Make That Outside Shower Do Double Duty

A lot of truck campers are rolling off the assembly lines with "outside shower" fixtures. Open the door on the side of the rig, and there resides a typical cheapo RV shower head and a mixing valve setup. Our mechanically inclined friend Dave uses his to rinse off the spent hand-cleaner n grease before he gets back in his rig. Says it really makes life with Shirley a whole lot easier.


If you use your outside shower for these types of more utilitarian functions (how about rinsing off Rover after he's been chasing gulls down the beach?) you might consider a bit of a switch out. Why not trade in your shower head for a garden hose end? With that in place, you can hitch up any length of garden hose (or fresh water fill hose) to your mixing valve, and at the "business end" of the hose, put on a handy "lever type" garden hose sprayer.

What's required? Check out your handy hardware store and ask about a male hose to MIP adapter--a WATTS A-663 may be just the device you need. The adapter screws into the end of your existing hose and makes it 'look and act like' a 3/4" male garden hose fitting. Some folks forsake the garden hose, and simply extend their existing "shower" hose with requisite fittings. Where do they put the excess hose? If the camper shower stall is next to the outside shower box, some have found that there's plenty of space between the shower stall and the camper shell wall. By cutting a small "stuffing" hole in the outside shower control box, they push that hose away inside.