PRV on water line?

[tattoobob]

I was wondering is anyone uses a PRV (Pressure Reducing Valve) on the hose connection when staying at a camp ground, it sure would cut down the amount of water going into the waste tanks

[Lwiddis]

Bumpy, I also "shoot" the hose ends and the TT connection, and I do rinse all of them. I will consider full strength bleach. Sounds good.

[Bumpyroad]

Lwiddis wrote:
I do Bumpy. Makes me feel better to shoot it with about 1/4 bleach and 3/4 water. Effective? I'm not sure if you don't let it sit for a while.

if you are going to rinse it off, why not use full strength bleach?
bumpy

[Lwiddis]

I do Bumpy. Makes me feel better to shoot it with about 1/4 bleach and 3/4 water. Effective? I'm not sure if you don't let it sit for a while.

[Bumpyroad]

SidecarFlip wrote:

Thats good. Hope you spritz the spigot with bleach before hooking up your water line... You never know where the last campers hands were when he / she hooked up to it.

I'm more concerned when the last time a dog lifted his leg against it.
but I always just run water thru before I hook up and have never spritzed a spigot.
bumpy

[TxGearhead]

Kayteg1 wrote:
In my previous house I had 150 psi city water pressure.
The "lifetime" hoses from HD lasted 2 to 4 hr before they burst.
So I have Pressure Regulator permanently attached to my camper hose.
On the faucet side to reduce pressure fluctuation.
Never trusted the inline regulators, so have one of those.

150 PSI?? Is that a typo?

[Lwiddis]

Delta Bravo, you could just call me Lima Whiskey! Lol

[SidecarFlip]

deltabravo wrote:

Colo Native wrote:
It is a must! I now put mine right on the camp ground connection.

Ditto. I install mine on the spigot too.

When I leave the campsite for the day, I ALWAYS turn off the spigot too.

Thats good. Hope you spritz the spigot with bleach before hooking up your water line... You never know where the last campers hands were when he / she hooked up to it.

Kind of reminds me of the soccer mom filling her tank at the gas station and driving away with the nozzle still in the fuel filler...lol

[Freep]

Lwiddis wrote:
Freep, I stay at RV parks only when I can't dump and fill with fresh water elsewhere. Last trip...one night. So that night I hooked and took a long shower. (Sinful, I know) Lots of USFS and BLM campgrounds on the eastern Sierras don't have dumps or fresh water and I was headed to one.

I get using a campground to dump.

It just seems like it would be easier to top the tank off, even multiple times at the RV park rather than hook up sewer and water lines, even if you're taking a long shower, you'll run out of hot water pretty quickly and you wouldn't use a full 50 gallons anyway, right?

I get the feeling that I'm missing something here.

[Tvov]

Bumpyroad wrote:

deltabravo wrote:


When I leave the campsite for the day, I ALWAYS turn off the spigot too.

yep, that is why I have a on/off valve with a 90 degree throw handle in my line to make it a simple task. one second, it's off, not twist, twist, twist, and repeat.
bumpy

Another nice thing about that type of shutoff is that you can tell from a distance whether it is on or off.

[Bumpyroad]

deltabravo wrote:


When I leave the campsite for the day, I ALWAYS turn off the spigot too.

yep, that is why I have a on/off valve with a 90 degree throw handle in my line to make it a simple task. one second, it's off, not twist, twist, twist, and repeat.
bumpy

[deltabravo]

Colo Native wrote:
It is a must! I now put mine right on the camp ground connection.

Ditto. I install mine on the spigot too.

When I leave the campsite for the day, I ALWAYS turn off the spigot too.

[deltabravo]

Lwiddis wrote:
NOT using a pressure regulator is foolish in my view.

Ditto

[Lwiddis]

Freep, I stay at RV parks only when I can't dump and fill with fresh water elsewhere. Last trip...one night. So that night I hooked and took a long shower. (Sinful, I know) Lots of USFS and BLM campgrounds on the eastern Sierras don't have dumps or fresh water and I was headed to one.

[Freep]

Lwiddis wrote:
Rare for me too, Sidecar. But I carry one.

Wouldn't you just top off your fresh water tank instead?