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Keg Water Systems Finally Explained - Mexico Water Filtration - Everlanders see the World!
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00:00:04.520 [Music] 00:00:06.70000:00:06.710 welcome back everyone 00:00:08.48000:00:08.490 we're camped out here on the Sea of 00:00:11.06000:00:11.070 Cortez in Baja Mexico right next to the 00:00:14.03000:00:14.040 ocean and what better time to give you a 00:00:15.91900:00:15.929 tour of our water system then right next 00:00:19.34000:00:19.350 to the water so by popular demand 00:00:21.67000:00:21.680 everyone wants to know how our Pepsi keg 00:00:24.65000:00:24.660 water system works 00:00:26.29000:00:26.300 okay so I've sort of unpacked our side 00:00:28.84900:00:28.859 utility compartment here a little bit to 00:00:30.50000:00:30.510 give you a little better view these are 00:00:32.84000:00:32.850 our five Pepsi kegs 00:00:34.97000:00:34.980 we have provisions or room for ten of 00:00:37.58000:00:37.590 these 20 liter cylinders in here but we 00:00:40.63900:00:40.649 only have five along on this trip and 00:00:42.43000:00:42.440 basically these are retired Pepsi cakes 00:00:46.79000:00:46.800 a 10 or rather 20 liter Pepsi keg 00:00:50.72000:00:50.730 they're stainless steel and they have 00:00:53.36000:00:53.370 these fittings on the top referred to as 00:00:55.22000:00:55.230 ball lock fittings because the connector 00:00:59.36000:00:59.370 for them has little balls on the inside 00:01:02.15000:01:02.160 that grip on the ridge there and they're 00:01:06.41000:01:06.420 a quick-connect fitting you just lift up 00:01:08.00000:01:08.010 on this sleeve and they click on so as I 00:01:15.08000:01:15.090 said we have 10 of them in total but 00:01:17.53900:01:17.549 we've only got 5 along on this trip and 00:01:19.46000:01:19.470 that gives us a total of 100 liters and 00:01:21.74000:01:21.750 we use that for drinking it goes through 00:01:23.66000:01:23.670 our water filtration system and and 00:01:26.71000:01:26.720 washing dishes and cooking and that sort 00:01:28.94000:01:28.950 of thing because we use a composting 00:01:31.55000:01:31.560 toilet we don't flush a lot of our water 00:01:33.08000:01:33.090 down the toilet and so we can actually 00:01:36.53000:01:36.540 make this hundred liters go about 10 to 00:01:39.77000:01:39.780 15 days of conservative use so that 00:01:43.94000:01:43.950 suits us just fine so I can actually pop 00:01:47.48000:01:47.490 this lid off like this and it's a big 00:01:49.70000:01:49.710 opening large enough to get my big arm 00:01:51.64900:01:51.659 in there kara can get her arm right to 00:01:53.69000:01:53.700 the bottom and should we get any manky 00:01:56.78000:01:56.790 water in there like I'm gonna get out 00:01:59.78000:01:59.790 the lid get it opened and clean and 00:02:02.24000:02:02.250 sterilized right up so in addition to 00:02:05.71900:02:05.729 being able to get our arms inside and 00:02:07.58000:02:07.590 clean them out if we have to here's a 00:02:09.26000:02:09.270 couple other things I really like about 00:02:10.58000:02:10.590 these kegs they're small enough that I 00:02:13.49000:02:13.500 take one of these throw it over my 00:02:15.38000:02:15.390 shoulder and take a hike and go and get 00:02:17.21000:02:17.220 water from the spigot at the campsite 00:02:19.46000:02:19.470 we're at or oftentimes we've been at a 00:02:22.16000:02:22.170 restaurant or a diner that sort of thing 00:02:23.87000:02:23.880 and say yeah we eat some water and can 00:02:26.03000:02:26.040 we bring in a vessel and fill it up for 00:02:28.61000:02:28.620 us and more often than not they're happy 00:02:30.80000:02:30.810 to do that and so just having a modular 00:02:33.38000:02:33.390 like that where I can take and go and 00:02:34.88000:02:34.890 get some water 00:02:35.69000:02:35.700 you know run two or three loads and get 00:02:37.67000:02:37.680 a few kegs of water that's been really 00:02:39.44000:02:39.450 really helpful especially down here in 00:02:41.15000:02:41.160 Mexico where there isn't RVs fill 00:02:43.28000:02:43.290 stations at every corner we can just get 00:02:46.49000:02:46.500 whatever water we can as we're going 00:02:48.02000:02:48.030 along and in fact many of the locals 00:02:50.30000:02:50.310 down here seem to buy their water it's 00:02:52.07000:02:52.080 water purification retailers that that 00:02:55.52000:02:55.530 fill up jugs for you and another reason 00:02:59.54000:02:59.550 they're on the inside like this is 00:03:01.06000:03:01.070 because of freeze protection they're 00:03:04.16000:03:04.170 inside the building envelope insulated 00:03:06.19900:03:06.209 inside our living space so that when 00:03:10.13000:03:10.140 we're camping in freezing weather our 00:03:12.71000:03:12.720 water and all of our lines and 00:03:14.12000:03:14.130 everything is inside the heated 00:03:15.50000:03:15.510 compartment so assuming we are not 00:03:18.14000:03:18.150 freezing our water is also not freezing 00:03:21.16000:03:21.170 the other really neat thing about the 00:03:24.08000:03:24.090 kegs is we can kind of segregate our 00:03:27.47000:03:27.480 water so if we have fresh clean good 00:03:29.93000:03:29.940 known good drinking water I can keep it 00:03:32.24000:03:32.250 in X number of kegs and then if we pass 00:03:35.44900:03:35.459 by a stream or some other questionable 00:03:39.68000:03:39.690 source of water we can keep those 00:03:41.42000:03:41.430 separate and then filter as needed or 00:03:44.72000:03:44.730 use it for non-potable uses like washing 00:03:47.78000:03:47.790 off the dog or whatever so the next 00:03:51.31900:03:51.329 thing is fittings these are ball lock 00:03:53.18000:03:53.190 fittings they're pretty cheap about five 00:03:55.31000:03:55.320 bucks apiece and typical common 3/8 00:03:59.15000:03:59.160 nylon tubing I went for 3/8 because 00:04:01.75900:04:01.769 that's a nice common size where these 00:04:04.22000:04:04.230 ball lock fittings will will fit right 00:04:07.10000:04:07.110 on there but also our compressor 00:04:10.31000:04:10.320 airlines are all 3/8 so I can use these 00:04:14.63000:04:14.640 very common push-to-connect fittings 00:04:17.47900:04:17.489 this is good event and be loud 00:04:20.18000:04:20.190 and so you know that's a common size 00:04:23.96000:04:23.970 between the two systems that made it 00:04:26.18000:04:26.190 really easy to integrate so how does it 00:04:28.82000:04:28.830 all work there's an in hole and a note 00:04:31.40000:04:31.410 hole the inside has these little plates 00:04:35.51000:04:35.520 on there typically and the outside 00:04:37.70000:04:37.710 doesn't and so this comes from our air 00:04:40.55000:04:40.560 compressor through a regulator and that 00:04:43.22000:04:43.230 air regulator regulates the pressure 00:04:45.65000:04:45.660 down to 40 psi which is about City water 00:04:48.65000:04:48.660 pressure and so then when I click this 00:04:50.90000:04:50.910 on here 00:04:51.59000:04:51.600 if pressurizes the keg with the 40 psi 00:04:55.37000:04:55.380 of air and then it wants to come out 00:04:57.35000:04:57.360 this hole at 40 psi so I'll use the 00:05:01.16000:05:01.170 shower wand as an example I've got the 00:05:04.25000:05:04.260 liquid fitting which is typically black 00:05:06.02000:05:06.030 and that just clicks on there and then 00:05:08.87000:05:08.880 we would have pressurized water coming 00:05:10.91000:05:10.920 out of there so that's a simple version 00:05:12.86000:05:12.870 of the system we've gone a couple steps 00:05:15.80000:05:15.810 more complicated where we have five kegs 00:05:20.21000:05:20.220 and so I've made a few of these jumpers 00:05:22.76000:05:22.770 so this allows me to daisy chain them so 00:05:27.35000:05:27.360 that one will feed the next one in the 00:05:28.76000:05:28.770 next one and we usually have four wired 00:05:31.22000:05:31.230 in series and then we keep one as a 00:05:33.89000:05:33.900 reserve so that when we route to the 00:05:36.29000:05:36.300 four we know we have just that 20 liters 00:05:38.24000:05:38.250 left and to be mindful super mindful of 00:05:41.18000:05:41.190 water usage so that's the kegs and 00:05:44.96000:05:44.970 storage side the compressor is pretty 00:05:46.70000:05:46.710 simple here as you can see the my air 00:05:49.94000:05:49.950 compressors just tucked in this 00:05:51.32000:05:51.330 compartment here goes through the error 00:05:53.51000:05:53.520 regulator which Tunes it down to 40 psi 00:05:56.21000:05:56.220 and from there it heads through the 00:05:58.99000:05:59.000 through the living area here through our 00:06:01.76000:06:01.770 water filter which I'll show you next 00:06:03.17000:06:03.180 and up to the top so it's not so much 00:06:07.16000:06:07.170 more complicated than one but that's 00:06:11.39000:06:11.400 really as simple as it is so moving 00:06:14.93000:06:14.940 inside now this is our dinette floor and 00:06:17.12000:06:17.130 behind this panel is where I've 00:06:18.77000:06:18.780 installed our water filter so I've 00:06:20.99000:06:21.000 disconnected the power and some other 00:06:23.27000:06:23.280 things here so I can pull it out and 00:06:24.47000:06:24.480 show you basically this line here comes 00:06:27.14000:06:27.150 from our Pepsi kegs goes through the 00:06:30.68000:06:30.690 sediment filter which is just a basic 00:06:32.50000:06:32.510 spun filter for you know sand and rocks 00:06:37.10000:06:37.110 and then it goes through an activated 00:06:39.05000:06:39.060 charcoal granular charcoal filter and 00:06:41.60000:06:41.610 then through a block charcoal filter and 00:06:44.78000:06:44.790 then from there it comes up into the 00:06:46.61000:06:46.620 ultraviolet sterilizer which is a six 00:06:48.56000:06:48.570 watt UV light that kills all the Gribble 00:06:51.41000:06:51.420 ease that filters can't filter out and 00:06:55.16000:06:55.170 so it should be sterilized coming out of 00:06:57.02000:06:57.030 there and from there of course it goes 00:06:58.49000:06:58.500 through the hose and over to our faucet 00:07:02.86000:07:02.870 water no surprise this faucet has two 00:07:08.18000:07:08.190 lines hot and cold we typically only use 00:07:10.55000:07:10.560 the one cold one normally and it's your 00:07:13.40000:07:13.410 run-of-the-mill average residential 00:07:15.62000:07:15.630 faucet we don't have a cheap plastic RV 00:07:18.14000:07:18.150 faucet we wanted something a little 00:07:19.61000:07:19.620 nicer and this one has the wand style 00:07:22.94000:07:22.950 pull out with the sprayer great for 00:07:24.68000:07:24.690 rinsing off dishes or whatever and we 00:07:27.68000:07:27.690 thought to eventually put a shower 00:07:28.91000:07:28.920 curtain that came out here over the 00:07:31.52000:07:31.530 entranceway 00:07:32.03000:07:32.040 and then that could be a discreet shower 00:07:36.83000:07:36.840 if we weren't able to shower outside so 00:07:39.05000:07:39.060 then on the topic of showers this is our 00:07:42.20000:07:42.210 shower keg we keep it separate from our 00:07:45.92000:07:45.930 other kegs we don't plumb it in series 00:07:47.84000:07:47.850 with the other ones typically or ever 00:07:50.17000:07:50.180 and that allows us to use whatever water 00:07:53.72000:07:53.730 we come across so we'll fill this with 00:07:55.88000:07:55.890 clean Creek water if we find a nice 00:07:57.89000:07:57.900 clean Creek or whatever you know 00:08:01.73900:08:01.749 tap water refined on some hoes laying in 00:08:04.10900:08:04.119 the street and as long as it's clean ish 00:08:06.44900:08:06.459 looking water and we'll put it in here 00:08:07.91900:08:07.929 and this becomes an hour shower cake so 00:08:12.97900:08:12.989 the way that works the way we use this 00:08:15.35900:08:15.369 is of course we put our water in there 00:08:19.04900:08:19.059 and then I've 3d printed this little 00:08:21.08900:08:21.099 adapter a simple little oval thing and 00:08:24.23900:08:24.249 that keeps this Innova sous-vide cooker 00:08:28.35000:08:28.360 from falling all the way in so that sets 00:08:31.31900:08:31.329 in here like that and then we plug it in 00:08:34.23000:08:34.240 here like this and it starts up so we 00:08:38.57900:08:38.589 set this to whatever temperature we'd 00:08:39.83900:08:39.849 like it start it takes about 15 minutes 00:08:42.80900:08:42.819 to heat up uses about 250 watt hours 00:08:45.74900:08:45.759 which takes us five minutes to make off 00:08:48.38900:08:48.399 of solar and heats our water to the 00:08:51.26900:08:51.279 perfect shower temperature then when 00:08:53.61000:08:53.620 we're ready to shower take this out put 00:08:58.76900:08:58.779 the lid back in go outside to the air 00:09:01.74000:09:01.750 hose I showed you earlier pressurize it 00:09:04.92000:09:04.930 with 40 or 50 psi of water pressure and 00:09:07.67900:09:07.689 then I just built this up really quick 00:09:09.66000:09:09.670 the same ball lock fitting and a simple 00:09:12.42000:09:12.430 residential sink sprayer button and that 00:09:16.65000:09:16.660 allows us to conserve some water clip 00:09:19.37900:09:19.389 that on there and then rinse yourself 00:09:21.80900:09:21.819 off whatever manky bits need to be 00:09:24.32900:09:24.339 Dominque if I'd and there's the push 00:09:28.35000:09:28.360 button is really nice because rather 00:09:30.24000:09:30.250 than turn it on and then just have it 00:09:31.82900:09:31.839 spraying water endlessly you can wet 00:09:34.35000:09:34.360 your hair what you know what you're with 00:09:36.80900:09:36.819 yourself you can wet your hair and wet 00:09:39.68900:09:39.699 yourself lather up do all the soapy bits 00:09:42.60000:09:42.610 you need to do and then rinse everything 00:09:44.85000:09:44.860 off and so this works really well for 00:09:47.16000:09:47.170 that I did have to buy this cake new 00:09:49.29000:09:49.300 they're not very common but it's nice 00:09:51.38900:09:51.399 because it's a half half cake size two 00:09:54.05900:09:54.069 and a half gallons or ten litres and you 00:09:58.41000:09:58.420 know it's 3/4 full right now but it's 00:10:00.48000:10:00.490 still not too too heavy we can get this 00:10:03.50900:10:03.519 heated up and kara can walk off into the 00:10:05.28000:10:05.290 bush or 00:10:06.55000:10:06.560 manhandle it without too much problem so 00:10:08.65000:10:08.660 that's how that whole system ties 00:10:10.98900:10:10.999 together for showering when we're out 00:10:14.36900:10:14.379 out in a boat so I hope that rundown 00:10:18.06900:10:18.079 gives you a good idea of how everything 00:10:19.48000:10:19.490 works how our water system works we do 00:10:22.44900:10:22.459 get a lot of questions about it so now 00:10:24.61000:10:24.620 I'll have a video to point everyone to 00:10:26.36900:10:26.379 thanks so much for watching we'll see 00:10:28.68900:10:28.699 you next time
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