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Water connections
Yahoo Message Number: 2703
Help! Why do we have 3 places to hook up a water hose on our '89 22ft? We don't have a manual. Will someone please explain this before we hook up at a park and flood the inside?

Thanks,

Karen
Water connections
Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2704
I'm kinda guessing since my 82 22ft doesn't have three--- I have a screw-on conection on the port side for hookup and a cap on the starboard for gravity fill of the tank. I am planning to install a hose connection for flushing the black tank and that may be what the previous owner has done.
Tom Fountain Valley CA
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Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2708
Tom, all are on the port side. One is between the black and grey tanks on the lower panel and says "water intake only" and one is just in front of the gas cap at mid level. Both are for screwing on a hose. The third is higher up, between the other two and behind a small locked door that says "potable water only". The opening is bigger for gravity fill. We have a twin/king.
We have a tap next to the kitchen sink with an airplane type filter for drinking water. Could that be the potable water fill? Needless to say, we're confused.

Karen
Water connections
Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2720
Here's a naive question that is triggered by the "water connection" conversation. My RV experience is limited to a few rentals to date - our LD will be along in May.

When I'm connected to pressurized water service at a campground, I screw my hose onto the truck and onto the spigot. And the hose is pressurized.

Now when I'm ready to leave, I need to unscrew the still pressurized hose. And I'll get squirted in the eye.

How do *experienced* folk disassemble the pressurized connection without taking a shower?
Water connections
Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2722
The easy way is just to open an inside faucet to vent the hose. I keep a cutout valve on the hose end and a 90 degree quick disconnect. That way I just shut off the valve and disconnect the quick fitting.
No shower. Then I point the hose in a safe direction and reopen the valve. This also gives you a quick way to have a small fire hose in case of a fire and it is already pressurized and ready to squirt.

Happy Trails

Gus Weber
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Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2723
One way is to use one of those "Y" connectors with valves on them and just open the unused fork after you turn off the water. It's also handy for getting a bucket of water if there are not other unused taps close by.
Water connections
Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2726
You gotta remember to turn of the spiggot first.
Then I unscrew (a little) the hose from my rig (Cause I can do that standing up). As soon as I see water coming out I stop turning the connection and step back untill the water stops spraying.

You do have a water pressure controller connected at the facuet end, right?
Water connections
Reply #7 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2734
Hello Woodruff,

Here are but two methods to avoid that old soaked feeling when preparing to leave a campground:

Turn off the water faucet at the spigot and politely ask the spouse to open a faucet inside the coach to relieve the pressure.

Use an attachment to the spigot that contains a faucet and an outlet to which you fasten your water hose. After turning off the spigot faucet, open the attachment faucet to relieve the pressure. This attachment with the faucet and outlet is available at Camping World and some of the RV supply catalogs.

(We use the first method.)

Don McG
Water connections
Reply #8 –
Yahoo Message Number: 2740
Don McG wrote: ..."politely ask the spouse to open a faucet inside the coach to relieve the pressure."...

Yeah, I'm new to this, but I already know that when the water is spraying, you yell, "CAN YOU OPEN A FAUCET???"

At least the outside water connection gives warning.
When I unscrewed the nylon nut on the hot water heater, I was greeted with a split second blast of water.
When I went inside the house soaked, my wife asked "what happened to you?"

Note to self: "release pressure before opening the hot water drain plug."

I replaced the nylon nut with the petcock recommended by the manual. That seems like a good deal. I won't forget again, but if I do, I won't get sprayed and it will be much easier to drain the fresh water system.