The Compact Diesel Hot Water system with
Visiflow (capable of pumping from stream or billabong for continous hot
water)
Notes subsequent to Test
Trek 2008:
We have had
the diesel hot water for 3 years now with excellent results from the
field (no known issues in over 320 units fitted).
However, we
reconfigured the system to make it even more compact and directly
installed the outside hot/cold extendable shower to make it easier to
use on the fly. We hosed down (using river water) several items every
day. We used the diesel hot water a total of 52 times on a 10 day Test
Trek.
It takes only
4-5mins to reach temperature and is virtually instantaneous.
Our Visiflow
system managed to lift a 3.5- 4m head of water out of the Darling with
acceptable pressure.
The fine
filter on the cold supply to the sink meant I drank the filtered river
water instead of water from the second tank of “Sydney”
water on several occasions. It was a little dry to the taste but
perfectly fine with coffee.
The overall vote by all members
on the Test Trek is “No1 for the diesel hot water”. It saved
endless time in boiling the billy for washing up, which for nine of us
took several sessions.
