How to fill water without gravity fill?
My current MH has a gravity fill and I have used it many times dry camping to add water from jugs. We are looking at maybe getting a new MH. They all seem to have only screw on pressurized hose fil...
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I bought one of these Harbor Freight utility pumps a few years ago. It has a Stainless steel housing so the impeller is about the only thing that can fail with the pump part. I think it pumps about 5gal/minute with small head distance (3 ft), using a 25' hose.
If you could connect the inlet side with either your system drain or the fresh water tank output, you can attach a hose and direct the output any where you choose.
I don't have a horse in this race since I have the old air-over-water with a pressure tank. I have a cap on the exterior that's removed and a 1 1/2" pipe opening or a conventional hose fitting that's used for city water. In the event the small compressor fails, I have another 12V air compressor to pressurize the tank. If that fails, there is a Schrader valve on the fill cap so I can go to a truck stop to use their air hose and pressurize the tank. I like this system since once the tank is pressurized, the pump doesn't run very time you draw water.
For those with conventional City water/fresh water tank systems, would it be possible to install a tee in the city inlet, a valve, and a tee into the pump inlet pipe? That way you could open the valve and fill the fresh water tank if connected to city water.
If you could connect the inlet side with either your system drain or the fresh water tank output, you can attach a hose and direct the output any where you choose.
I don't have a horse in this race since I have the old air-over-water with a pressure tank. I have a cap on the exterior that's removed and a 1 1/2" pipe opening or a conventional hose fitting that's used for city water. In the event the small compressor fails, I have another 12V air compressor to pressurize the tank. If that fails, there is a Schrader valve on the fill cap so I can go to a truck stop to use their air hose and pressurize the tank. I like this system since once the tank is pressurized, the pump doesn't run very time you draw water.
For those with conventional City water/fresh water tank systems, would it be possible to install a tee in the city inlet, a valve, and a tee into the pump inlet pipe? That way you could open the valve and fill the fresh water tank if connected to city water.
