Leave water on ?
Hello all. I am a newbie to owning a travel trailer. I have not used it yet. I searched the forum and could not find this. Can someone answer? My trailer has a fresh water and potable water inlet. The...
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RoyB wrote:
I think most of us turn off the City Water at the spigot when leaving the parked trailer abandoned for awhile. This is to prevent some sort of water accident happening inside the trailer while you are gone.
Nothing worse than coming back from town from getting more supplies and having water running down your trailer steps...
Roy Ken
Oh yes there is.........
Waking up to loud knocking on your door at 4AM and finding your 5th wheel living room/kitchen 1" deep in water, water running out under slides, your site flooded and 2 sites down flooded.
$6000+ in damage
That is why we DON'T use 'city water' hook-up..run off fresh water tank exclusively.
Yes we used a Watts Adjustable Regulator (50#)
Yes we would turn water off when we left RV
But we were asleep when line on back of water heater blew off and water ran for hours.
Yes it can happen using water pump...........but at least water supply is limited to amount in tank and pump is noisy ENOUGH to make us aware.
