[Ansteorra] GW camping in cold/hot weather tips

[Elizabeth Crouchet]

If you have never been to Gulf Wars you need to know that you cannot just
hook up a shower to the local water supply. It does not have the pressure to
sustain a shower at the times you will need it because everyone else will
need one then, too.

Camp showers are required to have a reservoir of water for their use to
avoid such a drain on the system. The needs of dinner time alone will stress
the water pressure, you don't want to be in the shower and soapy when the
pressure drops or a line gets broken (which happens frequently).


The reservoir need not be complicated. Use a large rubbermaid tub you fill
from a garden hose, or a plastic barrel or a large ice chest. You can use a
battery operated pump to pump the water to the shower and through a propane
camp shower heater. Combine this with a sink and a large sump and you have
on demand luxury! Get it all at WalMart camping supplies or other camping
stores such as Academy.

Claire


On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert G. Ferrell <rgferrell at gmail.com>wrote:

> I build and maintain the Ansteorran shower at Pennsic.  For years I used a
> 40 gallon propane water heater on concrete blocks, but last Pennsic I
> switched to an on-demand heater.  Only a fraction of the cost, and infinite
> hot water as long as the propane holds out. I can't recommend it highly
> enough.
>
> Cynric
>