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05-18-2017, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Columbus, MS
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Love my freshwater quick disconnects!
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2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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05-18-2017, 01:41 PM
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National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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You gotta be very carful to retrieve your quick connect from the campground faucet when you disconnect. I've heard that some guy forgot one time. Only a rumor.
Glenn
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05-18-2017, 01:57 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Those are nice. Of course, your regulator location means that your hose and quick connects are all subject to high pressure.
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05-18-2017, 01:57 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Glenn and Kathy
You gotta be very carful to retrieve your quick connect from the campground faucet when you disconnect. I've heard that some guy forgot one time. Only a rumor.
Glenn
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It would be pretty hard to miss that bright yellow disconnect and the green "Y" connector!  
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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05-18-2017, 02:49 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers
It would be pretty hard to miss that bright yellow disconnect and the green "Y" connector! |
You would think so wouldn't you, but....I left a large y connector, bright brass with two qds attached at some campground in Virginia once.
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05-18-2017, 02:52 PM
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Alpine Owners Club
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I might be wrong but I think that pressure regulator is really a pressure restrictor. It restricts the flow thus reducing the pressure while water is flowing. When all the faucets in the camper are shut off the pressure can rise to whatever the CG is sending, when you start water flowing it does indeed restrict the pressure to around 60 #. It is those periods of non use that are harmful. A better choice would be a true regulator, maybe one from Watts that is adjustable, I keep mine set at 60 #.
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2005 38' FDTS Alpine Limited, 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
Lake Wales, FL
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05-18-2017, 03:37 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DrDaveMA
I might be wrong but I think that pressure regulator is really a pressure restrictor. It restricts the flow thus reducing the pressure while water is flowing. When all the faucets in the camper are shut off the pressure can rise to whatever the CG is sending, when you start water flowing it does indeed restrict the pressure to around 60 #. It is those periods of non use that are harmful. A better choice would be a true regulator, maybe one from Watts that is adjustable, I keep mine set at 60 #.
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This is the Fairview regulator that provides full throughput from the spigot, actually better flow than the Watts,
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05-18-2017, 04:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers
It would be pretty hard to miss that bright yellow disconnect and the green "Y" connector! |
Oh, I could sure drive off without it... CRS happens. (-:
I have quick connects, but not at the CG end, just the coach end.
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2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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05-18-2017, 05:29 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers
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Great find! Mine are on order... thanks!
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05-18-2017, 06:07 PM
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Those are nice finds Joe!! I can see if you have a separate fresh water hose, that this would be handy. Maybe even with a portable whole house filter and portable softener!
My FW hose is on a reel so it is not so attractive at the hose bib end because I need to cap off the end of the hose when I am not on city water (traveling) since my hose is part of the pressurized system then.
I did follow your lead with the regulator and inline filter.
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05-18-2017, 07:33 PM
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Alpine Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RKins
Those are nice finds Joe!! I can see if you have a separate fresh water hose, that this would be handy. Maybe even with a portable whole house filter and portable softener!
My FW hose is on a reel so it is not so attractive at the hose bib end because I need to cap off the end of the hose when I am not on city water (traveling) since my hose is part of the pressurized system then.
I did follow your lead with the regulator and inline filter.
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Install a one way valve after the hose reel, problem gone!
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2005 38' FDTS Alpine Limited, 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
Lake Wales, FL
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05-19-2017, 09:20 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DrDaveMA
Install a one way valve after the hose reel, problem gone!
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Or another quick-connect fitting with a cap/plug.
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05-20-2017, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Camco Brass quick disconnects
I have used the Camco brass disconnects for about 6 months.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Camco-Bra...&wl13=&veh=sem
Before these things I too suffered the embarrassment of unsightly water leaks! And about 1/2 a frustrating hour every time we moved the RV. :-) They have an "o" ring seal system between sections, as well as an "o" ring faced pressure seal when you disconnect. Only problem I have had was one of the female pieces lost an "o" ring. It was an easy find at a Tractor supply store (take a known good ring with you to the store).
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05-21-2017, 08:49 AM
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They are appealing, but I've already "lost" several wye connectors, a pressure regulator, and a whole house water filter due to leaving them attached to the CG spigot. No sense in purposefully adding to the list. 
Anyone who says they've never forgot anything, also forgets the past.
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