Step 10 – Connect electricity and finish plumbing

Note: We are currently working on a separate blogpost in which we explain in detail how we installed our full electrical system. 

As we discussed in step 7, connecting your water system and electricity depends on your building plan.
So when you have to fulfill this step, depends on where your hoses and electrical wires will run and where you place your water tanks, sockets and light switches. Most likely you’ll have to spread this step throughout the whole process.

We built our sockets and light switches into the furniture so we could connect them whenever we wanted. If you decide to place them in your walls, you have to connect these while placing your walls in step 6. 

As our clear water tanks are in the back, we had to lay a hose from the tanks to our sink in front. We used 3/4 inch hoses and we’ve run them behind our furniture together with the electrical wires. In this way we can always reach the hoses if there’s any problem and we would notice any leakage soon.
 If your clear water tanks and pump are directly under your sink, you can choose when to connect the water system, but don’t forget to provide an electrical connection for your water pump in time!

When all of this is installed, you can connect all your electrical supplies to your battery. And as soon as your sink and tap are placed you can connect your water system.

Connecting water system
Wherever you place your water tanks, the connection is more or less the same. You connect your water tank to the water pump with a hose and another hose is running from the pump to your tap. The pump itself must be connected to your battery. When you want hot water you also have to put a boiler into your water system. We didn’t connect a boiler to our sink, but we have a portable boiler to shower that we can place wherever we want.

To prevent your water from keep on running when there is a problem with your main tap at the sink, you can also attach a stop cock underneath the sink. In this way you can close your water system whenever you want or have to.

You’ll also need a grey water tank connected to your drain. We placed this tank right underneath our sink.

Connecting electricity
We’re currently working on a new blogpost about the electricity and we will post this one online as soon as possible!