Forum Discussion
2BLAZERS
Jun 18, 2015Explorer
We were camped this past weekend in Harris Beach State camp ground with full hook ups. Was hooked to the water provided and had left it on since we arrived the evening before. We were at the play ground and I ran back to the camper to get something....and saw water dripping under the front of my truck bed onto the ground and a good sized puddle. That ain't right!!
After looking in cabinets and the step to the cab over bed....
So I had a pin sized hole in the 150PSI pressued hose after the pump that feeds the water system. It was basically a little tiny streaming into the basement of the camper. That ain't good.
So turned of the park water and tried the pump, leak is the pressured side of the pump, it still leaked. So no water to use, not good.
We ended up running to ACE hardware store, bought 1 foot of 150PSI 1/2 tubing, a coupler, razor hose cutter tool, and two more small hose clamps. Cut about 8'' of the old pipe that had the pin sized hole and added the new 1 foot section. Been working great since. This is all under the step into the cab over bed. Tight space. You could not hear the water peeing since we were hooked to the provided water spigot.
If we had been using our tank and water pump we would have found this much earlier, likely that prior night shortly after hooking up.
And yes we usually turn water off and the water heater off if we are going somewhere for the day, but we were just down at the play ground.
I have the step open with a fan blowing down there, hoping it drys out in the hot weather we are having. This weekend will be opening up the corner of the underbelly to make sure the insulation is dried out. Thinking some of it will be wet still.
After looking in cabinets and the step to the cab over bed....
So I had a pin sized hole in the 150PSI pressued hose after the pump that feeds the water system. It was basically a little tiny streaming into the basement of the camper. That ain't good.
So turned of the park water and tried the pump, leak is the pressured side of the pump, it still leaked. So no water to use, not good.
We ended up running to ACE hardware store, bought 1 foot of 150PSI 1/2 tubing, a coupler, razor hose cutter tool, and two more small hose clamps. Cut about 8'' of the old pipe that had the pin sized hole and added the new 1 foot section. Been working great since. This is all under the step into the cab over bed. Tight space. You could not hear the water peeing since we were hooked to the provided water spigot.
If we had been using our tank and water pump we would have found this much earlier, likely that prior night shortly after hooking up.
And yes we usually turn water off and the water heater off if we are going somewhere for the day, but we were just down at the play ground.
I have the step open with a fan blowing down there, hoping it drys out in the hot weather we are having. This weekend will be opening up the corner of the underbelly to make sure the insulation is dried out. Thinking some of it will be wet still.
About Travel Trailer Group
44,029 PostsLatest Activity: Jan 28, 2025