Toilet hand spray?

[ceeyahd1]

I have a sealand 510 toilet, on our last trip I noticed water dripping from the bolts under the toilet when we were packing up but did not see any leaks around the toilet inside the trailer, yesterday I went to see if I could figure out where the leak was coming from so I ran the toilet for 5 minutes inspected all hoses and could not get it to leak. So I am assuming the water dripping from the hand sprayer everytime it is used was making its way around the toilet and dripping on the bottom of the plywood where the bolts are.

Do I need to replace the sprayer with one made for RV toilets?

Thanks for your help.

[mobeewan]

When I installed my sink sprayer for the toilet, I teed off the existing water line to the toilet. I put 2 valves inline the first one to throttle the water flow so the sprayer did not cause splash back and due to the city water and pump pressures being different. I added the second one as an on/off valve so I do not leave the sprayer under pressure at all times just in case it drips or fails and floods the trailer..

[eric1514]

Wishbone51 wrote:

I once saw this paper product that goes into the toilet like a coffee filter to protect stuff from getting on the sides.

You can lay 3 or 4 short pieces of TP across each other in the bowl and get just about the same effect.

Eric

[Wishbone51]

BurbMan wrote:
Before you use the commode for #2, use the fill valve to fill the bowl with water about 1/2 way, just like a residential commode.

I once saw this paper product that goes into the toilet like a coffee filter to protect stuff from getting on the sides.

[BurbMan]

Here's a tip and you can tell your friends you heard it here first. All RV toilets have a "fill" position on the flush valve. The ones with levers on the side have a small lever that runs the water without opening the flush valve. Mine has a foot pedal that press to flush, if you lift it up with your toe it fills the bowl without flushing.

Before you use the commode for #2, use the fill valve to fill the bowl with water about 1/2 way, just like a residential commode. The water in the bowl keeps it clean, and everything will flush cleanly without any need to spray, while also using less water overall.

So forget the sprayer.

[Wishbone51]

ceeyahd1 wrote:
I have always attached a pressure regulator on my hose but when I went camping the last time I did not use it, could that be why the toilet leaked?

My trailer has a built in pressure regulator. I have one but had never used it. I went to this campground last year (Camp Nauvoo, IL) that had INSANE pressure, and actually stretched the hose a bit, to the point that it wouldn't roll up without kinking. I had to replace it. Plumbing in the trailer was OK.

Now I always use the regulator, if only to protect my hose.

[pronstar]

ceeyahd1 wrote:
I guess my question should have been would a sprayer from Home depot fit?

That's what I used 🙂


Mine would weep slightly when hooked up to city water without a pressure regulator (mine broke).

But once I replaced the pressure regulator, it stopped leaking.

I know it was an issue with the install, though, because a home-use sprayer wouldn't have an RV pressure regulator, and should stand-up to city water it's designed to be used with LOL

[ceeyahd1]

I have always attached a pressure regulator on my hose but when I went camping the last time I did not use it, could that be why the toilet leaked?

[ceeyahd1]

AH, when I tested it at storage I used the pump on the trailer and no leaks anywhere, I will have to check it when I bring it home next week using city water, but when it was leaking there was no water around the toilet, the only water was right under the nozzle, the nozzle leaks for a few seconds after you hang it up on the wall and with 2 10 year old girls going back and forth to the bathroom I can see where the water would go under the toilet and leak on the other side of plywood. I will order the T in case it is cracked.

[robatthelake]

Yes! It is a universal Sink Sprayer Hose and Nozzle!
However have You checked that there isn't a crack in the white plastic splitter T or whatever that thing is called. Ours acted the same way as Yours ,it had a tiny crack that opened up just enough to drip whenever We connected to City Water. I guess that the on board pump wasn't capable of developing enough pressure to cause it to leak.
Also check those hose clamps. They sometimes strip and can't tighten properly!

[ceeyahd1]

I guess my question should have been would a sprayer from Home depot fit?

[pronstar]

The sprayer doesn't care if it's in an RV or not.
It's either water-tight, or it isn't.