Hey all. I have moved into a 2015 chapparal 360ibl fifth wheel from a 2005 open road TT. To fill the water tank on my open road I popped off the cap on the trailer stuck the garden hose in and filled til my heart was content. On the fifth wheel I have to attach the hose directly onto the trailer(screw it onto the trailer connector) then fill up. Works fine. But if we are out boondocking and I have to refill the trailer from jugs or a stream how can I do this. Where you hook the hose onto the trailer from the outside I screw the hose on then there are 2 valves where you set to either fill the tank. Operate the system or winterize. There is also a cap there and I have a connector and small hose to suck up antifreeze for when I winterize. I assume this setup is fairly common on new trailers. Just don't know what to do with it. Any advice is much appreciated.

Thats a first for me. Never seen a setup like you describe before

The connection and hose you have to suck antifreeze through your water system bypasses the water tank when you are putting antifreeze into your water lines. You can experiment and you will find that with a different valve setting that hose will direct its flow to your tank instead. I have a Water Works Utility Panel in my Sportscoach and I can do that procedure with it. I recently bought a 30 gallon water bladder from Amazon that I can put in the back of my Samurai and get water from a campground community water spigot. Saves having to move the RV after it is setup. Jim

When the pressure valve on our freshwater pump froze open, I replaced it. I now use it, with a faucet connection and hose I rigged to be portable, and a jump pac, to pump water from a bladder into my fill connector. Good luck.

sau4u wrote:Hey all. I have moved into a 2015 chapparal 360ibl fifth wheel from a 2005 open road TT. To fill the water tank on my open road I popped off the cap on the trailer stuck the garden hose in and filled til my heart was content. On the fifth wheel I have to attach the hose directly onto the trailer(screw it onto the trailer connector) then fill up. Works fine. But if we are out boondocking and I have to refill the trailer from jugs or a stream how can I do this. Where you hook the hose onto the trailer from the outside I screw the hose on then there are 2 valves where you set to either fill the tank. Operate the system or winterize. There is also a cap there and I have a connector and small hose to suck up antifreeze for when I winterize. I assume this setup is fairly common on new trailers. Just don't know what to do with it. Any advice is much appreciated.You're likely going to have to get a 12v pump to pump from whatever container you're hauling water in.Lyle

jauguston wrote:The connection and hose you have to suck antifreeze through your water system bypasses the water tank when you are putting antifreeze into your water lines. You can experiment and you will find that with a different valve setting that hose will direct its flow to your tank instead. I have a Water Works Utility Panel in my Sportscoach and I can do that procedure with it. I recently bought a 30 gallon water bladder from Amazon that I can put in the back of my Samurai and get water from a campground community water spigot. Saves having to move the RV after it is setup. JimThat's what I was thinking, sucking up through the winterize hose. I wasn't sure but suspected it would by pass the water tank when winterizing. I will try sucking up through the hose when the valves are set to fill the system, see what happens I guess. Thanks Jim.

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pianotuna
Nomad III
Aug 17, 2014
Hi,

I added a hose connector to the wash basin. I can run a hose out the window and use the winterize setting to refill my tank, if need be.

I also use it to flush the waste tank with hot water when there is no shore supply available. It double as a way to empty the fresh water tank if the low point drain freezes over with slush. DAMHIK
sau4u
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
jauguston wrote:
The connection and hose you have to suck antifreeze through your water system bypasses the water tank when you are putting antifreeze into your water lines. You can experiment and you will find that with a different valve setting that hose will direct its flow to your tank instead. I have a Water Works Utility Panel in my Sportscoach and I can do that procedure with it. I recently bought a 30 gallon water bladder from Amazon that I can put in the back of my Samurai and get water from a campground community water spigot. Saves having to move the RV after it is setup.

Jim

That's what I was thinking, sucking up through the winterize hose. I wasn't sure but suspected it would by pass the water tank when winterizing. I will try sucking up through the hose when the valves are set to fill the system, see what happens I guess. Thanks Jim.
laknox
Nomad
Aug 17, 2014
sau4u wrote:
Hey all. I have moved into a 2015 chapparal 360ibl fifth wheel from a 2005 open road TT. To fill the water tank on my open road I popped off the cap on the trailer stuck the garden hose in and filled til my heart was content. On the fifth wheel I have to attach the hose directly onto the trailer(screw it onto the trailer connector) then fill up. Works fine. But if we are out boondocking and I have to refill the trailer from jugs or a stream how can I do this. Where you hook the hose onto the trailer from the outside I screw the hose on then there are 2 valves where you set to either fill the tank. Operate the system or winterize. There is also a cap there and I have a connector and small hose to suck up antifreeze for when I winterize. I assume this setup is fairly common on new trailers. Just don't know what to do with it. Any advice is much appreciated.

You're likely going to have to get a 12v pump to pump from whatever container you're hauling water in.

Lyle
pbitschura
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
When the pressure valve on our freshwater pump froze open, I replaced it. I now use it, with a faucet connection and hose I rigged to be portable, and a jump pac, to pump water from a bladder into my fill connector. Good luck.
jauguston
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
The connection and hose you have to suck antifreeze through your water system bypasses the water tank when you are putting antifreeze into your water lines. You can experiment and you will find that with a different valve setting that hose will direct its flow to your tank instead. I have a Water Works Utility Panel in my Sportscoach and I can do that procedure with it. I recently bought a 30 gallon water bladder from Amazon that I can put in the back of my Samurai and get water from a campground community water spigot. Saves having to move the RV after it is setup.

Jim
Goostoff
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
Thats a first for me. Never seen a setup like you describe before

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