Proportion of Serviced v Standard Pitches

When we had a caravan I used two 5 gallon containers to provide fresh water. One  was always on standby. My wife hasn't seen the inside of a facilties block for over 25 years. We do all the washing up in the van and I will occasional shower in the facilities block. Our typical water usage was 5 gallons a day (23 litres) With a motorhome our water usage habits might have got a little more liberal now we have more on tap but I can go 5 to 7 days without a refill.

peedee

We must wash our hands a lot!  😆😆

David

I find BB's 750ml for washing up hard to believe. That's three wine glasses worth. I'm always remonstrating with OH on water usage but it is food prep and washing up that consumes most. I can only deduce that it is a diet of sandwiches rather than full-on catering.

As an aside and for a bit of contrast, we are on a water meter at home and our average consumption is 180 litres a day. According to my water authority, that is typical for two people.

peedee

CY, 750 ml is more than half our travel kettle full, boil the water, add a splash of cold to make it usable that's 3/4 of a bowl full...that is quite enough for washing a couple cereal bowls, two juice glasses and coffee mugs...

same for lunch (if taken on site, but usually not.....), and two plates, two wine glasses at dinner and reuse the bowl of water to clean the outside electric hotplate/BBQ....

we aren't generally around here in the cold for roast dinner weather, our away time is either salads or eating out....but generally here we are also in warmish weather and don't require multiple pots for meals on the days we dont eat out...

I accept we're obviously far more frugal (less profligate) with water than many on here, but how much (little) that is can only be calculated from the size of the tank divided by the number of days it lasts and 'verified' by the approximation I posted of a typical daily useage....

if only away for a few days we won't even bother to fill the tank as we know, pretty accurately, how long the supply will last. our tank guage is also very accurate, which makes life a bit easier.

OTOH, on average we get around 27 mpg from our 150bhp Ducato measured over the 17k we've done in it so far....other members will report much better averages than that, some quote well over 30mpg.

however, I don't hang about, often doing 65-70mph on dual carriageways and motorways especially if returning from long trips...

theres no way I could get that sort of mpg as I couldn't drive all day at the gentle speeds required to acheive it.....

folk will use water or fuel at the rate that comes naturally to them, I just happen to be more frugal with water as it serves us well in our particular touring style....not being tied to a supply...

perhaps I'm less frugal with fuel as we often drive long distances and want to 'get on with it'.....

obviously, horses for courses... 

it's difficult to weigh up what we use at home as we are away for many weeks a year....all I know is that it's miles cheaper since we went on a meter. 

TG, I thought I was operating in a parallel universe with most on here, thanks for the reassurance....

"If challenged OH can have a wash, shave and clean his teeth with just a mugful of water"

...just make sure he does these in the right sequence

If I took into account our days away, typically 100 per year, it would come out at about 250 litres a day. I am sure even on serviced pitches members use nothing like that but it is, I think, indicative they may well be using considerable more than those on standard pitches.

peedee

Peedee

I don't quite understand why you would come to that conclusion? On the rare occasions we are on a service pitch we do nothing different when it comes to using the volume of water. The only difference is that you don't have to carry it anywhere! On my previous motorhome, as previous caravans, I would replenish the Aquaroll once a day. Now I use a 10 litre watering can (if not on a service pitch) and it usually takes 3/4 can fulls to top up the tank. So average daily consumption would seem to be around 30/40 litres a day. On top of that we always fill the kettle direct from a site tap for making drinks.

David

Our second week of what we call our main holiday.

Too hot for me,

If I was on a service pitch I would be having more caravan showers per day than the morning one, simply because of the heat, an afternoon shower a must after our hikes or beach sitting, and possibly one on an evening too.

Even though its barrels this fortnight, boo, yesterday we both had an afternoon shower, a walk from Par to a little beyond Gribbins head and back was a sweaty affair 

Water is cheaper than deodorant!

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 As a ps, neither of us want to use site showers and havnt for umpteen years.