camco water regulator

CaLBaR wrote:

myredracer wrote:
Those basic inline regulators have a low flow rate (about 1 gpm) and can easily plug up with sediment depending on the water quality. There is a very small hole that the water passes through and it doesn't take much to plug up the hole and regulator mechanism. There is a high pressure drop across these regulators which goes up as the CG pressure goes down. With low CG pressure, you can end up with a trickle inside. Not rebuildable. We had one in the beginning that only lasted 1 season.

You should always use a regulator and the inline ones are the least costly and simplest. An excellent upgrade is a Watts unit like the 263A and are good for over 4 gpm and are rebuildable. Can be used outside or inside. I installed one under our kitchen sink. The gauge in the photo is a tell-tale type and have seen as high as 135 psi at a CG so far. Some have reported as high as 200 psi. We use a high pressure rated hose to the CG supply. I installed a gauge after the regulator at the HWT have the reg. set to 60 psi. RVs are tested to min. 100 psi.

This is the setup that I have done but I use mine outside on the tap. I really like this setup. No more hooking up and unhooking and it is always there. I might have to look at changing mine to this.

Calbar

that gauge sort of looks like it has a red pointer which mine has that shows the maximum pressure reached. sort of interesting.
bumpy