Water system on 2006 Starcraft 14 R/T
Hi all. I bought a used 2006 Starcraft 14 R/T pop-up camper recently. I have been in the process of checking all systems and found everything to be working well and in good shape except one. I h...
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This is almost my waterflow layout on my 14RT...
I have an additional valve between the water pump and the freshwater tank line where I can switch to a hose that is laying in the floor to be used to stick down a bottle of pink antifreeze. I however don't use the pink antifreeze method for winterizing. I use the BLOW OUT method with my portable tankless 12VDC air compressor.
Also not shown is the three hot water bypass valves which is laying in the floor where my hot water heater is located. Since you have already used your hot water heater using city water hookup these three valves must be in the correct position.
I would also inspect under the trailer where the water line connection is coming from the fresh water tank. My hose is not well protected from underbrush etc when I am back off the beaten trail and you may have a damaged water hose line here...
I had a terrible experience the first trip being off road with my 14RT as underbrush snagged my rats-nest wiring under my 14RT and pulled a few wires out. It seems there was no rhyme or reason on how the underside wiring was installed. The wires all came from a couple of 3-inch holes in the floor and went every which way under the trailer to get from point A to point B. I fixed all of this by installing a wrap around 3/4-inch PVC flex conduit and PVC electrical junction boxes where wiring was coming thru the floor. Now all of my wiring is enclosed in a PVC conduit setup.
Looks something like this drawing shown in BLUE under my 14RT.
I hope you will Love your 14RT OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer as much as I have mine. I have drug mine all over everywhere with my 4WD F150 truck camping off the power grid. Always draws a crowd from other campers wanting to look at it...
Roy Ken
I have an additional valve between the water pump and the freshwater tank line where I can switch to a hose that is laying in the floor to be used to stick down a bottle of pink antifreeze. I however don't use the pink antifreeze method for winterizing. I use the BLOW OUT method with my portable tankless 12VDC air compressor.
Also not shown is the three hot water bypass valves which is laying in the floor where my hot water heater is located. Since you have already used your hot water heater using city water hookup these three valves must be in the correct position.
I would also inspect under the trailer where the water line connection is coming from the fresh water tank. My hose is not well protected from underbrush etc when I am back off the beaten trail and you may have a damaged water hose line here...
I had a terrible experience the first trip being off road with my 14RT as underbrush snagged my rats-nest wiring under my 14RT and pulled a few wires out. It seems there was no rhyme or reason on how the underside wiring was installed. The wires all came from a couple of 3-inch holes in the floor and went every which way under the trailer to get from point A to point B. I fixed all of this by installing a wrap around 3/4-inch PVC flex conduit and PVC electrical junction boxes where wiring was coming thru the floor. Now all of my wiring is enclosed in a PVC conduit setup.
Looks something like this drawing shown in BLUE under my 14RT.
I hope you will Love your 14RT OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer as much as I have mine. I have drug mine all over everywhere with my 4WD F150 truck camping off the power grid. Always draws a crowd from other campers wanting to look at it...
Roy Ken
