Fresh Tank Filling on City Water
Hello all, I'm new to this forum and wanted to start by saying hello and I'm glad to be here! I've been living in my travel trailer for nearly a year now in a trailer/RV park and haven't really ...
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Second Chance wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
FILL valve.....if swapped from City To FILL with water supply on the o-rings in the FILL Vlave can get disloadged.....LEAK thru filling fresh water tank
I haven't used City Water connection since 2008
Always fill tank and use the pump
Consistant pressure/flow PLUS if pump short cycles you know you have a leak
(City water just continues to run until RV is flooded by unknow leak)
Using the fresh water tank/pump isn't just for boondocking!
Course with FILL Valve leaking thru the PUMP may continue to RUN because system pressure not high enough to shut pump off
Water from pump 'round-robin' thru Fill valve---low pressure depending on how bad FILL Valve leaks thru
It sounds like what Old-Biscuit is saying about the O-rings is what has happened. It's important to turn off the city water and depressurize the system by opening a faucet before turning your water selector valve. Not doing this is a common cause for losing an O-ring. Sounds like you'll need to disassemble the valve and replace one or more O-rings.
Rob
I believe that might be what happened. As I stated, I'm not used to using the tank side of things, so I think I probably just switched the source, turned on the pump, and started running water. I'll check the O-rings in the three way valve and see if any are missing.
Thanks for the advice!
