looking for owners of 2004-2005 Pace Arrows

Here in the mountains of Western North Carolina the temps the past two nights have been around 14-15 degrees. I'm not ready to winterize yet as we have a couple more trips planned. My '04 37C is parked in the driveway at my home connected to 30 amp power.

I've got both furnaces running with the thermostat set at about 62 degrees. The hot water heater is running on electric. I have 75 watt light bulbs on in the following compartments:

- the outside refrigerator compartment
- the first curbside compartment where the pump and fresh water
tank is
- the second from the rear curbside compartment that holds the
water heater and the related exposed plumbing
- the streetside water works compartment
- the streetside holding tank outlet compartment

I have this feeling that I still don't have all my bases covered! Can you think of any thing else I should have done?

It would have been nice for Fleetwood (and others) to spend an extra $25/unit to install inexpensive 120 volt compartment light fixtures controlled by a master switch inside the MH to eliminate this maze of extension cords, clamp type lamps, etc. that I have to set up everytime it gets below freezing! Fleetwood customer service told me that their stance is that they don't recommend using the Pace Arrow in sub-freezing temperatures.

Give me a break!

Jim
Asheville, NC

I don't have a built in regulator on my 05. I bought about the "same" set up Paul has . To connect to the city/park water I bought a 3ft. long washing machine connection hose, they are rated at about 150lbs. I have been to a couple of parks that run around 85 to 100lbs. city pressure, just don't trust a regular hose for that kind of pressure. From there the house style regulator (set it at 50 lbs.) then a gauge to the RV hose to the MH connection. Made a big difference in flow; plus meet a lot of nice folks that come over to check the local water pressure.
I would think about replacing the built in regulator on your 06 if it can not be set to a higher pressure or if it is one of the "cheap" preset flow thru regulators like you can buy at CW they really restrict flow.

bricot wrote:
Hey Paul,
Nice heads up, I think I will order one. Does it screw inline with your water hoses?

Brian

It has hose fitting on both the in and out sides. I am at a old park with a well system that we normally have problems with water flow but it is working real good.


If you have a built in water pressure regulator it would and/or should be right behind the city water inlet connector. I check mine and it is not there.

Also, for your info I have removed all of the water restrictions from each of the water faucets. The one in the kitchen sink faucet, I have to drill out a bigger size, could not remove it. But, I done this over a year ago and it did help some.

bricot wrote:
Hey Paul,
Nice heads up, I think I will order one. Does it screw inline with your water hoses?

Brian

It has hose fitting on both the in and out sides. I am at a old park with a well system that we normally have problems with water flow but it is working real good.


If you have a built in water pressure regulator it would and/or should be right behind the city water inlet connector. I check mine and it is not there.

Also, for your info I have removed all of the water restrictions from each of the water faucets. The one in the kitchen sink faucet, I have to drill out a bigger size, could not remove it. But, I done this over a year ago and it did help some.

Rany, We also have a 2006 and our built-in pressure regulator is an integal part of the water inlet connection. With the exception of the place where we are now in Florida where the water pressure is great, I don't believe the regulator has ever had to regulate the pressure. It seems everyother place we have been the pressure is always below whatever the regulator is set at. As an aside, the only H2O problem we have had is the connection to the kitchen sink behind the drawers under the cooktop. It backed-off a little a leaked. The good news is the location allows the water to drain into the forward heater compartment and out the exhaust(good engineering design?). Put a clip on it form Lowe's that will not let it back-off. Also checked the one in the bathroom behind the panel by the toilet and it was not as tight as I thought it should be. Plastic to metal connection are not a good idea.

Thanks Guys,

All valves and levers are in the correct position.
Regarding water filter on pump:I don't think the street water flow goes thru the water pump in normal use does it?

I have noticed that when filling the water tank with the bypass valve, the water pump will run full speed if turned on. Seems wierd?

I get pretty good pressure through the coach with the pump. It is just the street water that is the issue. If I am hooked up to about 90 lb of street pressure, everything is great.

The guy at the dealership who checked me out on the new orentation warned me not to use an external regulator as there was a built in one and adding an external would cause too much loss of flow. He said other people with new pace arrows had found out the hard way.

Good advice Fyr guy, made me think he might have charcole from his filter traped in the spigots might want to unscrew and clean those screens at the faucet tips.

You might try looking at the water pump's built in filter. It unscrews at the body of the pump. Mine was filled with pieces of plumbers tape and gunk and once cleaned out, worked fine. As in the previous post I've never heard of a built in regulator I use an external at the hose bib.

Are you sure the outside shower is turned off at the handles and the fill valve for fresh water fill is in the by pass postion not tank fill. I know of no built in regulator. I have ran 65lbs pressure with no bad result but have installed a regulator set at 50lbs. I sleep better.

Gentlemen,

I have a 2006 Pace arrow and the Dealer and the owners manual state that no pressure reagulator is required. The coach has 200 psi plumbing and according to the dealer it has a "built in" regulator.

I have looked everywhere for this regulator and can't find it!
Even with no external regulator, I have almost no water flow when hooked up to a well system ( less than 50 psi).

I have to use the water pump and this is usable but not ideal.

I am going to get nasty with the factory and see what they can suggest.

Also I can remove the whole house filter cartridge with no real difference.

I will leave another message if i get any results.