Losing water out of overflow while travelling
All, On the unit in my sig, we occasionally camp without full hookups. When that's the case, I prefill the water tank at home. Everytime we get to the campsite, I've lost 1/3 -1/2 of the water o...
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Interesting problem...
I don't own anything large like this but have heard that a up-suction from the roof vents may exist when moving down the roads that may pull water out of the tanks..
This is especially true with pulling fumes etc from the back and gray tanks. Might do something similar to the fresh water tanks?? I really can't imagine this is due to the fresh water sloshing around in the tanks from the trailer movement... Not up to an half a tank...
Maybe some of the 'better' fresh water tanks has baffles in them to keep the water from moving around...
I know I was surprised to see how low in height my 30 GALLON fresh water tank is. On my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer the water tank is just 5-6 inches in height and is nestled inside my trailer frames for road hazard protection. I don't recall it ever siphons out fluids on its own...
Just thinking out loud here...
Roy Ken
I don't own anything large like this but have heard that a up-suction from the roof vents may exist when moving down the roads that may pull water out of the tanks..
This is especially true with pulling fumes etc from the back and gray tanks. Might do something similar to the fresh water tanks?? I really can't imagine this is due to the fresh water sloshing around in the tanks from the trailer movement... Not up to an half a tank...
Maybe some of the 'better' fresh water tanks has baffles in them to keep the water from moving around...
I know I was surprised to see how low in height my 30 GALLON fresh water tank is. On my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer the water tank is just 5-6 inches in height and is nestled inside my trailer frames for road hazard protection. I don't recall it ever siphons out fluids on its own...
Just thinking out loud here...
Roy Ken
