Onboard water tank.

[geofthecyclist]

I have asked various people why these would be a benefit. We are new to caravanning and want every convenience! The only suggestion in favour of the onboard tank was to avoid frozen water from the outside storage. I cant see myself using the van in the cold.Is there any other reason why people have this?

 

[CarolineSimon]

We have a Burstner which comes with an on board water tank as standard, we find it really useful as it holds much more than am aquaroll and so far we have never run out of water when using the shower!

Obviously it will be cooler in summer & warmer in winter too.

Hope that helps.

 

[DeliDave]

we have one and by filling up and having aquaroll filled we can both have showers and wash up then top everything up.Before I had to get dressed then fill aquaroll.Also the day we are off we can put aquaroll away and still have water right up til we go,we drain tank just before we leave.They are only little things but it all helps.

 

[JTQ]

Having witnessed a free running dog "using" an aquaroll in place of a lamp post I am happy to have a built in tank.

 

[nick_374224697]

Silly question from someone who's never had an onboard tank before.

Does the cold water onboard tank fill in the same way as the hot water tank? ie attach aquaroll and then the tanks automatically fill before sending water to the taps?

If not, how do you fill it? And if so can it be bypassed if you don't want to fill it?

Currently waiting for my New Vogue 600 to arrive and this is the only thing I don't know about on it.

Thanks everyone.

Nick

 

[trevor123]

Hi, How much it cost to have a inboard tank fitted in the van, Had any one had one done? Thanks Trevor

 

[Robtel]

Geoffery,

We've had our current van for about 18 months and while away a couple of weeks ago used the on board tank for the first time. My wife prefers to use the van's shower rather than the site facility so filling up both the onboard tank and the aquaroll meant a more than adequate supply of water. Its easy to move a couple of levers and switch from one water source to another.If you fill up both it means you might get two or three days without another trip to the water point rather than daily. An onboard tank does have some good points but I wouldn't base my decision on whether to buy a van or not on its presence.

Nick - With regards to filling the onboard tank, I'm guessing all makes and models are similar. On the Bailey there are two levers in the inside of the van next to the internal pump. Your handbook will tell you which position they should be in to a) fill onboard tank from aquaroll, b) run supply from onboard tank to taps or c) run water from aquaroll to taps. Its very simple once you see it.

Robert

 

[Guest]

Could I get an onboard tank fitted to an Elddis Wisp 400/2?

Where would it be fitted?

Is it worth it?

My biggest gripe would be that the hot water tank only holds 9 litres so a hot shower last only 3 minutes!! Therefore I realise an onboard tank wouldn't help the shower situation in our case but it save a few aquaroll trips and dogs pi$$ing up it.

 

[benny1]

why dont they put the water conection on the awning side this would stop dogs and thy would be in a cleaner place and would keep the sun off

 

[bigbilly]

My last 2 vans have been fitted with on board tanks and I can't fault them at all although it wouldn't be a critical item when looking for a new van.

I have a choice, by switch, of on board or Aquaroll but the on board does use an internal pump which is much more powerful than the one in the Aquaroll for showering etc.

The only slight downside, with mine, is that if you want to use it when you are on 12 volt supply only you have to use the pump to fill the on board tank and then use the pump again when the water is used. I tend to use on board when on mains or solar panel and Aquaroll when on battery only.

Bill

 

[GrahamSouthBrum]

Gary,

In your post this A.M. you state that your 9 ltr. hot water tank only lasts 3 mins. In this I take it that once you have the hot water flowing you just keep it going till you have finished your shower.

Most people I know get them selves wet, turn off the water, soap them selves, then turn the water back on & rinse!!!

This uses the least amount of water,So less refills & less emptying of the waste tank.

By doing this the water heater can keep up with demand.

If I have misread your comments I'm sorry.

G.

 

[RayS]

I've had one van with an onboard tank from new and all the rest i've fitted a small on-board myself.

The snag with the fitted one was that the submersible pump in it would never clear the airlocks, and that the inside of the tank was very difficult to flush through after a long season when it really needed it. Also that if you wanted to travel on, there was over 40kg. of water in altogether the wrong place for weight distribution when towing, and dumping this water onto a grass pitch was pretty anti-social.

Now I fit a whale pump connection point inside the van where I can also put a 20l plastic jerry can. this has been in the front locker of some vans and under the (fixed) bed of the current van. This gives water in transit or overnight and is particularly useful when in winter transit to Spain as it saves having the aquaroll outside in freezing conditions. Exactly where to place it depends on van layout. You can carry 20 lites without too much trouble, so refilling is not the pain it is with some new big vans with inboard tanks.

If you must have an onboard larger than this look at the website for CAK Tanks at Coventry