12 volt shower NF

[Bernie]

Hi gang.

I did head into work with good intentions yesterday. But it was a quiet day, and next week didn't look like a ball of fire either, so decided to take a few days and get some stuff done at the cottage.

First on the list was something I have been putting off...tearing out the kitchen ceiling and insulating it.
I knew from experience that there would be an accumulation of ..uumm, lets say debris. Ughh.

I was going to hold off until today, but went ahead and pulled it yesterday.
Ya, it wasn't pretty, but managed to get it torn out, insulated and vapor barriered. Noticed a difference already in the comfort.

I cleaned up the best I could before hitting the sack last night, but woke up with the feeling "I need a Shower!"
But my water system is shutdown for the winter.

While I don't often stay out here more than a couple days at a time in the winter, there have been times where I thought a shower would be nice.
Home isn't too far away, but once I'm here, it's good to stay.

So while sipping my coffee this morning I thought about the 12 volt pump I used with the solar panel for watering the garden last summer and using it to power up a shower. Wasn't sure if it would have enough volume.
So I went out to my tool shack, dug out a big box of plumbing fittings and set to work.
In the box was an old shower head too...bonus!
Hooked it up to the hose on my 12 volt pump.



Under the cottage there was a big aluminum pot.
Set it up on the propane burner with several buckets of snow and lit it up.



Wrapped a dish cloth around the pump to filter out any pine needles and seeds from getting into the pump.



Hooked it up to a 12 volt source.



And it worked great.



I taped the shower head to the existing one.
The pot was real heavy to carry, next time I'll heat it closer to the shower stall.

It worked great, even had plenty of water left over.
It was a little hotter than I would have liked, but wasn't uncomfortable and I wasn't going to hop out and add in more cold at that point.

Start to finish, including the shower took an hour and a half. Not bad for a quick plan.

[lew]

Atta boy Bernie, always good when a plan works the way it's sposed to.

[Gerritt]

heat in the outhouse.... coming up next! LOL

 

good on ya B

[aplumma]

Bernie I have always admired your skills working on mechanical items and I see it is from your ability to see things in a logical way. Good job on the shower it is a masterpiece of engineering.

 

 

Art

[wallyboss]

Mcgyverrism at it's best!

[fishnsled]

heat in the outhouse.... coming up next! LOL

 

good on ya B

We got a foam seat G, don't push it...LOL!!

 

Looks like time well spent Bernie! And thanks for not posting pictures of you actually using the shower...LOL!!

[Harrison]

Awesome.

 

We do something similar at the hunt camp.

 

We built a sauna (best idea ever). It has a wood stove in it with a big aluminun pot like the one you have on it. Load it with rain water from the barrels and as it heats pump it thru a garden hose to a sprinkler head mounted off the side of the roof and woola, Nothing beats it!

[Headhunter]

I bet Rubin would have loved that a couple of week ago!

Well done Bernie... nothing can't be accomplished if you have the willingness to try!

Did the shower help to get the curry smell out of the cottage!? LOL

HH

[bigbuck]

You will now officially be known as MacGyver. Nice to be able to clean up when you are roughing it.

[Big Cliff]

Anyone with a very high mechanical aptitude could have figured that out LOL! (naturally there will be those that say "sure, it's a simple solution".

 

Good on you Brenie, they say necessity is the mother of invention!

 

I always love it when I can take bits and pieces of something and turn them into a solution.