Do you turn your water off?

[cpd520]

We were driving out of the park today and saw a nice unoccupied Tiffin MH with water pouring from under the door. We stopped, turned their water off and notified management. When we returned from town the MH was gone so don't know what caused the flood.

It got me thinking. I don't turn off water when I am away. Should I?

How many of you turn your water off when away?

[Tucson_Lawrence]

this begs the question (to me, anyway) - is it recommended to use a quarter turn ball valve regulator at the bib? This is a lot quicker to turn on/off than using the full (3-who knows how many) turn faucets.

I think I would be much more likely to simply "turn the knob a quarter turn" each time. (I Know it's only 10 seconds of difference, but it's a valuable 10 seconds when it comes to bending over etc several times a week)

Lawrence

[Bobbo]

Water is always off if we are away from the RV, even for a walk.

[sdianel_-acct_c]

We turn our water off at the outside water connection when we both leave.

[mockturtle]

SolidAxleDurango wrote:

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I ONLY hook up to park water to fill our tank but I do turn the pump off whenever we leave the coach. We have plenty of water pressure with our pump.

^^^ this

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[becker]

We turn the park water on only to fill our camper water tank, then we turn the park water off and use the coach pump. I can hear it go on and go off. Sometimes, when we leave the coach for an all day trip, I turn the coach pump off and hit the commode flush one time just to lessen the pressure some. We have stayed at that park in San Antonio one of the previous posters mentioned and they will tell you the pressure will get in the mid 60s at night. We are have a pressure regulator and gauge at the park's water faucet..... always.

[abrasv]

sailor_lou wrote:
Although I have never had a problem, I always turn the MOHO water off if we leave the rig. I even turn it off at the house if I'm gone more than a day.

Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy

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[dave17352]

I too use just the pump. Plenty of pressure and you can always here it when it runs. I also try to remember to shut the pump off when not in the unit. The switch is right by the door so not that hard.

[Elizabeth24]

Yes if we leave for more than half an hour, we turn the water off and lock our doors. Better safe than sorry.

[path1]

YES

[YnotTurbo]

My rv has a built in regulator. I find that if it leaks when your gone or when your sleeping, not much of a difference. The water is going to go everywhere.

[Devonm2012]

We were told by a couple that had been fulltiming for 16 years that there are two types of RVers......those that have flooded and those that will flood. So, yes, we ALWAYS turn off the water when we leave the coach. If we are going to a movie, bowling, sightseeing, etc., we turn off the water and release the pressure from the lines.

[ontheroad101]

We always turn it off. Had several friends come back to a flood. Several RVer's ask me why I do that. You don't do that every time you leave your home. True if I had a home, but a stick and brick home doesn't travel down a highway at 60mph.

[Daveinet]

Yep, and never have hooked up to city water as I would view that as an inconvenience. There are pump switches in the bathroom and kitchen which get turned off most of the time when not in use. When I lock the door, if the light is on, the master switch next to the door gets turned off when I leave.

Always shut the pump off in the stick house when we leave as well. While there is still pressure, at least if there is a leak, it won't go forever.

[ScottG]

This just happened to my buddy in his brand new Arctic Fox 25P TT. Seem a water line had been nicked during assembly and it took a couple of hours at pressure (yes he had a reg.) to finally pop it. They were out for a walk at the time but damage was minimal.
He now turns off the tap every time he leaves.

[Old-Biscuit]

We always use a pressure regulator...Watts adjustable set for 50#

Water pressure wasn't our problem!
Leak occurred when we were IN the rig.....sleeping. Happened on city water but could have as easily happened on pump.

Point is.......leak happened due to a hose clamp that got loose...line blew off and water ran for hours during the dark of night.

Whether you turn water OFF or not.........check the plumbing for use of ANY hose clamps.....especially on pump. Make sure they are tight and stay tight (Locktite if necessary) But better yet...get rid of them and use better means of connection ie: Sharkbite fittings

Waking up to your own wading pool is NOT a fun way to spend your RV'ng time.