SILENCE is GOLDEN

We go camping for many reasons, but one of the principle motives is to seek the peace and quiet of the bush. We’ll tolerate the noise of our kids running around enjoying themselves, and somewhat less of the same from other people’s children, but cranking up a chainsaw or a generator, even at midday, justifiably gets some stern looks, muttered expletives and a grudging allocation of forbearance.

So how about if we fire up a jackhammer?

This may sound a little extreme for your average camper trailer, but it’s pretty much what you get from many 12 volt electric water pumps.

In this day and age of “must-have” luxuries, the very notion of a manually operated water pump is just not on. Imagine having to exert physical energy to extract water from inside that tank!

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