Friday, Jun 07, 2013 at 13:49
Hi all,
My Jayco Eagle Outback has the standard (for Jayco) battery charger/power supply with a separate switch near the 12 volt fuse array to change between them. When connected to 240 volts, it allows all 12 volt electrics (lights, piezo gas igniter and cigarette-lighter type outlets) and 240 volt systems (electric hotplate on the stove, power points) to work - in one position it will also charge the on-board batteries, but in the other it doesn't.
There is no inverter - 240 volt outlets don't work without the van being plugged in to a 15 amp power circuit. That would be the obvious
test to undertake once you've collected the van.
My water system may be a bit different from yours, but my hose connection from mains water runs direct from the hose to a tap over the sink - the line that carries that water goes nowhere near our
water tank and pressure is adjusted by the simple expedient of reducing the flow from the mains tap (i.e. by turning the tap off a bit) if you really don't want to experience an indoor shower you didn't need. The tank itself is filled through a separate, capped filler right next to, and under the same coverplate as, the hose connection on the outside of the van and water is drawn from the tank by a
hand pump next to the abovementioned tap, also over the sink. I've recently bought an inline, 12 volt electric pump to ease the pumping effort for my wife, even if it will complicate tank-water delivery a bit, after reading an earlier article on this
forum about a camper trailer set up that way, but haven't yet had the time to fit it.
We don't have a HWS in our van, so that's something I can't help with, but as others have said, saline water can be detrimental, as can water with high calcium levels but you CAN get quite saline water through the mains depending on where you are. Here in SA the water is almost hard enough to crack rocks, but we all still use hot water
services at
home :-)
Regards,
Charlie
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