Fresh water tank question
We have never used our fresh water tank. I have a couple of questions about it. When camping at a campground that was water hook up can you still use the fresh water tank as well as the campground wa...
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cruzbill wrote:
Your trailer should (must) have a check valve at the city (campground) water inlet, its there to prevent your pump from pushing water out thru the city water inlet. The check valve only allows city water in, not fresh tank water to be pumped out. Easiest way to think about it is this: if you have your pump on, you are drawing water from your fresh water tank; if your pump is off and you still have water at your faucets, you are connected to city water and your fresh tank is not being used. Sanitize your tank (follow your owners manual) before you use it.
Thanks for replies. I didn't realize that the key was the pump being on. That's good to know. If I understand correctly, we can shower with the campground water when the pump is off. Then turn the pump on and cook/make coffee with the tank water. We've been using a 5 gallon refillable coleman water jug and using that for cooking/coffee as we don't like the taste of the vast majority of campground water.
Appreciate the feedback.
