Washing/Shower/Water Tank Tube

[Bakerboy]

Hope this is posted in the proper area.
Let me start, this is only partially my design. There are tons of them on YouTube. I took a few ideas and combined them. I thought this might interest some people and didn't see any. These are a cross of pictures from mock up and final. I added the pressure relief valve, along with a Schrader valve. I have good house water pressure, so when I fill the tube, I don’t need air. It will fill and pressurize all by itself. I added the Schrader valve incase I fill up when not home. Then I can use a hand pump or electric to pressurize. The blow off valve is just for protection and it was $7.

½ turn valve was purchased from Home Depot

Schrader valve from Auto Zone

The 4” PVC I had laying around and “borrowed” the T from my son ?.
Hind sight..... I would not have added that to the tube as I don’t need it to fill the tank tube that way.

I had quick release fittings.

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[Aleph]

This is awesome and I may try to make on my own. How do you ensure nothing grows inside? Is there a way to completely dry this out?

 

[Great Offender]

How do you ensure nothing grows inside?

I think you could use an RV tank sanitizer but to answer you second question, I am sure you would be able to dry it out by removing the top cover but with one caveat - what do you think will fly or crawl in while you have the cover off?

 

[Bakerboy]

This is awesome and I may try to make on my own. How do you ensure nothing grows inside? Is there a way to completely dry this out?

I am not using as drinking water, mainly rinsing surf poles from salt water or grandbabies feet. Its basically a sealed environment. Not too concerned, but you could take the cap off the T fitting to clean if you wanted. Then reseal.

It's also too cold in MD for additional work on it. I need to lightly sand and repaint. I am keeping the dark gray vs black, as I have concerns about the water getting too hot.

There is a ton of YouTube videos that may really answer your question.

 

[Escape.idiocracy]

Rhino rack makes a nice mount/bracket for the tube. I ran one on my jk- make sure the faucet end is mounted low and the relief valve high…. I added a 45* (should have done a 22.5*) coupler on the end I had my faucet mounted to in order to get the faucet just a bit lower….. otherwise you will find the tank only 3/4 usable…

looks great. They are super useful- shower, dog rinse, bike rinse etc.

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