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Started by kwatson51, May 01, 2006, 01:57 PM

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kwatson51

After much thought and crawling around under the camper, I finally figured a way to combine the sink and shower drains. Now all I have to do is attach a hose (with an adapter to the existing shower drain and I get both out the same place.
Check it out here.

http://community.webshots.com/user/kphot

I will be glad to answer any questions (if I can).
Cost was about $13. I already had the clear 3/4" tubing from re-routing the sink drain to the street side of the PU last year

tlhdoc

My  shower is on the opposite side of the PU and I used sump pump hose to bring them together.  I didn't change the inside plumbing, I just ran the sump pump hose under the camper and used standard plumbing parts to connect the two drains on the road side of the PU.:)

wavery

Quote from: kwatson51After much thought and crawling around under the camper, I finally figured a way to combine the sink and shower drains. Now all I have to do is attach a hose (with an adapter to the existing shower drain and I get both out the same place.
Check it out here.

http://community.webshots.com/user/kphot

I will be glad to answer any questions (if I can).
Cost was about $13. I already had the clear 3/4" tubing from re-routing the sink drain to the street side of the PU last year
I hate to say this but if that hangs down as far as it looks in the picture :yikes: , it may be good for 1 stop at Mc Donalds and MickyD will have that drain :( . You might want to think about angling it off to one side, instead of straight down (just my 2 cents) :D

kwatson51

Quote from: waveryI hate to say this but if that hangs down as far as it looks in the picture :yikes: , it may be good for 1 stop at Mc Donalds and MickyD will have that drain :( . You might want to think about angling it off to one side, instead of straight down (just my 2 cents) :D

I was concerned about that as well, but none of the mods I did altered the clearance issue - it is all still "factory". We have been on 6 outings so far and no problems. Good eye!

Also, I wanted a more "factory" look and didn't want to mess with more hoses and stuff under the trailer. I would have liked to use the larger sump hoses, but no room.

In the interest of complete disclosure, I am having a problem with this arrangement draining slowly. I have tracked the issue to the point where the tube exits the floor. The 3/4" "L" is too small to let water through at the required rate. will have to figure something else out here. For now, I put things back like they were, leaving everything in place for the next go 'round.