Experts-need your advice again, this time...a hose

Hi, i bought a 5m and 10m "blue" hose off E-bay and a selection of hose joiners and tap connectors, and a water can ........

All cc sites have a m/van service point the hose you buy is a matter of choice , when we had m/vans we did not use water from the on board tank for drinking water, and just used an ordinary garden hose with an assortment of connectors,most garden centres sell "kits" of assorted fittings,a watering can is also a good investment ,to top up the van without moving off pitch,

Ps i have seen" Compact" hoses in some garden centres

I tried to post a picture of the fittings that you'd need but I've given up after four attempts.

All other forums accept pictures direct from my PC - but not this one.

Hi, i bought a 5m and 10m "blue" hose off E-bay and a selection of hose joiners and tap connectors, and a water can ........

like Husky, we have two hoses that can be joined together if required...plus various tap fittings....though the std hoselok one will do for most places.

in lieu of Husky's watering can, i have a 10 ltr container, and a 'drain pipe elbow' which fits snuggly into the water inlet so that two hands can be used to pour....works very well and cheap as chips....

Hi, I purchased a 7.5m lenght of blue food grade hose off amazon for the filling of our fresh water tank. I find this length fine for CC motorhome service points but would need to be longer if using serviced pitches, maybe up to 20m +. I always add sterilising tablets prior to filling. Another useful gismo is a cap that replaces the water filler cap. This cap has a 'hoselock' type male connector fitted and makes filing an easy one person job. With regards to fittings, fit the hose with female 'hoselock' fittings and you'll need a couple of screw on tap adaptors. B&Q sell all these fittings.

If there's a motorhome service point you can drive directly over the grey waste manhole to empty the tank. If not you'll need to devise an extension hose system. I found the aquatic pump hoses ideal for this purpose.

Hope this helps and enjoy your trip

It is encouraging to see that folk do use clean food grade hoses to fill their fresh water. Now before I get labled a doing a survey / having a clip board, we just happened to be close to the MHSP outside the main block at Cirencester. So could not help noticing filling practices during our week long stay. The waste tap had a coil of yellow hose permanently attached and a large sign saying, for flushing waste tanks, don't use for filling fresh water. Hardly surprising after it's been pushed into someone's waste tank, or used for rinsing down the drain. However, I noticed numerous vans using it to fill the fresh water.   Yuk.   I am fairly sure it was the fresh water, as this was all they were doing after arrival.

im not sure i 'get' what this yellow hose would be for....

obviously nothing to do with toilet cassettes....but you say for waste tanks? 

we do have access to our waste tank from inside the van (not many do) but taking a hose inside wouldn't be something id want to do on site....

the only way 'in' to a waste tank for most vans would be via the exit pipe...do folk actually shove a yellow hose up their waste pipe?

rinsing down the drain, yes one might think to swish a bit of water about, but most draining processes dont leave a mess..

...a special hose to wash down the ground?....

personally, i will use my blue hose to fill the fresh water tank but cant recall anyone attempting to clean their waste tank from the outside......having done this on our old Bolero (entry point is a large screw in bung under the van) i can tell you its a blooming messy process.....

one to do at home with plenty of time and space, rather than to be attempting at a (possibly) busy MHSP.

im sure the yellow hose is just there to confuse

There is a danger of making life too complicated. Although we are newbies we have caravanneed for 30 years plus. This year we have used the new motorhome for seven weeks in Europe. Every single site that we stayed at (about 15) had a MH service point and a fresh water tap with hose. We use empty mineral water bottles for drinking water so are not too fussy about filling the tank with the supplied hose.

So, I have a hose supplied with the van for mains hook up or filling - never needed - and a water container of approx. 10 litre for emergency hand filling - never used.

We used the empty mineral water bottles to fill the toilet flush and, once, I used them to top up the fresh water tank by about 5 litres.

 

im sure the yellow hose is just there to confuse

Probably BB. However, you would have thought the large sign, placed by the tap, where it could not be missed would put folk off. After all you have no idea of where it has been. That and the other sign saying fresh water on the tap without a hose.

Have also seen the yellow hose being pushed a considerable way into the fresh water inlet. Not a pleasent thought