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Title: Plumbing
Post by: Rob on July 25, 2006, 08:47:30 PM

We are plumbing our bus and need some experties on what size QEST to use? We have a dual pump system and lots of 3/8 QEST! The question is will 3/8 in. be large enough or should we go with 1/2?
                                                               
                                                                                        Rob ???

Title: Re: Plumbing
Post by: Nick Badame Refrig/ACC on July 25, 2006, 10:07:48 PM

Rob,

Welcome.

I used 1/2" pex and I really wished I used 3/4" from the tanks to the Dist. manifolds. Then 1/2" to the Fixtures.

I wouldn't reccomend 3/8" but, it's your bus you do what your requirements are.

Hope this helps
Nick Badame

Title: Re: Plumbing
Post by: Rob on July 25, 2006, 10:49:55 PM

Thanks!! I was thinking the same thing, I just have 200 feet of 3/8 just  laying around. Hate to see it go to waste but I'll change gears and press on.
                                                                      Rob

Title: Re: Plumbing
Post by: JackConrad on July 26, 2006, 04:16:17 AM

     We used CPVC pipe for our plumbing because we had it on hand. We run 2 water pumps, connected in parallel. We ran 3/4" for the main supply lines (hot and cold) and ran 1/2" lines to the individual fixtures (bathroom sink, shower, kitchen sink).  i would not want anything smaller than 1/2"  Hope this helps, Jack

Title: Re: Plumbing
Post by: rip on July 26, 2006, 05:44:07 AM

When I was doing my plumbing I talked with a bus builder in Phoenix and he was using 3/8" soft copper for his lines except for the washer which he used 1/2" copper.I did the same in my conversion and it works great.I have all the water pressure I want and the soft copper was a lot easyer to use then 1/2".    Don Ripley                                     

Title: Re: Plumbing
Post by: Hartley on July 26, 2006, 08:24:47 AM

I used 3/4 PEX for the main feed lines and 1/2" pex for everything else. It flows pretty good
with the shurFlo 5.7 gpm pump that I have installed.

 I can run the kitchen faucet while the shower is going and not suffered any loss of volume or pressure.
I guess the variable speed pump has a few advantages... It works Great...

The 3/8" inch might be fine for an icemaker line or an auxillary faucet back in the engine bay.

Good Luck.....