Cornerstone water manifold

[papaw1]

Would have sworn that 6 months ago the new Cornerstones had water manifold unit on driver side bay but today the 6 or 7 new Cornerstones I looked at at MHSRV had no water manifolds. Did Entegra drop these or was I just miss seeing them?

[papaw1]

I called Entegra today and they confirmed that they no longer put water manifolds in their Cornerstones. They dropped them the first part of 2012 production. They also Said it will be mid March before they will know what changes there will be on the 2015 models but auto air level definitely still won't be on anything other than the Cornerstone as all models will be keeping their current chassis.

[dfunde01]

Curious on two points.

Why did they drop the water manifold? Very valuable insurance to maintain water service in coach if you spring a leak in one line.

Auto air leveling is not chassis dependent. It is/was commonly installed on Spartan Mountain Master, K2, and K3 chassis on American Coach and others.

Dave

[DSL417]

Originally Posted by dfunde01

Curious on two points.

Why did they drop the water manifold? Very valuable insurance to maintain water service in coach if you spring a leak in one line.

Auto air leveling is not chassis dependent. It is/was commonly installed on Spartan Mountain Master, K2, and K3 chassis on American Coach and others.

Dave

I know you can have water line leaks, but I don't recall hearing of anyone having one since joining this forum 18 months ago, or reading all the board posts on Entegras since inception.

I am aware of after-market air leveling systems you can add to the MM chassis; believe this is one of the major upgrades Entegra uses to distinguish between Anthem and Cornerstone with its Hadley Air System. Not an expert, but not sure those after-market systems don't operate the same as the Hadley system. I guess as a manufacturer, you pick and choose what you incorporate to meet a price point to be competitive. Cornerstone is packed and competes very favorably against the Eagle. Anthem, with its standard package, competes very effectively with the Tradition. I'd be hard pressed to pick between Eagle and Cornerstone...think a major difference is warrantee.

Good luck with your selection.

[Nowabeachbum]

Originally Posted by dfunde01

Curious on two points. Why did they drop the water manifold? Very valuable insurance to maintain water service in coach if you spring a leak in one line.

I agree with what Dave just said. I believe what the real advantage to the manifold system is consistent water temps throughout the delivery. I am disappointed that it is no longer there. I guess they just felt it wasn't a big enough deal.

[MRUSA14]

I had a water manifold system on the Beaver that I owned for 10 years. Only used it one time, when a leak developed in the icemaker supply line. Other than that, I really had no use for it. It seemed like a lot of extra plumbing with very little practical use, except to isolate a leaking area so that you could use the rest of the plumbing until repairs are made.

[papaw1]

That was probably Entegra's reasoning for dropping the system as I am sure it added quite an expense in the extra pic runs and the related labor expense.