Filling the Fresh Water Like a Boss
All of my travel trailers have had gravity-filled fresh water tanks, and it's always been a struggle to get the water in them. The fill port is on the side of the camper, so the water has to enter...
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Blacklane wrote:
Not when you're filling the tank with a 5/8" hose. You must reduce the flow to less than a third, since the area of a 3/8" diameter hose is about 1/3 the area of a 5/8" hose. It's actually far less than that, since the air not flowing out of the vent is flowing against the water you're trying to put in.sch911 wrote:Blacklane wrote:
Apparently not. I have a 1" hose into the tank and a 3/8" vent connected to a lockable fill port on the outside of my camper.
Sounds like you have a blockage in the vent hose. The 3/8 hose is more than enough to pass the air out of the tank if functioning properly.
Not going to argue with you other than to point out the density of the air is much less that the water. Hence the smaller hose requirement for the vent. I'm done now...
