Shower water consumption
 

Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Shower water consumption
 

At 50 cents/gallon the first instruction I give to new crew on a charter
is how to use the shower. It is not like a lubber's shower. There
should be a button on the shower head to turn the water on and off.
Adjust the tepnerature and wet down. Then turn off the water while you
soap up and turn it on again to rense. Anyone using more than a couple
of gallons will be tied to that big hemp hauser next time we clean
bottom and keel hauled!

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36


--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Shower water consumption
 

At 50 cents/gallon the first instruction I give to new crew on a charter
is how to use the shower. It is not like a lubber's shower. There
should be a button on the shower head to turn the water on and off.
Adjust the tepnerature and wet down. Then turn off the water while you
soap up and turn it on again to rense. Anyone using more than a couple
of gallons will be tied to that big hemp hauser next time we clean
bottom and keel hauled!

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36


--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Shower water consumption
 

Do it like the motor home gang .... turn it on , get wet, turn it off,
soap up and wash, turn it back on to rinse off

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Shower water consumption
 

Do it like the motor home gang .... turn it on , get wet, turn it off,
soap up and wash, turn it back on to rinse off

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Shower water consumption
 

I suspect that you'll use much less -- the shower head figures assume house
water pressures and boats are typically much less.

On Swee****er, between Panama and Papeete, with three people aboard (one
man, two women, no long hair) we averaged 15 gallons a day total
consumption, which included daily showers, drinking, cooking, etc. The
policy was, "use all the water you want, but don't waste it". And of course,
this was in the tropics -- you can get away with less in cool climates.

Make sure you install a shower head on the end of a hose so you can aim it
all over -- this helps to make up for the low pressure.


--
Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com


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"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Shower water consumption
 

I suspect that you'll use much less -- the shower head figures assume house
water pressures and boats are typically much less.

On Swee****er, between Panama and Papeete, with three people aboard (one
man, two women, no long hair) we averaged 15 gallons a day total
consumption, which included daily showers, drinking, cooking, etc. The
policy was, "use all the water you want, but don't waste it". And of course,
this was in the tropics -- you can get away with less in cool climates.

Make sure you install a shower head on the end of a hose so you can aim it
all over -- this helps to make up for the low pressure.


--
Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com


..
..
"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Shower water consumption
 

That's at some estimated pressure. I've got my fresh water pump set to about
25 psi or so, and the low flow shower heads are REALLY low flow at that
pressure. Plus they have the button to turn them on and off.

"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Shower water consumption
 

That's at some estimated pressure. I've got my fresh water pump set to about
25 psi or so, and the low flow shower heads are REALLY low flow at that
pressure. Plus they have the button to turn them on and off.

"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Shower water consumption
 

Navy shower.....Water on to get wet, water off to soap up, water on to
rinse....1 min tops? You don't HAVE to leave it run wide open....like
we do on Lionheart with its huge 200 gallon ballast water tank...(c;

Back in the Navy, the evaporator police used to watch us take showers
to make sure we were conserving boiler feed water. Of course, out on
the fantail, 8000 gallons per minute were flooding out of the
overflow/vents onto the main deck, getting the stern watch's shoes and
pants all wet.

Wonder what I did with that old Polaroid picture of the deluge....??

Navy slogan - "Help Conserve Fresh Water - Shower With A Friend!"



On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:01:59 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:

Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"