Water pressure issue?
All set up at campground. Water hose from hose bib (well water) to inline filter to portable water softener to pressure regulator to camper city inlet. Same set up as before but this time, the gauge ...
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What type of regulator? If one of the basic inline ones, the way they regulate is via a small orifice (ie., hole) inside the regulator. It's something like 1/16" - 3/32" in dia. After sitting for a while, the pressure equalizes on both sides of the orifice. If that's what you have, you'd better off going to a "real" regulator with a diaphragm in it like the Watts 560 mini regulator or better, the Watts 263A (higher flow rate).
The inline regulators have rather low flow rates of around 1 gpm because of the small orifice. The 263A will give you around 4 - 4.5 gpm. Because water softeners and filters can reduce the flow and pressure, it's better if you start with decent flow and pressure on the inlet side of them.
NOT using a regulator isn't good advice. A regulator should always be used and be installed ahead of filters and water softeners.
I recently installed a Watts 263A regulator inside our TT and have a gauge after the regulator and also a telltale one ahead of it. Have only been able to get 2 camping weekends in so far this year, and both times, the CG supply got up to 80 psi. I've of many cases of CG pressure getting up to the 150 - 200 psi range and that can really damage filters and water softeners.
The inline regulators have rather low flow rates of around 1 gpm because of the small orifice. The 263A will give you around 4 - 4.5 gpm. Because water softeners and filters can reduce the flow and pressure, it's better if you start with decent flow and pressure on the inlet side of them.
NOT using a regulator isn't good advice. A regulator should always be used and be installed ahead of filters and water softeners.
I recently installed a Watts 263A regulator inside our TT and have a gauge after the regulator and also a telltale one ahead of it. Have only been able to get 2 camping weekends in so far this year, and both times, the CG supply got up to 80 psi. I've of many cases of CG pressure getting up to the 150 - 200 psi range and that can really damage filters and water softeners.
