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Fresh water filling funnel

rotus8

rotus8

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When we are boondocking, our water in the trailer tank lasts about a week. On longer trips I carry two fresh water 5-gallon cans for backup. It is quite convenient to have the water in the trailer tank, but pouring from a 5-gallon can into the tank filler is quite difficult as my cans have no spout. I have siphoned using our fresh water hose, but I now have a better solution. I purchased a Lisle 17232 Right Angle Funnel for $12. These are available at various auto supply places, but I got mine off Amazon. The funnel comes with two angled bends in it for getting to awkward places. I cut the funnel just above the lower bend and it now goes into the tank filler and provides a perfect entry for dumping my water can into.

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good question, chuck. I checked, but found no answer.

Of course, the hose I use to fill the TD's water tank may not be food-grade, so....

-Al
 
I would not think food grade plastic would be necessary when it is only used as a funnel not used long enough for any leaching to happen.
 
I like your funnel. Thanks for sharing!

I have a couple of collapsible buckets (Seattle Sports) that I fold up and keep under my sink. If I fill them up about 3/4-full, they're less likely to tip over and the edge makes a little "spout" when I pour out the water. They do a pretty good job filling up the water tank - there's a little bit of leaking but not too bad - I bet your angle funnel would help. Two buckets = approx. 1/3 water tank.

Also, the collapsible bucket is handy for storing chip ice (from the gas station) in a cooler - if you put the (5-7 lb) ice bag in the bucket, it will melt in the bucket rather than all over everything. More or less. Assuming it doesn't tip over.
 
Nothing beats a "right handed funnel." But ours comes close.
We visited a fermenter's shop and got a food grade funnel and tube/hose for filling our tank. $3.50 for both.
It is still a bit of a wrestling match solo, but since we are married...
Now a right handed food grade funnel, that's what dreams are made of.
 
rotus8 said:
When we are boondocking, our water in the trailer tank lasts about a week. On longer trips I carry two fresh water 5-gallon cans for backup. It is quite convenient to have the water in the trailer tank, but pouring from a 5-gallon can into the tank filler is quite difficult as my cans have no spout. I have siphoned using our fresh water hose, but I now have a better solution. I purchased a Lisle 17232 Right Angle Funnel for $12. These are available at various auto supply places, but I got mine off Amazon. The funnel comes with two angled bends in it for getting to awkward places. I cut the funnel just above the lower bend and it now goes into the tank filler and provides a perfect entry for dumping my water can into.

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Thank you for this great idea. I bought this funnel, and will cut it down as you did. Thanks again for posting!
 
fernlane said:
this is the really cheap version that's available everywhere and works great. Just cut off the narrow end so it'll fit into the trailer water filler. $1.39 at Advance ...

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This is the same funnel we bought for a very different purpose. It fits great into a 1 gallon water jug - stays in place without having to hold it. This is kept in our side tent for those night time "nature calls". I'd recommend getting 2 different colors though if used for both purposes.
 
I don't really have anything to add to this thread as I have no experience with a sink in a teardrop. But I am learning a lot.
 
I saw a video (Andrew White) of an overlander using a shaker siphon or rattle siphon, so I bought one at a truck stop for $10 or so. It works great. I put the 7 gallon aquatainer on the counter of the camper, stick the siphon in, shake it 4-5 times and water gets sucked into the tube, the other end of which is in the camper filler spout. Takes a minute
or so to drain 7 gallons into the camper and the only lifting is getting the aquatainer onto the counter. No holding a heavy water container while pouring into a funnel. My son, who is a full-time RV'er, uses one now.
 
Tom Sutor said:
I saw a video (Andrew White) of an overlander using a shaker siphon or rattle siphon, so I bought one at a truck stop for $10 or so. It works great. I put the 7 gallon aquatainer on the counter of the camper, stick the siphon in, shake it 4-5 times and water gets sucked into the tube, the other end of which is in the camper filler spout. Takes a minute
or so to drain 7 gallons into the camper and the only lifting is getting the aquatainer onto the counter. No holding a heavy water container while pouring into a funnel. My son, who is a full-time RV'er, uses one now.
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This was intriguing, so I went looking for this. Here is one recommended by Amazon:
Amazon.com: SUYIZN Siphon Hose Pump, Shaker Siphon, Moves Up to 3.5 Gallons Per Minute - Perfect for Transferring for Gas, Fuel, Oil: Automotive

And here is a video showing it in use:

I don't know that we would use this very often, though this would be very handy to have in Mexico, to get 5 gallon jugs of water from the reverse-osmosis stores into the camper's water tank. You gotta love the simplicity of it.
 
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