drain valves probably wont get rid of all the water. If I know I'm going to be leaving the van in storage and there might be a frost, I take the van for a tow with taps and drains open. The movement of the caravan is usually enough to dislodge any trapped water.

Enjoy your shower, it's one of life's little luxuries.

Sorry Allan, didn't mean to misspell your name.

 

[ProfAlGoogle]

Thanks for all your useful advice, no problem with the name lol, I have been called a lot worse than that, he, he. Might have a look for a different shower head as you suggest, as the one we have is quite large, hence large usage of water, and perhaps drop in pressure. We were very lucky with the van freezing up, I have never experienced it before as I am always very careful to make sure that every thing is drained down, then finally ( bit of a contortionist for this one) I blow back down one of the open taps to force any remaining water out of the pipes, but in this instance there must have been some residue water remaining in the system. The change over valves on the onboard tank were frozen solid and it took almost three hours to get the water running, oh the joys of winter caravanning, roll on summer.

Thank you all once again Allan & Gill.