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Adjustable water pressure regulator

June 28, 2021, 01:04:57 pm

The pressure regulator included with the motorhome is a Valterra static regulator set at 40-50 pounds. It has less pressure than the water pump.

Would an adjustable regulator help increase the flow?

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Reply #1 – June 28, 2021, 02:08:45 pm

There's a simpler solution: don't connect to city water. Instead, fill your tank, then use the pump. This has a number of advantages: the water in your tank doesn't sit around and possibly go stagnant; in cold weather you don't have to worry about a burst water hose; and in hot weather you don't have your hose sitting out in the sun growing slime inside. Plus, it's one less thing to connect and disconnect. Many of us never connect to city water; I haven't done it in fifteen years of full-time RVing.

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Reply #2 – June 28, 2021, 02:24:02 pm

Agree 💯 with Andy!!! Too many horror stories of folks connected to full pressure lines!!

Bill

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Reply #3 – June 28, 2021, 02:34:03 pm

Quote from: Andy Baird - June 28, 2021, 02:08:45 pm

There's a simpler solution: don't connect to city water. Instead, fill your tank, then use the pump. This has a number of advantages: the water in your tank doesn't sit around and possibly go stagnant; in cold weather you don't have to worry about a burst water hose; and in hot weather you don't have your hose sitting out in the sun growing slime inside. Plus, it's one less thing to connect and disconnect. Many of us never connect to city water; I haven't done it in fifteen years of full-time RVing.

I hadn't hooked up until we got the new one.
I like having my tank fairly empty for travel but I think I'll go back to the pump. You've convinced me.

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Reply #4 – June 28, 2021, 02:45:24 pm

Quote from: tedeboy - June 28, 2021, 02:34:03 pm

I hadn't hooked up until we got the new one.
I like having my tank fairly empty for travel but I think I'll go back to the pump. You've convinced me.

Make sure you carry a water pump replacement

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Reply #5 – June 28, 2021, 03:08:36 pm

Another positive about keeping your fresh water tank full is that you never know when a city hook up will be available or what the quality of the water is in the area. 💦

I leave town with a full water tank. This usually lasts at least a week with family travel companions.

Like others, I’ve never used the city water hook up. While in Heber City at the Mt. View RV resort, I was warned that their city water pressure was very high and a regulator was highly recommended.

Kent

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Reply #6 – June 28, 2021, 03:11:39 pm

Quote from: tedeboy - June 28, 2021, 02:34:03 pm

I hadn't hooked up until we got the new one.
I like having my tank fairly empty for travel but I think I'll go back to the pump. You've convinced me.

I doubt you would see any measurable difference in mileage between running with an empty water tank and a full one.
After arriving twice at campsites where the water was turned off, we always run with a full tank whenever possible.

We look at our LD as a survival shelter that may be needed at any time, a full water tank is a necessity.
And yes, we never hook up to city water, instead, always using the water pump and water from the tank.
18 years without any major water system issues other than failed pumps.

Larry

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Reply #7 – June 28, 2021, 09:31:42 pm

I too heartily agree with all the respondents who travel with a full H20 tank for all the stated reasons.
Another reason:
Long ago I had been caught in high cross winds (gale force) that had felt like my '82 Jamboree motorhome would flip over in the Wreckhouse area of Newfoundland. The fuel and water tanks were nearly empty and I felt that if they had been full that would have been additional ballast to better steady the coach. We barely made it. While waiting at the ferry terminal wharf we learned the a hurricane was approaching the area from the Atlantic. In the many times since then that I have passed through the Wreckhouse stretch of the Trans Canada Hwy (TCH) I have made sure all the tanks were full. That lowers the center of gravity of the chassis. One late evening in late September 2018 we again encountered gale force winds coming off the mountain slopes going through the Wrechhouse and the handling of the coach with full tanks and towing the Honda CRV was difficult but I got it through.
The Wreckhouse area references:
Search "Wreckhouse Newfoundland." Several sites will show up. Here is just one:
<https://encounternewfoundland.com/where-the-wind-blows-wreckhouse-and-the-human-wind-gauge/>
Mike

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