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wildflowerpower
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Oct 30, 2014

Freshwater tank taking in water from unknown source...

I have a year 2000, Four Winds 5000 -

Our freshwater tank has never been filled up by us using the outside(and what I thought was the ONLY) way of filling it up, yet occasionally I find the tank to be almost full or half full...whatever.

Does anyone have any info on how water could be getting into the tank??
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  • wildflowerpower's avatar
    wildflowerpower
    Explorer
    Oct 30, 2014
    I am looking at the tank.

    How would I fix the back feed? Tightening something? Or maybe the pressure from the city water source is too high??
  • gbopp's avatar
    gbopp
    Explorer
    Oct 30, 2014
    On our 96 Southwind, there is a valve near the water inlet that allows you to fill the tank or use the water directly from the source.
    Check for a valve, it's probably set to fill the tank.
  • Mich_F's avatar
    Mich_F
    Explorer
    Oct 30, 2014
    wildflowerpower wrote:
    I have a year 2000, Four Winds 5000 -

    Our freshwater tank has never been filled up by us using the outside(and what I thought was the ONLY) way of filling it up, yet occasionally I find the tank to be almost full or half full...whatever.

    Does anyone have any info on how water could be getting into the tank??


    Are you relying on a tank monitor/gauge (notoriously inaccurate) to determine how much water is in the tank, or are you actually looking at the tank, to determine water level ?

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