Camping shower / water heater

[bosshog]

Has anyone set up a camping electric water heater for shower/general use .please share your ideas

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[UberNoob]

Well if you’re camping, build a fire, toss in your copper loop and let steam pump it in your elevated hot holding tank.

A step up, go buy a 20-40 gallon electric heater and tote that giant around with you. Make sure it’s always upright well maintained don’t want it to explode on ya.

lastly an inline on demand heater, ensure your water in feed is capable of keeping up with the tap exit or damage may occur.

Me, I’d go old school and copper loop it. While I’m warming the shower water I’m also likely cooking the bacon and eggs on the same fire

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

They sell them online in many sizes. Amazon, for cooking I bought the Stoke Voltaics electric cooking kit which has been great to use instead of my coleman propane stoves. Unless I'm wheeling with my Jeep back country where my truck can't go and wouldn't take it, then it's back to the propane stuff.

 

[Beetlebug62]

Has anyone set up a camping electric water heater for shower/general use .please share your ideas

SpaceCampers is making a shower kit to go with their camper top.

 

[Outdoors]

Want to get real simple?

An electric water kettle. A bucket. Add one or two hot kettles of hot to a little cold. Lather up and rinse. I always bring a kettle on a car camping trip. Buckets can be just about anything that holds water.

Some people just like to make contraptions, and very infrequently use them. Showers, generators, AC units for bed area. Don't forget the extra propane tank as well.

Maybe some will actually camp. Someday....

 

[bosshog]

Looks like a really good set up . Fits in the back as well . Camping for me is always better knowing you can have a good hot shower .

 

[RM Rilke]

That is a crazy price. 12 gallons is too big and 8kw 220v is way too much power. I am currently throwing one together. It’s a relatively simple process. Just purchase an under sink water heater and a sureflo or equivalent 120 volt on demand rv pump. Build a box to put it in. Like 2-4 gallons and 300-600w. There are really good quick fitting taps and hoses. Set it up as a sink and switch the tap to a sprayer for the shower. You can use a mixing valve set up or a pre set temp ev faucet. The pump will draw from a blue jug for water. Don’t use a coil of copper and a fire unless you want a nice boiling water and charcoal explosion from the thermal expanSimon. Second degree burns and forest fires are not so great. Campfires in the west are over. Or should be. Use a propane ring if you need some flame. Please don’t be a noob and gather wood or make fire pits out of rocks. I clean up dozens of these every year. ? DM me if you want more clear instructions on how to make an electric hot water set up. I will post my build here when it’s done if anyone cares.

 

[Roger@CYBERTRUCKco]

We have a 25 gallon kit in development now, hope to share next week?

 

[RM Rilke]

Want to get real simple?

An electric water kettle. A bucket. Add one or two hot kettles of hot to a little cold. Lather up and rinse. I always bring a kettle on a car camping trip. Buckets can be just about anything that holds water.

Some people just like to make contraptions, and very infrequently use them. Showers, generators, AC units for bed area. Don't forget the extra propane tank as well.

Maybe some will actually camp. Someday....

This absolutely works well especially with rechargeable immersion pumps so readily available.

 

[tmeyer3]

I just use cheap Chinese stuff. I don't personally like having water containers I can't carry, so I just heat a rotopax for like 120s then swap to the pump. Suctions right onto the stainless no problem and costs like, $60? Also works fine in a bucket, stream, or large tank if you have one.
pump: https://amzn.to/3R9oBT7
heater: https://amzn.to/3RD36Kw (careful with this badboy, it heats FAST)

 

[Kryptek]

Solar shower bag ?

 

[RM Rilke]

We have a 25 gallon kit in development now, hope to share next week?

You guys make such flash kit. Can’t wait to see what you have come up with.

 

[CT_AZ_4x4]

Has anyone set up a camping electric water heater for shower/general use .please share your ideas

CT_AZ_4x4's RoadShower Components for Cybertruck Hot Water Delivery System

Wash dishes, clothes, shoes, boots, dirty dogs, dirty children, take a shower, even possibly use the RoadShower as a heat source like some do with hot water bottles. Put it in your Roof Top Tent and have heat! Do all the amazing stuff that you have been doing with your awesome Cybertruck, just better! And you’ll only use about 200 watts an hour or so, depending on the heating element that you choose!

All of the parts needed are listed below including simple step-by-step instructions.

The RoadShower has a few quick-connects. One is a shower head and the other is a spray nozzle. I suggest buying both. The shower attachment is separate from the RoadShower unit itself but worth it IMHO. The RoadShower has a Shraeder valve that lets you pressurize the tank with a bike or tire pump. It also has a pressure relief valve that pops around 55 PSI. It has 2 connection points for 1/2 NPT. One of these will be where you add a heating element using an adaptor. The other is for your water delivery point / water hose / shower head. Enjoy, fellow Cybertruck nuts!

Yakama RoadShower Aluminum Canister / Delivery System

https://www.rei.com/product/191518/yakima-roadshower-portable-shower-4-gal

$479 at REI (or more for larger than 4 gallon-sized)

Threaded 36-48 volt DC 200 or 400 Watt Heating Element M14 Threaded Stainless Steel

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJZ3PNFW?ref_=pe_386300_442618370_TE_sc_as_ri_0&th=1

$39 at Amazon

1/2 Inch NPT Male to Metric M14 M14.1.5 Female Brass Adaptor

https://www.ebay.com/itm/162362536500

$13 at Fittings Space at Ebay

(1) Tie into your roof accessory 48 volt and run that where you will be installing your water heater. (I like using XT connectors for their ubiquity and ease of connection/disconnect.)

(2) Thread the heating element into the M14 female adaptor. Hand tighten FIRMLY. There is a gasket and it should be firmly seated against the adaptor.

(3) Thread the 1/2 inch NPT to Metric adaptor with the heating element already installed into the RoadSHow water canister. Tighten 1/4 turn to 1/2 turn past initial bottom out using a 7/8ths inch wrench.

(4) Tie the pigtail ends of your hot water heating element into your roof accessory 48 volt feed. Use a detachable connector close to the RoadShower to allow for quick disconnect as there is no thermostat in this system.

(5) When you want hot water, turn on your roof accessory 48 volt feed from your awesome truck’s touchscreen! Make sure to monitor the water temperature as there is no thermostat as described. Use the sticker thermometer that comes with the Yakima RoadShower and make sure to test the water before using it so that it doesn’t burn anyone. If it is too hot, add some cold water to the RoadShower until the desired temperature is achieved.

(6) I added a temperature sensor to the exterior of the RoadShower (the canister is aluminum and magnets don’t work) that I purchased through Home Depot and then added a longer strapping wire to fit the circumference of the RoadShower.


https://www.homedepot.com/pep/31950...65877eb60f2ef3ff5c4d9e07d7c380bfede62fd0c21e9


$13 at Home Depot

 

[hemiarch]

That’s beautifully done AZ-4-by.

 

[bosshog]

CT_AZ_4x4's RoadShower Components for Cybertruck Hot Water Delivery System

Wash dishes, clothes, shoes, boots, dirty dogs, dirty children, take a shower, even possibly use the RoadShower as a heat source like some do with hot water bottles. Put it in your Roof Top Tent and have heat! Do all the amazing stuff that you have been doing with your awesome Cybertruck, just better! And you’ll only use about 200 watts an hour or so, depending on the heating element that you choose!

All of the parts needed are listed below including simple step-by-step instructions.

The RoadShower has a few quick-connects. One is a shower head and the other is a spray nozzle. I suggest buying both. The shower attachment is separate from the RoadShower unit itself but worth it IMHO. The RoadShower has a Shraeder valve that lets you pressurize the tank with a bike or tire pump. It also has a pressure relief valve that pops around 55 PSI. It has 2 connection points for 1/2 NPT. One of these will be where you add a heating element using an adaptor. The other is for your water delivery point / water hose / shower head. Enjoy, fellow Cybertruck nuts!

Yakama RoadShower Aluminum Canister / Delivery System

https://www.rei.com/product/191518/yakima-roadshower-portable-shower-4-gal

$479 at REI (or more for larger than 4 gallon-sized)

Threaded 36-48 volt DC 200 or 400 Watt Heating Element M14 Threaded Stainless Steel

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJZ3PNFW?ref_=pe_386300_442618370_TE_sc_as_ri_0&th=1

$39 at Amazon

1/2 Inch NPT Male to Metric M14 M14.1.5 Female Brass Adaptor

https://www.ebay.com/itm/162362536500

$13 at Fittings Space at Ebay

(1) Tie into your roof accessory 48 volt and run that where you will be installing your water heater. (I like using XT connectors for their ubiquity and ease of connection/disconnect.)

(2) Thread the heating element into the M14 female adaptor. Hand tighten FIRMLY. There is a gasket and it should be firmly seated against the adaptor.

(3) Thread the 1/2 inch NPT to Metric adaptor with the heating element already installed into the RoadSHow water canister. Tighten 1/4 turn to 1/2 turn past initial bottom out using a 7/8ths inch wrench.

(4) Tie the pigtail ends of your hot water heating element into your roof accessory 48 volt feed. Use a detachable connector close to the RoadShower to allow for quick disconnect as there is no thermostat in this system.

(5) When you want hot water, turn on your roof accessory 48 volt feed from your awesome truck’s touchscreen! Make sure to monitor the water temperature as there is no thermostat as described. Use the sticker thermometer that comes with the Yakima RoadShower and make sure to test the water before using it so that it doesn’t burn anyone. If it is too hot, add some cold water to the RoadShower until the desired temperature is achieved.

(6) I added a temperature sensor to the exterior of the RoadShower (the canister is aluminum and magnets don’t work) that I purchased through Home Depot and then added a longer strapping wire to fit the circumference of the RoadShower.


https://www.homedepot.com/pep/31950...65877eb60f2ef3ff5c4d9e07d7c380bfede62fd0c21e9


$13 at Home Depot

Thanks . Much appreciated . Will definitely look into that for sure

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