Solution - bush shower with no power
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004 at 09:51
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Arkay
Consider this :-
Get a 5 (or so) litre PRESSURE garden sprayer ($9.90 last week at Bunnings). Remove
the tip and replace it with the tube and rose from a black plastic solar water heater bag (or some thing similar - approx $10). Reason is the nozzle that comes with the pressure sprayer is too fine, and if you adjust it to make it more coarse it falls off, also the tubing will not be as long. Add hot/warm/cold water to suit, possibly from the black plastic solar water heater bag. Pump up the pressure sprayer. Lock down the sprayer handle. You now have in your hand a constantly spraying rose with long tube, and can wash wherever on your body you please. Can even spray any sticky beaks that peek behing the tarp to see how you are going. If the pressure/flow drops a few more pumps on the handle will solve the problem. No electricty/battery/lead reqired. No
big tree or pole to hook the water bag to needed.
We find that 5 litres will wash about 2 people O.K. (separately!). If you are heating the water on the gas we find one kettle of hot and two of cold is about the right mix.
Enjoy!
Reply By: Arkay - Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004 at 09:58
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004 at 09:58
Forgot to say - the pressure sprayer also has 2 other uses when it is not being used as a shower, so is a MUST for 4wd. First use is to spray you face, neck, hands etc. (using the original fine spray nozzle) when you are hot or neeed to wash your hands at a stop over. Keep it in the footwell behind the front seats, we find about 1/2 full is good. Second use, also using the fine spray nozzle, is as a potential fire extinguisher for small under body spinifex grass fires, the long METAL tube helps reach under the vehicle, the fine spray will put out SMALL fires O.K. and may
well be better than using a powder extinguisher in these circumstances. Your choice, no responsiblility accepted, etc.
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Reply By: bollo - Wednesday, Mar 17, 2004 at 18:54
Wednesday, Mar 17, 2004 at 18:54
try a tubless valve teat in the top of your bottle and pump it up with your 12 volt air
compressor. a bit hard to get it in but once in it's there to stay.i also have the same set up in the lid of a 20l container with a tap on the outlet at the base, i use for closer camping trips. with this set up you leave the air comp on when showering
and when you finish you just unplug the compressor while you dry off. also a black container filled with water in the morning is usually to hot to use at night and needs cold water added.
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