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JoeH
Explorer III
Jun 25, 2019

Survey-- City Water vs pump

Just curious how people supply their water.... fist a little background story.
Several years ago we were walking back to our RV and I saw water pouring out of the door of another RV. As I was running up to the camper, someone else was also heading that way and got to the water spigot first and turned it off. The owners were not there, I can only imagine what they found when they returned.

So, while connected to city water, if we leave the RV for more than a several minutes, I turn off the city water.

Others I have talked to like to fill the onboard tank and then exclusively use the pump to supply water , turning on the city water supply only when refilling the tank.

What do you do ?

32 Replies

  • Only tank. If the pump turns on in the middle of the night either someone is using the bathroom OR there is a leak.
    My guess would be that 95% of the RVers use the CG source.
  • I hooked up once 7 years ago. Then I had an issue with the valve so I just capped off the city water line. I use my tank and pump. I shut off the pump at night or when I leave the camper.

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