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OK new to this and a bit dim about caravans!  Adter much consideration and a lot of advice from the good folkd here, we bought some Royal Auarius and Waste Warrior.  they look great, and the waste warrior is just the job.  However we (well I blame my husband because what would I know!) have just discovered that the water pipe comes out to the front locker, and that is compartmentalised such that the aquarius and probably an aquaroll won't fit in it.  Are we being very dim?  MY thoughts are that it would be heavy to lift it up there anyway, so perhaps it is not meant to be in there, but does that mean it just sits on the ground with the locker open to let the pipe through?  Or is it in the wrong place altogether?

Any help would be good!

Okay

I used to have an Adria Altea 432, The Altea is a basic caravan and as such does not have an access point for an aquaroll or its derivatives. It has an onboard water container of approx 25 litres which sits in the large front locker, the pump then just drops in the top as per the aquaroll. The locker is not big enough to take an aquaroll. You can convert it fairly easily by installing a whale or truma inlet to the side of the caravan where the locker is, but this will involve cutting a hole in the side wall of you van. This should be a fairly straighforward diy job but will cost about £40 for the parts plus sealant etc. Might not be worth it for the sake of an extra 10 litres of water. he drainage again is simple with just a pipe sticking out of the floor.

Jon

On our 2005 Adria Altea 502DK, there is a compartment in the front locker for the water container. In the winter we keep the water inside the front locker and in the summer we use it outside. There is a cover plate on the floor in the water compartment that swivels and covers a hole, it allows you to put the pipe with the pump conected, through to the outside and it then sits in the water container outside. Hope this makes sense. If you need further help, hubby is here and will try to help.

Thank you for your help.  Looks like we will try to return the Aquarius and buy a new 25lt white plasitc water container.  I will look for the hole in the bottom, but I think that might have been an upgrade between 2003 and 2005 as I didn't notice before.  Might be easier to make a hole there though to convert.  Is the end pump able to be used in an aquaroll type container?  How do you stop bugs getting in?  When we got the van it had a plastic container with the lid lying at the side and the pump sitting in it, but nothing to seal the top.  Should there be a screw on cap further up the hose?

Thanks again.   

This isn't quite the same as ours but similar.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/redirect.asp?redir=http://www.towsure.com/product/880-Water_Container_P.V.C._Dust_Cap

If you've not got a Towsure near to you at least its now got a name to find one elsewhere.

Lassie,

Thank you for taking the time to send this.  OUr hose has a pump on the end, but perhaps we could disconnect it to put on the dust cap.

Thanks,

Earn