Hi Ben, the van is coming together nicely and looking really good. The carpet does give it a nice finish. Just a little tip when applying PTFE tape, wind the tape onto the threads in a clockwise direction, that way it won't come undone when you make the joint. Best wishes to you both with the rest of your build and looking forward to the final van tour. :D
+Greg Virgoe hi Greg, thanks for the lovely comment 😀 that’s a great tip, we will definitely remember that for other joints. Will also be useful for plumbing around the house. Enjoying watching your build as well, do you have your first trip planned yet?
@@SunscreenDreams Yes, we are waiting for the V5 to come back from DVLA, decided to stay in UK now for XMAS with my kids (young adults) and family then head south in January, down through France, Portugal and Southern Spain in the hope for some warmer spots to camp :D
I am almost at this step, waiting on the filter I forgot to order, great video! I am undecided yet on the accumulator tank, may I ask your reason for installing it?
Hi hope you can help, just doing my water set up and your the only person with there water pump the other way round and thinking I need to do the same as I don’t want to cross over my pipes if that makes sense. Does it all work ok?
Hi watching this , im trying to set up solar heated water pump just to heat water for showers etc , but im using a surflow pump and noticing the in let pipe side sucks in / collapses why does this happen please cheers
Great video. Useful information. I see you didn't end up fitting an isolation valve on the tank side of the filter as mentioned in your first video. I think that would be a great idea but I cannot seem to source one. If you fitted one after filming please let me know where you got it from. Many thanks.
So I got a question for replacement parts like the filter housing what is it called what would I look under mine broke on food trailer can't find anywhere
Hi Micheal, the water enters in from the right hand side, when you are looking straight on to the pump and accumulator, and is then pumped around the van from there. The accumulator needs to be on the outflow side of the pump.
I hold several different licenses for many different things. One of them is a plumber. I just want to point out your Teflon tape you put on you put on the wrong way the wrong direction.
Sorry but I found this video to be confusing and misleading. First of all you start by connecting the filter to the outlet port of the pump. Then you use PTFE tape which goes against the manufacturer's recommendation which is to "Never use Teflon tape or sealing compounds on threads". Not only that but you also slacken off the joint to get the filter into position which is likely to result in a leaking joint. The manufacturer also recommends that if you are mounting the pump in a vertical position then the pump head should be in the down position so that in the unlikely event of a leak, water will not enter the motor.
Hi Ben - I have ordered tanks from the same manufacturer as yourself - fitting mid March - what size hose did you use to connect the cold water system ?
Hi Ian, we used 12mm flexible from the water tanks to the water pump. From the tank to the rear of the van where we installed the pump we used about 5m. We purchased this off ebay ebay.to/2SrqQjU Hope this answers your question.
Nice looking build. Thread tape goes on in the opposite direction. Goes on in the direction of the thread, the tightening direction 😬
correct he put it on aainst the thread
Hi Ben, the van is coming together nicely and looking really good. The carpet does give it a nice finish. Just a little tip when applying PTFE tape, wind the tape onto the threads in a clockwise direction, that way it won't come undone when you make the joint. Best wishes to you both with the rest of your build and looking forward to the final van tour. :D
+Greg Virgoe hi Greg, thanks for the lovely comment 😀 that’s a great tip, we will definitely remember that for other joints. Will also be useful for plumbing around the house. Enjoying watching your build as well, do you have your first trip planned yet?
@@SunscreenDreams Yes, we are waiting for the V5 to come back from DVLA, decided to stay in UK now for XMAS with my kids (young adults) and family then head south in January, down through France, Portugal and Southern Spain in the hope for some warmer spots to camp :D
+Greg Virgoe sounds like a good plan. Some winter sun would be really good. 😀
Shurflo recommends not putting thread tape on the connections. Just thought you might want to know as it voids you warranty.
Nice job, I look forward to going through your other videos 👍
Where are your links to the items 😳. What pre filter are you using🤔. Thanks
Hi can you tell me does the set up go…..water pump then accumulator then tap or does it go accumulator then pump then tap. Thanks
I am almost at this step, waiting on the filter I forgot to order, great video! I am undecided yet on the accumulator tank, may I ask your reason for installing it?
Hi hope you can help, just doing my water set up and your the only person with there water pump the other way round and thinking I need to do the same as I don’t want to cross over my pipes if that makes sense. Does it all work ok?
Hi watching this , im trying to set up solar heated water pump just to heat water for showers etc , but im using a surflow pump and noticing the in let pipe side sucks in / collapses why does this happen please cheers
Hi what thickness of pipping are you using and what sizes of joiners cheers
You should Always Wrap the ptfe tape in the Same direction as the thread goes, NOT the other way pal
What size of hose you used
Which adapter do you use to connect to a faucet?
Great video. Useful information. I see you didn't end up fitting an isolation valve on the tank side of the filter as mentioned in your first video. I think that would be a great idea but I cannot seem to source one. If you fitted one after filming please let me know where you got it from. Many thanks.
So I got a question for replacement parts like the filter housing what is it called what would I look under mine broke on food trailer can't find anywhere
Could you please tell me why the pump could not be mounted on the floor?
Sur mon fourgon aménagé la pompe est au sol d’origine bien à vous
Hi what direction dose the water go? Left to right or right to left? Or dose it not matter thanks
Hi Micheal, the water enters in from the right hand side, when you are looking straight on to the pump and accumulator, and is then pumped around the van from there. The accumulator needs to be on the outflow side of the pump.
Mate, your pump is upside down....
You can install in any position
I hold several different licenses for many different things. One of them is a plumber. I just want to point out your Teflon tape you put on you put on the wrong way the wrong direction.
Till the end, I was waiting to hear how does it sounds when it is on. 😏🫤
For future reference, the PTFE tape is on the wrong direction
Ignore that... I've just spotted what Greg had wrote.
+Chris Peirson hi Chris, thank you for pointing this out for other viewers though :) thanks for checking out our video.
Sorry but I found this video to be confusing and misleading. First of all you start by connecting the filter to the outlet port of the pump. Then you use PTFE tape which goes against the manufacturer's recommendation which is to "Never use Teflon tape or sealing compounds on threads". Not only that but you also slacken off the joint to get the filter into position which is likely to result in a leaking joint. The manufacturer also recommends that if you are mounting the pump in a vertical position then the pump head should be in the down position so that in the unlikely event of a leak, water will not enter the motor.
WHY NO ONE SHOWS WATER PRESSURE ON TH-cam
Hi Ben - I have ordered tanks from the same manufacturer as yourself - fitting mid March - what size hose did you use to connect the cold water system ?
Hi Ian, we used 12mm flexible from the water tanks to the water pump. From the tank to the rear of the van where we installed the pump we used about 5m. We purchased this off ebay ebay.to/2SrqQjU Hope this answers your question.
Sunscreen Dreams thanks for that it certainly does ..... our van is a boxer but I assume he uses the same size connections. Thanks
Greg you beat me to it lol .... as Engineers we do like things right :)
You did that wrong twic... The tape goes on clockwis... So that when you screw the device on clockwise the tape doesn't back off.
no need for ptfe and you are threading the wrong way round
Yep I hope everything else went on the right way.
Nice job check out my system