Glind hot water shower

[86mud]

Hi all

Does anyone have one of these install in their Landrover? I am after a hot water system and am interested in any feedback on these.

My first question is - do you need to continue to run the engine once the water temp is hot?

Thanks heaps

[jboot51]

I have one but it is near on 20 years old.
Never had a problem with it.

You do need to keep the engine running so that the engine coolant is circulating thru the heat exchanger.

[Walter_200]

I found that recirculating the water in a bucket until it reached a comfortable temperature, then look could turn off the engine and never a problem with scalding water if you ever stop the flow.

[86mud]

I should have researched a little better on AULRO before I posted this thread.

The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that the vehicle needs to be idling close to the shower tent and I am not too fond of that with kids running around.

Apart from that I really like the idea of the unit being permanently installed in the truck.

Mine is a 300TDI so should have no issues getting the water hot.

Thanks

[austastar]

Hi,
Use it when you first stop to heat a bucket of water for the shower.
The scald potential from the unit comes in if you turn off the water supply for a bit. This can over heat some water in the exchange unit - which, if you are using it straight from the unit, can burn.
Cheers

[philandmickey]

Hi
We have one on our 300tdi 130, mounted under the bonnet.
We are very happy with it, or should I say my wife is!

I have mounted a pressure pump under the left wing but not plumbed it into the water tank, we use a 10L bucket that it draws from. That way we can control the amount of water we use and my wife can shower for as long as she likes with 10L!

We use a shower head with an on/off to only use water when needed but you do need to watch how hot it gets when there is no flow!
Cycling the water through the bucket warms up the water quicker.

We find it best to shower at the end of the day as the 300tdi takes too long to warm up in the morning.

Cheers
Phil

[Bushie]

Had one (Twine) in my 300Tdi for nearly 20 years, works great. The ideal as others have said is to have a shower when you pull up for the night, or take the vehicle for a short run, Its then hot enough you can turn it all off and have the water recirculate through a bucket.

Heat exchanger was mounted on the fire wall.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/07/796.jpg

Martyn

[weeds]

As you have a 130......go a jacoola gas continuous flow and hang off the side.......adjustable temp and flow

[86mud]

Thanks heaps for everyone's input.

I am liking what I see with the Joolca hot water units. Will look at getting one these.

Thanks

[weeds]

Thanks heaps for everyone's input.

I am liking what I see with the Joolca hot water units. Will look at getting one these.

Thanks


I have one......started as portable but is now fixed to the camper....looking at permanently fixing it into the defer.

[86mud]

Hi Weeds

Congrats on getting another Defender.

I ordered my Joolca on Sunday so looking forward to getting it this week. I too am planning on mounting it permanently - in the rear of my 130. I am interested to see how much heat it radiates.

[weeds]

Re: heat, careful of the heat from the burnt gases out the flu

The other weekend at Boonah when it was pretty chilly.....we were pumping straight out of the dam (not sure of water temp) and shower temp got to 42 degrees

We did have a faulty shower head (didn't stop us from having showers), really good customer service from Bart and it was replaced straight away, a couple of days and it was in the mail box.

[86mud]

Well, that's big thumbs up to the Joolca hot water unit. It was pumping through about 60 litres of water every night for 5 nights during my recent trip to Moreton Island. Nothing beats a hot shower at the end of a hard day.

[weeds]

Yeah they go all right......just got to keep water up to them.....nothing beats washing the salt of at the end of the day.