Leave water on ?

Personally........

I fill fresh water tank and use my pump.
1) If pump occasionally 'burrups' then I know there is a minor leak/issue cause line pressure should not drop unless faucet/toilet/shower is used
2) Don't have to be concerned with CG water pressure issues

As for Waste tanks.......
I never leave any open cause sewer flies can come up into waste tank, set up home, have babies, invite cousins to join in.
Some will put a dip in sewer hose so that a water trap is made but I like dumping when tanks are FULL and that means having to remember at least a day ahead to close off grey dump valve.

I'm just not into all that remembering of stuff when out enjoying/relaxing with my trailer-----I like Simple.

We leave the water on. If we take a day trip away from the CG we turn the water off before we leave. We very seldom use our onboard water tank. Usually only enough for a few toilet flushes while traveling.
Waste: I'm with Old-Biscuit.

I avoid leaving the water spigot turned on when I'm not around the RV (and likewise turn off the water pump). On the off chance that something starts leaking, I would prefer to be around rather than have many gallons of water flow unattended.

Whether you use city water or tank water to supply your needs is mostly a matter of personal preference. Of course, if you are somewhere that doesn't have a water hookup, the choice is rather obvious: you need to use the fresh water tank to supply your water, or you don't get any. One disadvantage of using the water tank is the noise of the pump.

Per Old-Biscuit's note about the occasional pump running when no water is being used: this does indicate a leak somewhere. Not infrequently, however, the leak is in the check valve built into the pump, and the water is just going back to the fresh water tank and not causing any problems. If that's the case, you can sometimes get it to stop by disassembling and cleaning the pump, or rebuilding it, or often it will just go away on its own when the particle of sand or whatever happens to get washed away. It's certainly also possible that the leak is elsewhere, and hence possibly more worrisome.

I use the water from the park faucet any time we're camping...same off policy as others stated when we're gone. I only use the pump when faucet water isn't available and I don't put well water in the freshwater tank.

Depends in now long we stay at one place. We have to be somewhere for more than a few days to hook up the water hose. Usually we just use the pump and make sure to shut it off when we go away from the RV.

The best policy, IMO, is what's been mentioned already. If hooked to city water, cut it off at the outside faucet if leaving the RV. If you're using your fresh water tank, cut the pump off when ever water is no longer needed.

As for the waste tanks, I always keep both tanks closed. I want full, or nearly full tanks, when ever I dump. Let both acculumate as much as possible. When my black is full, I make sure the gray is at least 2/3 or more full. I then dump the black tank, and then dump the gray. I then leave both closed until I need to dump again.

It wasn't asked nor mentioned but you being the newbie I'll bring it up. Properly sanitize your fresh tank at least once a year if you're going to use it for anything other than flushing the toilet.

With that said, we only use ours to flush the toilet and I turn off the city water connection when leaving the camper. I'm still working on remembering to turn it back on when we return.

I keep both valves closed until I'm ready to dump.

I'm a pessimist by nature, so here's what works for me...
Start of trip;
Fresh water full
water pump on
Gray & Black water empty.

This way, DW & I can flush w/o problems.
We don't want to wander into a park only to find they are having water issues. (It has happened!)

In the park;
City (park)water hooked up with a 50lb pressure regulator.
(Learned the hard way on that one...)
water pump off.

Leaving CG
City water turned off.
Hope this helps! :)

At a full hook up:
I never use the on board water tank.
I just use the city water hook up with the valve turned on.
If I were to leave the trailer overnight, I would shut the valve off.

I leave the black water tank valve closed and the gray open, but the day before departure I close the gray one, so that when I finish dumping the black at the dump station, I open the gray and that flushes my sewer hose

Jack L

Atlee wrote:
The best policy, IMO, is what's been mentioned already. If hooked to city water, cut it off at the outside faucet if leaving the RV. If you're using your fresh water tank, cut the pump off when ever water is no longer needed.

As for the waste tanks, I always keep both tanks closed. I want full, or nearly full tanks, when ever I dump. Let both acculumate as much as possible. When my black is full, I make sure the gray is at least 2/3 or more full. I then dump the black tank, and then dump the gray. I then leave both closed until I need to dump again.

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