City water hookup / fresh water tank

When I'm in a campground with water at the site I hook up to it. I also use a pressure reducer to avoid problems.

I also have a valve inside the camper so I can fill my tank using the shore water connection. Easier than mucking around with a hose doing a gravity fill anyways.

when you get that pressure regulator, make it a good one, watts type, not the walmart $9 special.
bumpy

Also ??? on "city water disasters"....been around here 8 years and don't recall ever reading one. Please elaborate.

You do want to use a pressure valve for sure. And we add a brass tee. Since water hose hook-up is part of my job description, the other thing I do is to turn on the water for maybe 20 - 30 seconds and let it flush out anything that might have gotten into the hose - even though we hook the ends together and to at least feel that water coming in is fresh.


After being at a few CGs with poor tasting water, we added a faucet mount PUR filter and it makes a nice difference. The downside is that water pressure through the filter is slower, but we only use it to drink and fix coffee.

Basic RV water system.......2 sources of water (city hook up & on-board pump) only one plumbing system