City water or On-board tank?
Can anyone provide specific reasons why one is better than another? I see a lot of folks who fill/use their tanks even at a site with city water hookup. I understand that you may want to have so...
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ricks99 wrote:
When camping at a site with city water, do you use your fresh-water tank? Why or why not?
Rarely would I use on-site city water hookup and instead almost always draw from our tank. The reason - most of our camping is in provincial and US state parks where on-site water isn't available anyway, which in turn means I always have all the equipment needed to source more potable water and transfer it into the trailer's FW holding tank. I guess my second reason is I've read enough stories over the years about those who've left their site for the day only to come back to a flooded trailer. :E Sure, one can and should remember to turn off the incoming water supply anytime they're not around to keep an eye on things but I've found that gets old really quickly and I often forget. I likewise could forget to turn my water pump off before leaving our site but for whatever reason I usually do remember, maybe because the switch is right there inside the camper and hard to miss. Aside from that, not hooking up to city water means I don't ever have to fool around with a clogged up regulator and the small length of hose I do carry "just in case" is tucked well away in the camper as I rarely need it. JMO, but not hooking up just works better for me. :)
