Water shut off solenoid on timer
One of the things I worry about when we leave the RV is a water leak. Now I know I could just shut the valve and last year we tried that but we forgot, a lot. I had some free-time to kill. LOL! So her...
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Shortly after we got our current camper (new), I found the water pump switch would be turned on (at home in the drive way), and I always dumped my fresh water tank on the ride home from our camp outs. It happened over and over. I'd turn it off and a few days later, the switch would be back on, of course, running the pump and no water in the fresh water tank. I never did figure out why that happened.
I finally got desperate and run a second toggle off-on switch under the bed and near the water pump. So both switches had to be on in order for the water pump to run. When returning home, both were off. The new one was hidden, unless you knew exactly where it was. And you know .... that "ghost" never turned on the switch at the door again!
I still use the double switch "off" if the camper is not being used for any length of time and there's no water in the tank.
I never hook up directly to the water spigot, never! Never a risk of over pressure that way, and never have to worry about a functioning water pressure gauge that way either. When leaving out the door of the camper, a simple flip of the water pump switch and the most anything will run (or leak), or blow, or fail, will be only about 5 seconds of water. Works for me.
This was a simple fix and about as complicated wiring as I ever want to do. Reading the OP's description above makes my eyes hurt! But if he enjoyed the project, ... well ... that's really all that matters!
Great job there, and thanks for sharing your fun project! (even if my eyes are still stinging!) :B
I finally got desperate and run a second toggle off-on switch under the bed and near the water pump. So both switches had to be on in order for the water pump to run. When returning home, both were off. The new one was hidden, unless you knew exactly where it was. And you know .... that "ghost" never turned on the switch at the door again!
I still use the double switch "off" if the camper is not being used for any length of time and there's no water in the tank.
I never hook up directly to the water spigot, never! Never a risk of over pressure that way, and never have to worry about a functioning water pressure gauge that way either. When leaving out the door of the camper, a simple flip of the water pump switch and the most anything will run (or leak), or blow, or fail, will be only about 5 seconds of water. Works for me.
This was a simple fix and about as complicated wiring as I ever want to do. Reading the OP's description above makes my eyes hurt! But if he enjoyed the project, ... well ... that's really all that matters!
Great job there, and thanks for sharing your fun project! (even if my eyes are still stinging!) :B
