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RoyB
Oct 11, 2014Explorer II
The older trailers had the three VALVE Water Heater BYPASS setup...
Looked something like this google photo

The operations is depicted in this pictorial

The basic water flow diagram for the older trailers is much like this drawing...

This setup only allows the fresh water tank to be manually filled and the only time you use the Water Pump is when you have water in the fresh water tank.. The city water inlet provides the necessary water pressure when not using the water pump.
Newer trailers now have switch valves to allow the fresh water tank to be filled from the city water inlet. Have no experience with the newer trailer water flow setups...
Roy Ken
Looked something like this google photo
The operations is depicted in this pictorial

The basic water flow diagram for the older trailers is much like this drawing...

This setup only allows the fresh water tank to be manually filled and the only time you use the Water Pump is when you have water in the fresh water tank.. The city water inlet provides the necessary water pressure when not using the water pump.
Newer trailers now have switch valves to allow the fresh water tank to be filled from the city water inlet. Have no experience with the newer trailer water flow setups...
Roy Ken
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