Potable gravity fill on wrong side

Sometimes (maybe 10% of time) it is implacable to dig out a longer hose and drag it through who knows what. I put on a fitting on the bottom of my gray water tank, that has a 1 1/2 inch gate valve drain. And put in a 90 degree and short piece of pipe with a hose bib fitting. Water doesn't care how it gets to fresh water tank. When filling now...when water starts to leak out of over flow, tank is full. Or wife watching monitor. Either way don't have to drag out longer hose and do everything right at back bumper.

This is what fit mine. Fit Valve Slip Hub, 1-1/2" Yours might be different size. But if you don't have gate valve for fresh water drain, this post is of no help.

Even more to find is something that is rated "food grade". Including water regulators.

http://www.valterra.com/product-category/rv-products/aftermarket/sewer-sanitation/flanged-valve-fittings/

wa8yxm wrote:
Dump stations the hose is normally marked NOT POTABLE, the fill station is usually 10-30 feet from the dump.. I carry adapters that let me hook to a hose or to whatever.. Potable gravity feed is on entry side of RV on my coach, City Water quick fill on service side, I've never had a problem.

But the cut hose at the dump station.. I'd not drink from that because I do know where it has been.

yep, watch somebody jamming it into their stinky slinky, flailing around at the concrete dump area, etc.
bumpy

Dump stations the hose is normally marked NOT POTABLE, the fill station is usually 10-30 feet from the dump.. I carry adapters that let me hook to a hose or to whatever.. Potable gravity feed is on entry side of RV on my coach, City Water quick fill on service side, I've never had a problem.

But the cut hose at the dump station.. I'd not drink from that because I do know where it has been.

To me it's not the wrong side it is the other side. About the only place the spigot is on the back side is at your site or the dump station. Most everywhere else it is on the curb side. Even most state parks have a place to get water on the curb side.

Take enough hose to reach under the trailer to the fill point.

"Wrong" side or "right" side is in the mind of the beholder ;) ... personally I prefer having the FW gravity fill on the curb side where it's easier to get to. Unless you always and only ever fill the tank by pulling your trailer up to the campground fresh water fill station you're going to have to have a means to replenish the tank when you inevitably have to re-fill it while camping anyway so you don't have to move the trailer itself back to the fill station ... that being the case there's really no reason to ever take the trailer anywhere near the fill station. Instead, I always keep the fresh water holding tank at least partly filled, the water heater tank completely filled, and the system pressurized so I can use it anywhere at any time, whether we're actually camping or not. When we arrive at the campground I never waste time stopping at the fill station to get more water but simply head straight to my site and deal with getting more water later at my convenience, usually the next day at a time when there's no one else around and I don't have to wait. To accomplish this I always carry four 7 gal Aquatainers in the back of the truck that I can fill at my leisure and later back at the campsite use a 12 vdc potable water pump to transfer the water from the 'Tainers to the trailer's FW holding tank. Simple, takes no effort at all, and the location of the trailer's fresh water fill becomes a moot point. Pics are in my gallery.

3oaks wrote:


wildtoad, I rather doubt it is the same hose. Many campground dump stations also have a potable water hose station located in the same vicinity but away from the actual dumping area and sewer hose flushing water hose.

and does that hose have a threaded fitting on the end? the ones used to flush hoses,etc. typically do not have this fitting.
bumpy

Mike do a google on WATER BANDIT, you may want one

DAS26miles, yes, that is what I would do. I don't think a water bandit would hold well enough.

valhalla360, not all water fill stations have a threaded fitting to attach
another hose to.

wildtoad, I rather doubt it is the same hose. Many campground dump stations also have a potable water hose station located in the same vicinity but away from the actual dumping area and sewer hose flushing water hose.

wildtoad wrote:
First thing is are you really filling your fresh water tank at the dump station? Is this the same hose as people use to flush the black tank?

since he mentioned a "water bandit" It surely seems so.
bumpy