RV FEATURE
When you ’ re touring Australia , can you really be 100 per cent sure about the quality of the water you ’ re about to drink or take a shower in ? Obviously , bottled water bought from a store is fine – I ’ m talking about the water from some remote holiday park , or the town water in the outback .
The best , and cheapest , insurance you can possibly buy is a water filter . A good quality water filter will remove harmful bacteria , heavy metals , chlorine , tastes , odours and more – all stuff you don ’ t want in your van ’ s water tanks , or in your body .
One of the easiest ways to achieve this is to grab yourself a commercially-available filter . We had the opportunity to try two filters from Aqua Plus : The Inline Silver GAC Caravan Filter , and the RS2000 Caravan twin system .
We hooked a food-grade hose to a rainwater tank on a five-acre property . Immediately , I was impressed by the quality of the fittings . Both filters come with brass fittings that look like they ’ ll go the distance .
Then , it was just a matter of connecting a food-grade hose to the other side of the filter , and then connecting it to the ‘ town water ’ inlet of the van – we could ’ ve just as easily filled the water tanks .
The quality of the water was impressive . Clean , clear , no odour , and as tasty as water can possibly be .
The carbon inline filter uses ‘ Silver Safe ’ technology to neutralise water-borne nasties that might be found in a questionable water source , and filters to one micron . It is suitable for filtering creek and river water , too . Further , it is suitable for ‘ back flushing ’, i . e ., you can reverse the flow of the water so as to flush it out after use . It has a serviceable life of six months or 2500 gallons .
The RS2000 Caravan twin system .
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