Gary Lewis Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Powder coating! (If it's worth doing, it's worth OVER doing! 😆) Well, I didn't powder coat those, just used the self-etching primer and the satin black since they were handy. But plenty of parts on both trucks have been powder coated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Well, I didn't powder coat those, just used the self-etching primer and the satin black since they were handy. But plenty of parts on both trucks have been powder coated. It wasn't an observation. It was a suggestion, I know that you'll be back to better call those things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 How hard is your water there in skiatook? If it's bad you're going to be descaling that thing every 3 months Water isn't too hard. Have used this ~2 gallon tank-type water heater for 15 years but it finally gave up the ghost. Not sure I'll go electrical tankless as they sure look pricey. Will get along w/o hot water for a while as I figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Water isn't too hard. Have used this ~2 gallon tank-type water heater for 15 years but it finally gave up the ghost. Not sure I'll go electrical tankless as they sure look pricey. Will get along w/o hot water for a while as I figure it out. I've "camped" in places with no hot water for extended periods. You have to be careful of the microbes when you're not allowed to build a fire. Potassium permanganate is your friend in the jungle, but don't over do it or you'll look like you were eating beets. (I don't understand how some of those idiots survived ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrother-84 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Potassium permanganate is your friend in the jungle. My daughter and her husband are hikers. She has a SteriPen for multiple years. We used it for a two weeks canoe river trip, in deep woods, was very useful. We just offered one as Christmas gift to one of my sons. And I plan to buy one for my own uses. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Potassium permanganate is your friend in the jungle. My daughter and her husband are hikers. She has a SteriPen for multiple years. We used it for a two weeks canoe river trip, in deep woods, was very useful. We just offered one as Christmas gift to one of my sons. And I plan to buy one for my own uses. Tell me how well that works for hydrating an entire insertion team, on the run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrother-84 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Tell me how well that works for hydrating an entire insertion team, on the run. Well, we were 6 adults and sterilized 6 water bottles, twice a day. It takes 90 seconds and some swirling to purify one liter of water. Maybe not an insertion team, but we never missed fresh clean sterilized water. I’ll never go back to pills and powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Well, we were 6 adults and sterilized 6 water bottles, twice a day. It takes 90 seconds and some swirling to purify one liter of water. Maybe not an insertion team, but we never missed fresh clean sterilized water. I’ll never go back to pills and powder. Well, the '80's were 40 year older technology, and when you're on the move you need to fill the platypus and get the heck out of there.... Lifestraw works well enough for what it is. Exactly what"survival" means depends on the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Water isn't too hard. Have used this ~2 gallon tank-type water heater for 15 years but it finally gave up the ghost. Not sure I'll go electrical tankless as they sure look pricey. Will get along w/o hot water for a while as I figure it out. I'm sure that you are looking into all of the specs on the water heater options. a typical 50 gal has an electrical requirement of 30a 240v and most homes are wired that way. yet a comparable tankless on demand requires three times that. additional wiring is needed. this is when I would comp it against a natural gas option if available. the ones I have installed seem to work much better in the response time, but it has been a few years so improvements may have been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 I'm sure that you are looking into all of the specs on the water heater options. a typical 50 gal has an electrical requirement of 30a 240v and most homes are wired that way. yet a comparable tankless on demand requires three times that. additional wiring is needed. this is when I would comp it against a natural gas option if available. the ones I have installed seem to work much better in the response time, but it has been a few years so improvements may have been made. I only had a 2 gallon 110V water heater in there, and there's no room for anything larger. It is just for cleaning things that might need hot water to do a better job, so I'm going to do without it for a while and see how badly I need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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