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:
Thanks all.... I'm ignoring all the comments about water quality, towing, or boon-docking. We're weekenders, and our site always have electric and usually have water.
It sounds like the main reason that folks advocate using the fresh water tank instead of city water is the eliminate the possibility of a leak or other water intrusion when you're away from the site.
But wouldn't you have to turn off your water pump when you leave, to avoid the same issue?
Seems like the same difference to me -- turning off the city water nozzle or turning off the pump.
Or am I missing something obvious?
We always hooked up to city water when it was at camp site.......
We always turned water OFF at spigot whenever we left
Then one early morning (4AM) woke up to a flooded RV.
While SLEEPING a $0.50 fitting broke and water ran for hours and hours
$6000 in repairs/costs
And this was in our new 5th wheel shortly after we had hit the road Full Time.
After that..........NEVER hookup to city water
We had ALWAYS traveled with a FULL Tank (got caught once w/o water and none at campground due to broken water main)
We run exclusively off fresh water tank and pump
*Consistent pressure.
*Easy to turn On/Off as needed. Pump switch right there...no trips out to the spigot in jammies before going to bed.
*IF a leak should happen you will hear pump cycling
We filter water going into fresh water tank and still use water pressure regulator when filling or using black tank flush system
