Starcraft fresh water pump/dry camping
Ok, so I have a 2014 Starcraft AR-ONE. This weekend was my first time using it at a location with no hook-ups. Before the trip, I read the manual and it stated that if I was dry camping I could atta...
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OK, I had to get something else from my trailer so I also brought in the manual. The section of using the city water fill to "pressure fill" the fresh water holding tank makes absolutely no sense to me. I've been through the entire manual before but never paid too much attention to this section since I use the gravity fill if I'm going to fill the fresh water tank.
The section of using the city water fill is exactly what I would do if I was going to use a city water hook up WITHOUT filling the tank. In fact, in this section of the manual, step 6 states that after the water heater is filled, the lines will fill and you may get air pockets (this is typical). The entire section NEVER states that the fresh water tank will fill, and frankly, I wouldn't expect it to (nor would you want it to, it would just keep overflowing!!).
I see what you mean about the dry camping section and using the city water connection to fill the tank from a container. Still makes no sense. The only thing I can think of, is if you use this method, you'll have to use a hose that actually screws onto the city water connection, Otherwise, you'll never get the vacuum to fill it.
When I get a chance, I'm going to look at the valving to see if there is a way to line up the valves to make this happen.
Sorry I couldn't answer your question.
The section of using the city water fill is exactly what I would do if I was going to use a city water hook up WITHOUT filling the tank. In fact, in this section of the manual, step 6 states that after the water heater is filled, the lines will fill and you may get air pockets (this is typical). The entire section NEVER states that the fresh water tank will fill, and frankly, I wouldn't expect it to (nor would you want it to, it would just keep overflowing!!).
I see what you mean about the dry camping section and using the city water connection to fill the tank from a container. Still makes no sense. The only thing I can think of, is if you use this method, you'll have to use a hose that actually screws onto the city water connection, Otherwise, you'll never get the vacuum to fill it.
When I get a chance, I'm going to look at the valving to see if there is a way to line up the valves to make this happen.
Sorry I couldn't answer your question.
