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msmith1199
Explorer II
Jun 10, 2014

Gravity Water Fill

I was just reading another post which reminded me of a question I've been meaning to ask. Like many other Class A's, my coach does not have a gravity water fill. You have to hook a hose in and have water pressure to fill the tank. This causes several problems. One being it seems to take a long time to fill and the main problem is when boondocking I can't go get 5 gallon jugs of water and just dump them in the tank.

Has anybody ever added a gravity fill to their water tank that didn't come with one? I haven't really looked closely at the tank as it's behind panels, so I don't know how big of a task this would be.
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  • I_rv's avatar
    I_rv
    Explorer
    Jun 10, 2014
    noticed you have a national tropical,I have a 2001 national tradewinds and on mine behind the compartment door which is in front of the right rear tire was a big plastic shield (wall) I removed the plastic panel and to my surprise was the back end of the fresh water tank and low and behold a riser pipe with screw in cap,just insert hose and turn on water,works great also there is quite a bit of new found storage on top of tanks for light items.Hope you are this lucky.
  • AllegroD's avatar
    AllegroD
    Nomad
    Jun 10, 2014
    You can also get a pump, from a 12v (Shurflo) to one that goes on a cordless drill, to produce the pressure you need.
  • John_S_'s avatar
    John_S_
    Explorer II
    Jun 10, 2014
    A number of FT owners did just that. I am thinking of doing the same thing but I have not gotten around to it yet. They just cut into the tank and screwed in a fitting and ran a hose up to a fill port. They used some kind of plastic weld to hold the fitting in the tank.

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