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wa8yxm
Dec 24, 2017Explorer III
Three answers.. For assorted reasons I like to use STORED water rather than a live city hook up... at least most of the time.
So summers (no danger of frost) I normally frequent two parks, At one I will fill the on board (80 gallon) tank and at the other I do not hook up.> At the fill up park I may or may not leave pressure in the hose, normally not cause non of the host fittnings seal to my satisfation. I do leave it hooked up.
Winter the park I am in not the hose is hooked to the park but drained and not connected to the RV, I hook it up when its time to re-fill. The park I'm in next week the hose is in storage.
Long term (like the 3 years I could not drive it due to a blown engine) I have a 2nd hose, this one has a string of incandescent ROPE lights duct taped to it (It is kind of stiff) and I plug in via a Thermostatic outlet.. When the mercuy goes down, the hose lights up. Pretty and liquid.
So summers (no danger of frost) I normally frequent two parks, At one I will fill the on board (80 gallon) tank and at the other I do not hook up.> At the fill up park I may or may not leave pressure in the hose, normally not cause non of the host fittnings seal to my satisfation. I do leave it hooked up.
Winter the park I am in not the hose is hooked to the park but drained and not connected to the RV, I hook it up when its time to re-fill. The park I'm in next week the hose is in storage.
Long term (like the 3 years I could not drive it due to a blown engine) I have a 2nd hose, this one has a string of incandescent ROPE lights duct taped to it (It is kind of stiff) and I plug in via a Thermostatic outlet.. When the mercuy goes down, the hose lights up. Pretty and liquid.
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