Water hose stuck on side of trailer..
Hi and thanks for reading. We were in Arizona. I think the water there has alot of disolved minerals. Like when you wash your vehicle, you need vinegar in the water because this hard white stuff ...
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I have very, very hard water with not only a lot of dissolved minerals but also so much iron the raw water coming off the pump looks like deep red mud with out a good prefiltering and softener system..
I have never had any hose bibs get stuck and have never used vinegar in the water to wash my vehicles...
Sometimes if you do not get a good seal on the hose bib the water gets around the seal and that allows small amounts of dissolved minerals to drop out of the water in the hose bib threads..
To release the grip of the dissolved minerals you will need to soak the entire hose bib connection for a long time with vinegar.. So with RV sidewall hose bibs this becomes and issue on just how do you submerge it..
You could try something stronger like CLR (Calcium, Lime and Rust remover)which is designed to remove hard water stains..
All else fails, you may need to carefully dissect the leftover hose parts from the hose bib.. Be very careful that you do not break or damage the valve or valve seat contained in the RV portion of the hose bib.. That valve prevents water from coming out of the RV when you use your freshwater pump..
The last resort, remove the hose bib connection from the RV and replace with a new RV hose bib.. You can buy new hose bibs at your local RV dealer.
I have very, very hard water with not only a lot of dissolved minerals but also so much iron the raw water coming off the pump looks like deep red mud with out a good prefiltering and softener system..
I have never had any hose bibs get stuck and have never used vinegar in the water to wash my vehicles...
Sometimes if you do not get a good seal on the hose bib the water gets around the seal and that allows small amounts of dissolved minerals to drop out of the water in the hose bib threads..
To release the grip of the dissolved minerals you will need to soak the entire hose bib connection for a long time with vinegar.. So with RV sidewall hose bibs this becomes and issue on just how do you submerge it..
You could try something stronger like CLR (Calcium, Lime and Rust remover)which is designed to remove hard water stains..
All else fails, you may need to carefully dissect the leftover hose parts from the hose bib.. Be very careful that you do not break or damage the valve or valve seat contained in the RV portion of the hose bib.. That valve prevents water from coming out of the RV when you use your freshwater pump..
The last resort, remove the hose bib connection from the RV and replace with a new RV hose bib.. You can buy new hose bibs at your local RV dealer.
