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Airmon
Explorer
Apr 19, 2024

Very confusing water issue - not flowing to some faucets after de-winterizing

Hi all,  We're in a 2003 Southwind 32' Class A. We have spent most of decade on the road as full timers ( the last couple of years sharing that with a diesel trawler doing the great loop ) so we're ...
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MNtundraRet
Navigator
Apr 20, 2024

"The fact that the bathroom faucet has started working is making me think it's an issue with a check valve or something similar somewhere, like to keep water from flowing back out of the water heater into the cold water lines. 
I guess I need to start thinking about tearing the floor out."

I would suggest bypassing the water heater to see if you get water that way.

 

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Airmon
Explorer
Apr 20, 2024

AFAIK, there is no water heater bypass. I can tell you for a fact that the water heater is getting pressure and flow. Opening the pressure release gets a gush of water. 

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