Hey guys, sorry it took so long to respond. Thanks for all the tips. They will definitely all be useful. I will be picking up a 30A to 50A adapter asap as well as a few other things mentioned in the thread.
The night before we went camping when I ran to walmart to get the 30-15 adapter, I also picked up one of those orange modular leveling kits. Good thing because our campsite was way unlevel! I am going to pick up 2 or 3 more of the same kit just in case as I saw a few RVs out there with stacks under every stabilizer and wheel so I want to make sure I always have enough. Luckily I had asked a friend a few days before about leveling the trailer as I thought you just used the 4 jacks. I was told the floor wouldn't support that but had forgotten to get levelers until I went to walmart late that night.
Also, here is something funny. We got to our campsite and got completely spotted, unhooked, leveled, etc and then pulled the electric line out and we were about a foot short! There was no way I was hooking everything back up and re-doing it all just to move a foot so I ran to walmart again and picked up a 30A extension cord. I figured I'll need it in the future as well.
We definitely have a list of things to bring in the future but here are a few questions I had:
Water heater - I couldn't remember the exact sequence but there is an on/off switch outside the trailer on the wh panel. I flipped that to on which I think filled up the heater. Then after I figured it had filled I went to the bathroom and clicked on the water heather electric button. Everything worked out but I want to make sure I did that correctly for the future so I don't burn up an element. Was this correct? Also, does the water heater have a pilot light for running on gas or does it work automatically when I flip the switch to gas inside?
There are three drain valves under the RV. One up near the tongue which is blue. I am assuming this one is for the freshwater tank. There are also two more in the backvery close to one another. One is blue and one is red. Does the red one drain the hot water heater? What does that blue one drain?
The reason I ask is as I was driving home I realized that I had not drained the water heater so when I got hom I opened the red valve but nothing came out. So, how do I drain the hot water heater?
Finally, do you do anything once you've drained the grey/black water tanks? Here is what I did. Please let me know if I should have done something different. I first drained the black water tank completely. Then I ran the waterhose inside and used one of those long pvc toilet nozzles to really spray out the tank good (did this with the valve open to continuosly drain). After I figured that was good, I closed the blackwater tank and drained the grey water. Put the hose away, etc. After that, I put a little water in the black water tank and threw in one of those chemical packets. (I don't know if that was necessary but wanted to be safe). Then leave a little water in the toilet bowl. Sound good or no?
Finally, when hooked up to sewer at and campground do you leave the valves open so everything continuously drains or just open periodically? We left them closed and drained when needed is why I ask...
Thanks!
