What is it?

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Pot Bellied Fool

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238 months

Monday 29th July 2013
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Found in our newly acquired caravan is this gizmo...

Does anyone have a clue as to what it might have been used for? Something water-y I guess but what? It's only about a cm in diameter.




GAjon

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214 months

Monday 29th July 2013
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Looking on the small screen of my phone, it looks like the detachable pulling handle for an aquaroll water carrier, maybe?

Pot Bellied Fool

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Monday 29th July 2013
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Interesting idea but way too small (about a foot long) - and it's a rubber tube atached to the 'wand' so even if there was a longer bit, I don't think it would be up to pulling.

Although we do have two aquarolls but no handles! smile

BigBob

1,471 posts

226 months

Tuesday 30th July 2013
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Think you'll find it's the pipe that goes from the Aquaroll to the water inlet on the side of the van

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Pot Bellied Fool

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Tuesday 30th July 2013
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BigBob said:
Think you'll find it's the pipe that goes from the Aquaroll to the water inlet on the side of the van

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Nope, the end is all wrong. The only inlet is the combined water/12V fitting for the submersible water pump.

Seems to have been identified on a caravanning forum as an historic pipe used to pump from a jerrycan via a floor mounted pump back in the '70s!

Might just keep it till after the first trip though in case I find there was a cunning use for it!

BigBob

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226 months

Thursday 1st August 2013
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Pot Bellied Fool said:
BigBob said:
Think you'll find it's the pipe that goes from the Aquaroll to the water inlet on the side of the van

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Nope, the end is all wrong. The only inlet is the combined water/12V fitting for the submersible water pump.

Seems to have been identified on a caravanning forum as an historic pipe used to pump from a jerrycan via a floor mounted pump back in the '70s!

Might just keep it till after the first trip though in case I find there was a cunning use for it!
Would have to agree mate - I was thinking about the water connection we had on our old static van when I was a youngster.

I knew it well as it was my job to collect the water smile

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cpas

1,661 posts

241 months

Saturday 10th August 2013
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They may have used it as a syphon pipe between the two aquarolls to allow one to empty into the other.