Water transfer

Only serviced pitches give you your own private tap, on most sites you will have to take your water container to a communal tap (numerous on CC sites) and fill it up.

On a serviced pitch you can use your hose and ball valve type set up to connect tap to water container.  The container then works as a "cistern" , being automatically topped up.

I take it  you have a water tank in the caravan, usually under the floor?  This is known as an "onboard tank".

You do not always need to fill it,  most systems can use directly from the water container.  Either way, you need a submersible pump or a water uptake pipe to connect between caravan and water container.

If you state van make, model and year, we can give more details.

Hi

caravan is buccaneer Caribbean it has water tank, so looks like I need a pump to get water from the water hog into the tank, if I'm not using hose, what is the pump called?

We just fill the internal water container in the caravan with a watering can -  no aquaroll, no external water hog, no pump, no pipes, no ball valves, no connections to taps, no paying for special serviced pitches.

Vans with onboard tanks usually have a pump in the van, either near the tank or actually in the tank, so you may not need another pump.

Do you have the handbook, or can you download a copy from the manufacturer's website?  To do this you need to check the model year.  It will be on the plate on the van.

There will be other things you need a handbook to understand too.

Can you look at the socket where the water will enter the van, can you see electrical connections to it?

If so, you need a pump to drop into the water container.  If there is a name somewhere on the connection point, it will give a clue to the make of pump you need.  Possibly  Whale or Truma, but an accessory shop will advise, or online chat with some of the companies selling on the internet.

It is called a submersible pump.

If no electrical connections then you need what is known as a water uptake, which is a pipe with a grit filter and the correct plug in part to fit the socket.  This is what we have on our 2008 Sterling.

Generally, the UK onboard tanks cannot be filled with a hose, certainly on more recent models.

Does your control panel in the van have any   mention of autofilling of water?

We just fill the internal water container in the caravan with a watering can -  no aquaroll, no external water hog, no pump, no pipes, no ball valves, no connections to taps, no paying for special serviced pitches.

But the OP does not have the same type of van as you, so most likely cannot use this method, as I am sure you are aware! 

Trouble is the van is in storage, guess I should get it out for a day and have a look through it all.

thanks for your help.

We just fill the internal water container in the caravan with a watering can -  no aquaroll, no external water hog, no pump, no pipes, no ball valves, no connections to taps, no paying for special serviced pitches.

It'd be bloody hard work filling my 12 gallon onboard tank a gallon at a time ..... I'd wear a path to the nearest tap! And all water through my taps has to come via the tank, no alternative.

The handbook should tell you all you need to know, so try to get one if it is missing.

I had a quick look at their website, there are some there to download.  Also looked at a 2006 brochure I came across, it mentions a 10 gallon tank, a pump, and possibly an auto cut off for tank filling, so you will need some instructions if you have all that.

Happy to help if you need any further advice.  The Buccaneers are lovely vans!

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