Fresh Water Siphons - Forest River XLR
When I bought the trailer the fresh water vent hose dropped down out of the underbelly and siphoned out the tank as you drove down the road. It would drop the level by at least 1/3, sometimes more. Ha...
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Y-Guy wrote:
A camping friend of ours has the same problem with their Motorhome. They left the line hanging down and installed a valve to open and close from there. The key is that if they start going up or down mountains they need to stop and open the line so it can adjust.
Dang...I didn't think about the mountains issue. Great point! I live in Colorado and virtually everything is up and down.
Seems there wouldn't be much expansion/contraction issue if full and could keep valve closed, but if partway full, then yes there could be an issue. My problem is mostly when my trailer is full so a valve should work...just gotta remember to open at fill and before use.
If I'm hauling partway full, I could just leave it open. If I could put a vent cap on the side of the trailer that would seal it that would be ideal.
EDIT - I went and looked at it...this might be easy! The vent fitting the dealer installed is a female hose thread....so same as what you connect to when you fill it. Trip to hardware store is in order. Sure there is a male plug of sorts.
