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Jack Sparrow....I saw the Coleman Hot water on demand you installed...is it in a waterproof compartment or out in the weather? It looks like it would work for us on the Adventure Craft but I'd like to store it above deck....we'd only be using it when the solar shower wasnt hot enough...

Another solution is to pour hot water from the tea pot into the solar shower.

The hot water service is in the cockpit port side above deck (were the fuel tank is usually housed) there is a panel in fill to stop the weather on the lower inboard side and the original hatch to cover the top. When we use the hot water service we remove the side panel and open the lid

Jack Sparrow

I bought the Zodi pressurised hot water shower for my Cape Cruising this summer - I did have one of the Zodi portable hot water showers which worked ok - just needed a bigger system for my young ladies

Im actually testing out the Zodi this afternoon and will report back.

On edit - replaced 'Origo' with 'Zodi' pressurised....dont know what I was smoking when I originally posted..

Report to follow...

Installation pictures??

Frank C wrote:Installation pictures??

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Filled with 2 1/2 gallons of water, lit propane burner underneath. You can also use it on a galley stove of course.

It took 6 minutes to come to 100F, which is recommended shower temp. This was with 50F ground water, typically of course you would be starting with 70F water from a bottle, with about 2/3 the time needed to heat of course.

There is a nice ball valve on the shower head which is much better than the plastic shutoffs on most showers Ive tried.

20 pumps of air will let you take a 3 minute shower or so, you just pump in more air if you want more flow of course.

Gotta go, Abigail and I are going to 'Pirates' this morning...

Stephen, So I take it you're happy with it. Got a link?

Years ago I saw someone using a stainless steel bug sprayer refitted with
a quick disconnect shower hose. (metal fittings)
They would pull off the pump & hose and set the jug on a stove or campfire and pull it off when ready and pump it up and shower time.
Needless to say I have copied it. The 1 gallon size is too small if
packing a large crew, 2 gal is ok, anything larger it becomes
unwieldly.

Our friends use a black plastic bug sprayer...heats itself....(if sunny)..great for rinsing off the salt water after a swim...and a quick shower...I can add hot water to that in a pinch.

We have a large water bladder on the upper deck that we are using as a solar shower....but need something for when the weather is bad....I am comfortable with a cool shower or a jump in the lake when no hot water...but Jim likes warm water...and you have to keep the "Captain" happy...

Zodi's Extreme model looks like a stainless bug sprayer.
Jack's Coleman model (linked above) is a completely different approach,
that would use an external pump or pressure tank.

Zodi's Extreme Series
Pressurized Hot Shower page

The Zodi Extreme is what we have, Sleepy, like the one in Frank's picture above. We don't have the burner, just the tank and sprayer and we use it on the propane stove. It works great. Has a nice temperature gauge tape on the side so you can get it just right each time and only takes about 5-6 minutes to get hot. We store it under the aft galley seat.

I picked up the Coleman water heater from Can Tire when it went on sale this spring. We jsut dropped the pump into the lake and fired it up. The water was heated up nicely for doing the dishes.
I like Jack Sparrow's installation, just not sure I want to cut that big of a hole in the cockpit floor.

Teejay

On this Coleman, does anyone know how much higher the water temperature coming out is above the temperature of the water going in? I bought a cheap on demand heater at WalMart and on my lake the water can be cold and the water coming out was at best slightly hotter than room temperature.

I've been thinking about rigging a hose to the water that comes from the engine. It's pleasantly warm. Of course, that would work best in a clean sweetwater lake, but hey! You could have a tepid shower and recharge your batteries at the same time