Water Spigot Mod! Eh?

A definite possibility, but I'm not sure fiberglass will hold pressurization. It would have to work on gravity alone.

 

I think water bags are a better option, because they'll conform to the weird shape. Pressurizing the bag might not work unless I get a reducer.

The only water bags I can find on the web are ridiculous expensive. I think I'll make my own with some vinyl and wire mesh. The wire mesh should help it hold high pressure.

 

hah, I was gonna suggest a bladder-but by the time I got to the end, you already were on to it. If you get a rubber bladder, it should hold most any pressure you throw at it. Won't taste very good though.

 

Yeah, I'm not sure this is going to be a potable water system, but the PVC shouldn't affect the taste too bad if its is. The biggest problem with making it potable is that I'd have to find a way to keep the air from contaminating the water.

 

Ever hear of FRP pipe/vessels? Pressure is not a problem, and you're not gonna be at a very high pressure.

 

Never heard of that kind of pipe

If the pressure comes straight out of my tank it will be about 100 psi.

 

i'm gonna check some opt out, and like someone stated if may cure then lean.

 

I had considered fiberglassing it but I doubt that would be FDA approved. I really think that drinking out of something like that would be a bad idea.



OP, have you thought about mounting a tank of some sort underneath the truck? Possibly like an aftermarket fuel cell for some small vehicle that you could mount a pump in and use a switch to pump the water out. I think that would work fairly well.

 

Well, I thought about adding something like a second gas tank, but on the Tacoma there really isn't room. I've seen a few 4Runners use the spare tire area to put a gas tank though since it won't fit a full size 33" spare anyway. I think I might use the spare for both spare gas and water. With that much room I might still be able to use PVC!

 

The PVC could be run in a long length under the truck possibly but my only concern then would be the way you would make sure the outlet would always be the lowest point. Even with a pump the outlet still needs to be at the bottom of the tank.

 

Okay, I'm abandoning the PVC idea. Today I ordered four 5 gal collapsible water containers off of eBay. I'll definitely have to keep the pressure lower than I originally planned, but even low pressure (5 > psi) should be enough to make this thing function properly.

 

Still mounted in the side of the bed?

 

Of course Otherwise, I'm not sure this would be considered a "mod" and would be a rather insignificant accomplishment.

 

I've got a couple things to add to this, since you dont want to drink from a fiberglass container, you could make the mold out of fiberglass, and then put in a thick rubber bladder, that will maximize the space, and stop from having any popped bladder problems.



Another thing I thought about, if you want to do the shower system as a couple people mentioned, you could probably run some sort of coil around the exhaust pipe and up to the water system to get the shower atleast warm (I'm from b.c canada so we get some cold weather in the spring and fall)

 

I like the water heater idea alot. It would be convenient since the manifold is right there.

 

Yea it wouldn't take much at all, and a simple connection could let the water stay cold, or heat if you choose

 

Most people don't know, but you can put your weed in there.

 

pretty gay

 

Ouch.