Good day, guys. How you going?
Today, we're working on a Jayco Dove, which is like the Swan but slightly smaller
The guy wants to put a hot water system, one of those portable ones, on
to have a bit of hot water in the kitchen sink
and for a hot shower when he's out and about
Also, bayonet for a barbecue as well, bayonet for the hot water system
to run that and just make things a little bit more simpler
We've got a few issues with it first off
but I'll show you some of the regulations stuff that we need to sort out first.
So you can see it's got the LPG bottle up the front here
and you can see that you need tools to disconnect this
So we're going to try and... we want to replace this anyway
but if you have a look down here, this is where the gas regulator is
This gas regulator, the top of it, needs to be about this high, slightly higher than that
Also, if you look at the test nipple
this is where we have to test to make sure it's the right 2.75 kPa and everything
And also test if it's leaking. I don't know how you even get to that one
So I don't know if it's ever been tested because that looks a bit sus to me.
So we've got to sort this, the location. I'll put a new one in anyway,
they only last about five years, these things. So we've got to sort all that out
Note he's got an awesome bike rack out the front here, which is great.
But I asked him, I said, "Do you have a second, thinking about a second bottle?"
He said, "Oh yeah, I've got a second bottle."
He stores it in this compartment at the front here. I'll see if I can open it up for you.
So he just says he stores it in here, okay. Which is not a great idea
because you can imagine if that bottle ever leaks a little bit from the valve
because you can have these hired bottles or whatever, if they leak slightly,
this whole compartment here is going to fill up with gas
Because LPG is heavier than air, right, so it will sit there, sits in buckets, just sit there
And if you have a torch or something in there, or a battery drill or something
and it can ignite, there's a source of ignition that whole thing's going to blow
Another thing, when you've got this shut, there needs to be a red sticker
If it is an LPG locker, there needs to be a red reflective sticker.
And that tells the fireys if something's going down with this camper
it's on fire or something they can shine a torch in there and say,
"Okay, we've got some LPG bottles in that locker."
Now, normally a locker has got to have fully partitioned off
with a vent in the bottom and all this sort of stuff.
So not a great idea. So I said to him, how about we
We've got this water Jerry can at the front here
I said, "If we just cut this out, we could put a cradle in there for the 4-kilogram bottle
And then I've got something really nice to mount a new regulator on with a new hose
and that'll get that LPG bottle out of there and into the front here
So he said, "That's a great idea." Which is good.
He also has a, that he's bought a KickAss hot water system
And we want to hang that on the side here.
Not permanently, of course, you can't hang it permanently.
Put it on the side, put a gas bayonet down under here somewhere to hook that on
Also have a water feed that comes from the pump
from the camper and into the hot water system
So it can supply hot water to the kitchen sink or even a shower or something like that
And also we've got another, he's bought the KickAss pump as well
So we can suck it from another water source
that might not be portable, but fine for having a shower
So we're going to try to do that as well
Also, he's putting a barbecue around the other side at the same time.
It's very easy, it takes another half an hour, 45 minutes
to put another barbecue bayonet in at the time and that'd be on the other side
So, I'll let you know as we go along and hopefully show you as we go through it
Thanks for watching so far guys. Appreciate it
Good day guys. A bit rainy today
I was going to set it up outside, but we've just set up inside the warehouse here
so I can show you what we've done
On a job like this, you have to figure out what the customer has on the van already
Does it need to be replaced ? If so, what part of the the build that can we use again
like some of the water pipes and stuff or the water pump or anything like that
then we've got to figure out what's the best way to run it.
Is it going to interfere with anything else in the same, with the van as well
like I'm not going to cross over a pipe or hit something else?
So, if we need to put another pump in, where does it go?
Where's the best location where it's not going to stuff up something else
are we going to be at fuses, is the switch in the right spot
So all these different things that we've got to try figure out
Where the bayonets are going, make sure they're not going to get hit
with mud or rocks or stuff like that
Where can the water, that charges a new hot water system going to be?
So all this kind of stuff, you've got to figure out, it's all going around your head
but I'll show you, it's come out really good. So I'll show you how it all worked out.
So again, the tap here, that's probably the only location
So when it's driving, it'll just store it like that
Because this bed slides forward
So had to make sure that it just misses the bed, so it could still be used.
It's a standard Aussie-made mixer here. So we use them in all the houses that we do
So that's come out really good. You can see inside the cupboard here
We've got a new hot and cold water mains that come down
This line here is a new suction line. They used this other stuff before
I'll show you outside. We've got a piece of it. It was just collapsing on itself
And that's why probably the pump wasn't sucking that well.
Also got the lines going down through the floor
We've installed the pump just under this cover. This is a screwed lid on here
So yeah, doesn't need access to it or whatever. So we've got the in-line, in bit
So this line comes in, goes through a filter that sucks it from the tank of course
Goes into the Shurflo pump. These are very quiet
I really like them. They're very strong pumps
and yeah, most of the Jaycos and everything have them
Very important that you have a check valve
So when you do connect it to the existing, like if you're at a caravan park at the mains
and these have a check valve, so that pressure can't come back
and interfere with this pump at all
And then that goes around and then hooks onto the water main here
And also goes out outside to the hot water system. I'll show you that in a second.
Here's the other side, too. This is where it comes off the mains
If you plug in on the caravan park, and it didn't have a pressure limiting valve
because you could have really high pressure coming into your caravan
say 500 or 6,000, 7,000 kPa. And it could cause some damage
So that's why we put the pressure limiting valve in
We've screwed that over to the side and then we put the check valve in again
so it can run when it's on mains or off the pump and it won't interfere
So that's gone through the floor as well.
Also, the switch for the pump was originally up here
You can imagine, when you pull over on the side of the road
you can pop the lid slightly up, and then you can open the door
So what I wanted is, I'll just show you
so if the lid's open and you just want to pop the door open a bit
it's a little bit this high. I want to be able to turn the pump on
Now the pump would be on top of that, up there. So it's just really, really hard to get to
So what I've done is I went down to Forrestfield Auto Electrics
and he put this switch in here for me. It's not lit up when it's not working
So you can always see when it's on. It's really easy just to reach in, turn the pump on
And then you can use the water if you need to, or something that fires it all up
So much better location. It's also visible, you can see it.
And so things like if you want to wash your hands
I'll show you the little pump up the front here
so this is the tap to wash your hands and stuff
So you can just turn it on like that, wash your hands
This is a quick-release fitting, so you can just pop that tap off and it'll come out
And so you can put it on the other one
But we did this so later on down the track, he can run a kitchen sink off it
So we'll just click that back in and that works. So all good.
Gas bottles, they turned out really good. I'll show you that now
So it's got the little 4 kg holder, all works well
New regulator and everything up there at the correct location
Test nipple is way easy to get to now. You can see that
When you open the the locker up too, it misses. Plenty of room
So he's gonna have no issues with that anymore
Around the other front two we put that. I forgot to show you. The bayonet here
We've got nother bayonet down there with the link for the barbecue in the future
And then I'll show you the hot water system over this side
So that's where we've just hung the hot water system, the KickAss
And you can see that I've got the bayonet going there
Going down with a 1.2-meter hose, it can be pretty short.
And then that just clips onto the gas, there's a quick-release fitting for the gas.
Quick-release for the water. This is your cold line that goes round to the quick release
The hot main goes out of here and into there that just goes directly to the kitchen sink
So now when they turn the hot water on, in the kitchen sink
she fires up and so you'll have hot water at the kitchen sink
So all the lines run in here. You can see too underneath
wherever there's going to be some issues with chafing or everything
or wear and tear, we sleeve it
See all the gas pipes has all been sleeved. Looks beautiful under there.
This was the original pump that they used
and so you see why it probably wasn't working that well
And the hose too that they used, they just used this, the normal clear stuff
And you can see how even it's just, see how flat it's gotten. This is not the best stuff
You should really have the reinforced suction hose
So when it does start sucking it doesn't collapse in on itself.
So you can see how it would totally reduce the flow
So all that needed to be cut out and replaced. I'll show you at the back here around
underneath you can see the hose, the stuff we've used
This is the reinforced stuff. You can see that's not gonna suck down at all
Nice new hose. And that'll work well for years, and years and years to come.
I'll just show you how to hook up the hot water system
to the actual kitchen sink and get the hot water running
And I'll try and do it with one hand because one hand is holding the camera
So, see how we go. Here's the KickAss unit here.
Pick it up, hang it on my purpose-made bracket, grab the gas hose
Plug that in, hook it onto your gas underneath here.
That's connected up. Under here is the cold. Now you hook the cold on, clip that on
Hook the hot on over the other side, clip that on
You can chuck the hot in first. It's a matter of taking off the plug, that goes in there
Boom, she's connected.And also take that one off, the quick-connect
and that's the cold so plug that in. It's all hooked up to the camper
So we just got to go inside and turn on the hot water tap
Flick it over, turn it on. Start lighting up
and she's adjusting. And you see the hot water coming from the kitchen sink waste
so it's just flowing inside
So if you wanted to have a shower or anything like that later on down the track
all you need to do is this. If you just unplug this, the cold line, the water will stop
And then you just got to unplug the hot and then you could run the hot line here
You could take that off and then plug your shower straight onto this
And then you can plug it back into the camper to get it started
And then it will come out your shower. So you can just shower off the hot water unit
So pretty easy to do. As you can see, it's really easy to hook up
Like even your kids could do it for you. Even with one hand
It's easy enough to hook on and to take off.
So here I just turn the water off. These are really easy to disconnect.
You just go click and that, so she's off
and you can put your caps on there and she's all ready to go
And you can just, under the gas here, undo that.
That'll come off and then you can lift your hot water system off,
it's got a nice bracket there. So it just comes off and she's away.
So anyway, good result.
All right, so that's all sorted.
It's a Dove Jayco with new gas bottle holder, new regulator,
and a couple of new bayonets.
And then there's the water side thing with the new pump and everything
Now the water side of thing, you can go nuts sorting that stuff yourself
If you're handy enough, you can try to figure it out and do it. That's fine.
But it is very time-consuming.
The gas side of things, you need to be licensed to muck around with that.
So you're covered by insurance.
And that also means that the gas plumber takes a risk if anything goes wrong.
It's his issue if something is leaking or something like that.
So make sure you get a gas plumber to do all that sort of stuff.
So if you like what we've done, taking the pain points out of camping and stuff
we've got a full page on beautifulplumbing.com.au
We've got heaps of campers and little case studies that we've done.
So check that out. And if you're living in Perth or over in WA
give us a call if you need a hand with anything
Otherwise, if you're over in New South Wales and over the other eastern states
probably not much we can do for you at the moment anyway
All right, guys, thanks for watching. I'll catch you later.