Avoid overfilling fresh water
We’re going on our first longish dry camp. 4 days/3 nights We are planning to fill our fresh water off city water before going. I have a fresh water pressure regulator, and an inlet hose. Tell m...
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Veebyes wrote:
No need for the pressure regulator. You are not putting water into a pressurised system. There is a need not to put water into the tank faster than air can get out. I don't know why builders install such small relief vents but they do.
I believe that code requires twice as much vent as fill pipe on a pressure fill system. This usually means that they run two pipes for vent and one for the fill. Then the buyer sees water spilling out those vents and installs valves causing a potential serious problem.
On gravity fill system, venting is only a problem when the fill is jammed nearly full of hose leaving only the tiny vent screen to expel air.
