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sd1209
Explorer
Feb 06, 2014

Question ref water pressure -----UPDATE/SOLUTION---------

Ref the below...Thx for all the input....Went back to square one today and found I had 2 press regulators on the hose....Did not see the one at the MH....Had one at the pedestal and one at the MH......Took them both off along with the in-line filter and all worked fine..Filter back on and all worked fine...One of the press regulators back on and the problem appeared....Took this one off and put the other one on and all fine....

Hooked the bad press reg up to the pedestal and put a pressure gauge on it...turned the water on and pressure up to 45 lbs then slowly bled down to zero.......Bad pressure regulator.....Did the same with the other regulator and pressure up to 45 or so and stayed there....As it should....

Never had a pressure regulator go bad like this.....I learned something..Again, thx for the input...


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Have the MH in my sig....Plugged into full hookups for the past month..About 2 weeks ago when turning on any fresh water source, there started a momentary delay in getting water (3-5 secs), then it comes on as normal....(using water hose)....Yesterday the delay increased to 30-45 secs, then it came on as normal......This morning it is not coming on at all....

Turned the water pump on and all is normal off the pump....

I removed the in-line press regulator and filter hooked up to the hose at the pedestal and it still does the above....

Is there an in-line something on the MH side of the hose, where it goes into the side of the MH?? Suggestions where to look??

Thx
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  • crabbin_cabin's avatar
    crabbin_cabin
    Explorer II
    Feb 07, 2014
    Elko NV?? First, simplest - what has been the recent overnight low temps? Could be as simple as an iced up hose?? Gradual loss of supply leads me to wonder about progressive slushing up/freezing.
  • OhhWell's avatar
    OhhWell
    Explorer
    Feb 07, 2014
    Hank MI wrote:
    OhhWell wrote:
    Bumpyroad wrote:
    enblethen wrote:
    There is a check valve inside the coach where the hose attaches.
    Disconnect hose, look inside rig's connection point. There should be a small nose sticking out. This is the check valve plunger. Push on it gently. it should be spring loaded and return when you release it.


    be sure to have your face right in front of the opening and close when you push that plunger. :)
    bumpy


    Very good advice! It is usually hard to see into the inlet enough to see the end of the plunger clearing the flange. you have to really get up CLOSE! :B


    You forgot to mention that he needs to have his water pump ON while doing this.


    Well, of course. The system has to be at pressure to verify the correct operation of the valve....
  • Hank_MI's avatar
    Hank_MI
    Explorer
    Feb 07, 2014
    OhhWell wrote:
    Bumpyroad wrote:
    enblethen wrote:
    There is a check valve inside the coach where the hose attaches.
    Disconnect hose, look inside rig's connection point. There should be a small nose sticking out. This is the check valve plunger. Push on it gently. it should be spring loaded and return when you release it.


    be sure to have your face right in front of the opening and close when you push that plunger. :)
    bumpy


    Very good advice! It is usually hard to see into the inlet enough to see the end of the plunger clearing the flange. you have to really get up CLOSE! :B


    You forgot to mention that he needs to have his water pump ON while doing this.
  • OhhWell's avatar
    OhhWell
    Explorer
    Feb 07, 2014
    Bumpyroad wrote:
    enblethen wrote:
    There is a check valve inside the coach where the hose attaches.
    Disconnect hose, look inside rig's connection point. There should be a small nose sticking out. This is the check valve plunger. Push on it gently. it should be spring loaded and return when you release it.


    be sure to have your face right in front of the opening and close when you push that plunger. :)
    bumpy


    Very good advice! It is usually hard to see into the inlet enough to see the end of the plunger clearing the flange. you have to really get up CLOSE! :B
  • carp65's avatar
    carp65
    Explorer
    Feb 07, 2014
    Had a check-valve, plastic, broke on our Georgie Boy. Easy fix was to replace
    the city water hook-up.
  • Bumpyroad's avatar
    Bumpyroad
    Explorer
    Feb 06, 2014
    enblethen wrote:
    There is a check valve inside the coach where the hose attaches.
    Disconnect hose, look inside rig's connection point. There should be a small nose sticking out. This is the check valve plunger. Push on it gently. it should be spring loaded and return when you release it.


    be sure to have your face right in front of the opening and close when you push that plunger. :)
    bumpy
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Feb 06, 2014
    Should have asked if you are using a pressure regulator. If you are verify that the water is getting through it.
  • Executive45's avatar
    Executive45
    Explorer III
    Feb 06, 2014
    Also, check the small screens inside the valve. They get gummed up with crud and need to be replaced periodically.....Dennis
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Feb 06, 2014
    There is a check valve inside the coach where the hose attaches.
    Disconnect hose, look inside rig's connection point. There should be a small nose sticking out. This is the check valve plunger. Push on it gently. it should be spring loaded and return when you release it.

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