How to secure storage area while connected to water?

He found the hatch on the bottom of the compartment!

Sheepdog85 wrote:
Thank you all very much. I'm embarrassed I didn't figure this out on my own.

I don't even know what you figured out.

I lived in my trailer for 5 years sitting in one spot the whole time. The only time I ever disconnected the water line was when the temperature was going to freeze the hose going to the trailer. I would disconnect the hose leaving it lying on the ground disconnected from the water spigot so it would drain. I also brought my regulator/filter assembly which hung under the trailer inside and drained both of them. The regulator assembly had a watts house regulator with gauges I added on the inlet and outlet side of the regulator. It was set to 50 PSI. The trailer pump was set at 45 PSI.

When the hose was disconnected I would run off the water tank refilling it as needed and then reconnect the water hose when the temperatures would be staying above 30 degrees at night. Never once worried about my PEX tubing rupturing and flooding the trailer when the hose was connected and the water turned on. I only worried about the hose freezing solid or the filter housing bursting.

Sheepdog85 wrote:
Thank you all very much. I'm embarrassed I didn't figure this out on my own.

Go to Walmart and get one of these - in the camping section

90 Degree Hose Elbow

Desert Captain wrote:

Terryallan wrote:

Lwiddis wrote:
Continuous city water hookup is dangerous IMO. Something pops when your gone and what a mess. Fill your FW tank and use the pump.

Do you turn the water off to your house when you leave? Same thing could happen. Pipes are pipes no matter where they are.

I’ll put the quality of my household plumbing up against the the most expensive RV any time. As noted houses don’t encounter many potholes at highway speeds. For the record every time we leave for a night or more I do shut the water off. It takes about 10 seconds and the peace of mind is indeed priceless.

:S

I guess I been doing it wrong for the last 30 years

Thank you all very much. I'm embarrassed I didn't figure this out on my own.

Lwiddis wrote:
Continuous city water hookup is dangerous IMO. Something pops when your gone and what a mess. Fill your FW tank and use the pump.

There maybe a risk but I would not exaggerate and call it dangerous.
For me danger implies chance of injury.
For the most part I prefer to fill my tanks from a known source of chlorinated water. I do not want to fill my tanks with water from every CG I come across.
For the record while I realize unattended leaks do happen I have not had an issue in 15 years of RV'ing.

I turn off the water when I leave the CG for day trips etc. just as I would turn off the pump if I'm getting water from the fresh tank.

The key is turning off the water if your not around. Bad things can happen involving the fresh tank too, if there is no one around to turn the water off.

Terryallan wrote:

Lwiddis wrote:
Continuous city water hookup is dangerous IMO. Something pops when your gone and what a mess. Fill your FW tank and use the pump.

Do you turn the water off to your house when you leave? Same thing could happen. Pipes are pipes no matter where they are.

I’ll put the quality of my household plumbing up against the the most expensive RV any time. As noted houses don’t encounter many potholes at highway speeds. For the record every time we leave for a night or more I do shut the water off. It takes about 10 seconds and the peace of mind is indeed priceless.

:S

Terryallan wrote:
Do you turn the water off to your house when you leave? Same thing could happen. Pipes are pipes no matter where they are.

When was the last time your house hit a pothole at 60mph?

Lwiddis wrote:
Continuous city water hookup is dangerous IMO. Something pops when your gone and what a mess. Fill your FW tank and use the pump.

Do you turn the water off to your house when you leave? Same thing could happen. Pipes are pipes no matter where they are.