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 sideways while the air is trying to escape the same hole, since the vent is much smaller. So you have to reduce the flow, adding more time to the task.
I've used an adapter hose that is readily available at camper-supply stores. It's maybe 6 inches long the goes into the fill hole. It helps a little, but not much. My current camper has a fairly long hose from the fill port to the tank, and the back pressure makes the adapter hose difficult to use.
So I finally came up with this: Simply cut the end fitting off of a 4-foot (1.5 meter) garden hose and insert it into the fill port all the way to the bottom of the tank. Then you can turn on the water full-force and wait for the water to displace the air from the bottom-up.
Filling the fresh water tank is a breeze now.
The fill port is on the side of the camper, so the water has to enter sideways while the air is trying to escape the same hole, since the vent is much smaller. So you have to reduce the flow, adding more time to the task.
I've used an adapter hose that is readily available at camper-supply stores. It's maybe 6 inches long the goes into the fill hole. It helps a little, but not much. My current camper has a fairly long hose from the fill port to the tank, and the back pressure makes the adapter hose difficult to use.
So I finally came up with this: Simply cut the end fitting off of a 4-foot (1.5 meter) garden hose and insert it into the fill port all the way to the bottom of the tank. Then you can turn on the water full-force and wait for the water to displace the air from the bottom-up.
Filling the fresh water tank is a breeze now.
