Enough HOT water to take a shower ?

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   First try today but miss hot water at the end. 

Maybe if I have not wash my hair it'll be Ok  .. but  no .. 

Finished with cold water  

Do you have enough hot water in your Pod to take a shower ?
Like medium time .. hair and body !

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Damour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Quebec Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Topic: Enough HOT water to take a shower ? Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 11:06pm
	First try today but miss hot water at the end. Maybe if I have not wash my hair it'll be Ok .. but no .. Finished with cold water Do you have enough hot water in your Pod to take a shower ? Like medium time .. hair and body !

iamsmonk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Online Status: Offline Posts: 114	Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 11:13pm
	We turn on the water and get wet, turn off water while we lather ourselves and hair, then turn the water back on to rinse. Leaving the water on the whole time will deplete the hot water as well as add to your waste tank.
	Sherrie & Carol, Henri, Jay & Tanner 2004 Dodge Dakota w/4.7 V8 2011 r-pod 177 Let's go camping!

Damour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Quebec Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 11:25pm
	I was trying to make it quickly . Just make my hair wet and rince it it's a big job . Maybe I will skip 1 day for the hair and go to the sanitary block for the full shower with hair wash . But you confirm that there is not A LOT of hot water for a shower... ? Or I'm too big, too tall and too hairy lolll

iamsmonk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Online Status: Offline Posts: 114	Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 11:31pm
	Not sure what model camper you have, but I think they all have a 6 Gallon water heater.
	Sherrie & Carol, Henri, Jay & Tanner 2004 Dodge Dakota w/4.7 V8 2011 r-pod 177 Let's go camping!

Damour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Quebec Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 11:33pm
	I have a 171 . I'll get used to it I suppose...

secretbard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 Apr 2011 Location: Budd Lake, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 195	Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:06am
	It's funny you mention that. The first night out, it seemed like the hot water cut out about 2/3rds of the way through my shower. The second time out, I had hot water the whole time. The secret? Well, first I changed the shower head to a high pressure water saving model, then I turned the facet knobs only a quarter turn instead of all the way as I usually do at home. It's been working out well for me and I shave in the shower which does take a bit longer.
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Damour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Quebec Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:11am
	Interesting , I'm gonna change the shower head ! And yes I was turning the facets ..all the way !!!! some ajustments .. loll

Iteach5th Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Location: Floral Park, NY Online Status: Offline Posts: 109	Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:30am
	I have no problems with the hot water. I even change the head to a residential head. I am hooked up and flipped the outside switch. 3 straight weeks of hot showers.
	"Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right"- Henry Ford 2011 RP-177 2009 Jeep Cherokee 1982 Coleman Redwood pup

Podsible Dream Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Hightstown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 571	Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 6:52am
	Check the outside box where the water heater is located. Hidden Behind the tubing on the lower part of the unit is a black rocker switch. Make sure that switch is 'on'. It controls the electric element in the heater and when connected to 'shore' power will keep your hot water hot enough that you will need to use a lot of cold water to make the shower cool enough to use without burning you. That way your hot will not run out before your lovely locks are shampooed and conditioned. Enjoy!
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kymooses Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807	Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 9:16am
	My wife and I both take showers every morning and never have run out of hot water. You just use the water sparingly. I probably only turn the water on twice the whole time I shower, the first time is just to soak everything. Then of course bubbles and suds and stuff. Then on a 2nd time to rinse everything. I have to say even doing these economy showers I still feel cleaner and better than I ever have after going to a bathhouse at any campground I've ever stayed at. Doing it this way the wife and I both get showers on one tank of water heated by the heating element and it's never even gotten cold. My wife uses more water and likes it hotter so I always let her go first though. Thus far we haven't even had to use the propane heating to get it warm again for me showering 2nd.
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