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12-30-2017, 08:06 AM
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#43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,080
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Full tank. My water tank is about 8 ft aft of the front axle. Adding weight to the front of my MH improves handling and stability. We carry 5 gal of purified water for coffee, don't have calcium build up in the maker. We have never needed the potable water on the road, but better to have and not need than to need and not have.
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12-30-2017, 08:30 AM
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#44
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: 5 miles south of Lakeville, Mn
Posts: 3,047
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LETMGROW
Thinking quickly I grabbed a case of bottled water and being the dedicated husband I am I started pouring water on DW. The screams at first were like bloody murder. Guess warming the water would have been a good idea.
The next few minutes were very short on pleasant conversation. I got the message.
I will NEVER leave home again without a full tank of fresh water!
Lynn
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OMG! You my friend have a DEATH WISH! Love it!
We were at the Air Force Museum in Ohio. My Grandson and I were inside looking at aircraft, (He wanted to know if the Curtis Jenny was what I flew ), and on walking back we met the DW coming to find us. Seems the floor was flooded in the MH and the water kept on coming. A pipe had broken under the lounge seat and the pump was just merrily pumping all of our water into the lounge. She was quite upset so I just shut the pump off. Course now we didn't have much water.
Going down the Interstate an hour later my Grandson was playing computer games in back with the genset running when he suddenly yelled,"Fire!". As I was traveling at seventy miles per hour towing a car, I had to quickly find an exit. The water had shorted out the built in vacuum system and it had ignited the one spot of dry carpet available. I Quickly put it out.
That's life.
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FAA ATC ret, VFW, AL, VVA, NRA
US Army Aviation, MACV Vietnam 65-66
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12-30-2017, 08:43 AM
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#45
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,295
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LETMGROW
I will NEVER leave home again without a full tank of fresh water.
Here's why:
Last year I got our MH out of storage and brought it home on a Saturday. Each evening I put the items taken out for the winter back into the compartments, did a service and filled the water tank 1/4 full to flush out the pink antifreeze. Meanwhile my DW was busy repacking everything she had removed and stored for the winter. We were both busy at work so our evenings were shortened somewhat but we were making progress getting the MH ready for the upcoming season.
When Friday night came we were on our way home from work and I asked her how she would like to go to the races. She said that would be great. We got home, tossed some clothes in the MH and headed out to the dirt track 60 miles from home.
The track dried out badly that night and the dust was terrible for the final races. After the race was over we went back to the MH and decided we should shower before retiring for the night. DW offered I could go first as she had to place the bedding on the bed before we could crawl in anyway. Luckily I had fired up the water heater when we got to the track just in case. I jumped in and took a nice warm shower and by the time I was done it was her turn. She was in there about two minutes and I heard a loud "What the H***"? Uh Oh! We were out of water! When I opened the curtain I saw "That Look". You guys know what I mean. It ain't good. She was all soaped up and drying quickly. Thinking quickly I grabbed a case of bottled water and being the dedicated husband I am I started pouring water on DW. The screams at first were like bloody murder. Guess warming the water would have been a good idea.
The next few minutes were very short on pleasant conversation. I got the message.
I will NEVER leave home again without a full tank of fresh water!
Lynn
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Please post a video of the incident so we can learn from it
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12-30-2017, 10:45 AM
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#46
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 26,810
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Originally Posted by marjoa
So I guess now before Biscuit puts his Jammi's on, you have to remember to turn OFF the water pump switch. Right? Couldn't you just as well go outside and turn the city water OFF at night? Just asking?
BTW...where area did that 6K leak happen?
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First off.....
Don't sleep in jammies. I'm an 'au naturale' king of guy....so running out in the night air to turn water off is not something I would subject any of my fellow campers too. That would be a visual that they would have to live with the rest of their lives
And how silly would that be anyway.......pump switch is SO much more convenient and doesn't require going outside.
Fitting that broke was the HOT water line connection to nipple on Water Heater OUT.
Water ran for hours in the wee hours of the night
Living room, kitchen areas flooded-----2" standing water
Small roadside slide out was dry but Large curbside slide out was wet.
Used 16 gal wet vacuum to suck up the water (dumped it 8 times)
Lifted carpet up and had fans/blowers going all day ....finally had to pull carpet/padding out in order to 'save' subfloor.
New carpet/new linoleum PLUS large slide out had to be removed from 5th wheel, subfloor removed (it had major water damage where water had pooled in one corner), new subfloor installed and slideout reinstalled.
Plus 4 days of motel when slide out repairs were being done.
National Interstate Insurance was GREAT. Quick to respond, no hassles, adjuster was fair/reasonable and easy to work with. (Too bad they don't cover RVs anymore)
All because someone overtightened that fitting at factory (found it inside cabinet floating in pieces). Gave away and CITY WATER ran for hours while sleeping.
SO now I just flip a switch 'au naturale' and don't worry about it.
Pump has a constant flow with good pressure
Water in fresh water tank gets turned over constantly with new water.
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12-30-2017, 11:36 AM
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#47
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Senior Member
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Manhattan (Little Apple) Kansas
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Do you shut off you water to your sticks and brick house at night or when you leave to go shopping or etc? If I'm going to be gone few days or on vacation I will shut my water off in my sticks and brick just to be safe but not every time I leave few hours.
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12-30-2017, 11:46 AM
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#48
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CWSWine
Do you shut off you water to your sticks and brick house at night or when you leave to go shopping or etc? If I'm going to be gone few days or on vacation I will shut my water off in my sticks and brick just to be safe but not every time I leave few hours.
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S&B doesn't go bouncing down the hwys nor do I have the 'option' of just using a pump with easy to use on/off switch
Could S&B get flooded due to broken line/fitting......SURE thing. Absolutely
And if I had an easy/available option I would consider using it.
Believe me....
I ALWAYS hooked up to 'city water' source when it was available from my early days of camping right up until that day in 2008.
Since then on-board pump only
Not sure WHY there is so much opposition to use of pump vs city water.
To each their own..........
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12-30-2017, 12:43 PM
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#49
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,295
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CWSWine
Do you shut off you water to your sticks and brick house at night or when you leave to go shopping or etc? If I'm going to be gone few days or on vacation I will shut my water off in my sticks and brick just to be safe but not every time I leave few hours.
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Copper piping vrs plastic bouncing down the highway. Hmmmm.
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12-30-2017, 12:57 PM
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#50
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Senior Member
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Manhattan (Little Apple) Kansas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Monacoach
Copper piping vrs plastic bouncing down the highway. Hmmmm.
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No copper piping in our house... Few month ago we had water running our neighbors front door with a busted plex pipe on dish washer in home less than year old so does happen.
My son had toilet seal fail in our basement and put inch water in basement before he found it.
I can probably name dozen people that had home leaks that did a lot damage.
Both cases if the water was off it wouldn't been a big deal.. Question still stands...
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12-30-2017, 12:59 PM
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#51
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
Posts: 2,643
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I'm surprised to see that nobody mentioned water quality. Our residential water in Anacortes was rated 5th best in the USA in a recent survey. During our travels, we've encountered some pretty horrible local water, but only realised how bad it was when using it with the rig's water pump turned off.
Having retired from the RV life, it isn't an issue any longer!
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ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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12-30-2017, 01:56 PM
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#52
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,295
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CWSWine
No copper piping in our house... Few month ago we had water running our neighbors front door with a busted plex pipe on dish washer in home less than year old so does happen.
My son had toilet seal fail in our basement and put inch water in basement before he found it.
I can probably name dozen people that had home leaks that did a lot damage.
Both cases if the water was off it wouldn't been a big deal.. Question still stands...
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I will answer your standing question by saying I am more inclined to turn the rv tap off and do not worry as much about the stick brick tap. Rvs are made cheaply and things are more likely to shake apart while in motion compared to a house.
When on vacation the house water gets turned off.
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12-30-2017, 02:03 PM
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#53
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: 5 miles south of Lakeville, Mn
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Yes it does happen in the S&B. A month ago our dishwasher, which the DW had running as we went to bed, Malfunctioned. It pumped water in, but not out. I got up in the morning and found the kitchen flooded and all steamed up. That wasn't as bad as the downstairs under the kitchen, which thank God was not finished, which was like a rain forest.
I am still disposing of mildewed items that were stored down there. New dishwasher is in place.
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US Army Aviation, MACV Vietnam 65-66
2012 Journey 36M, Cummings 360hp
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12-30-2017, 02:08 PM
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#54
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 374
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Wow, popular topic. Maybe should have been a poll!
We travel with 1/3 tank in typical situations.
In our 150 nights of use so far, we've never encountered a situation where we wished for more. If a campground had broken water, we'd just go find somewhere to fill up and come back. Or pick a different campground.
We always drink the campground water. It's filtered coming into the coach, and filtered again at the tap, so it's never been a problem with nasty water.
Of course, if we're going to dry camp (very rare), we'll leave with a full tank. Even when dry camping, the grey tank is the greater constraint because of washing dishes. (Yes we could eat out or use paper plates, but that's not our preference.)
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12-30-2017, 03:40 PM
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#55
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 24,024
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Depends on multiple consosiderations.
1 How far (50 miles your choice 500 miles fill up first)
2: Class A B C or Trailer (I'm more likely to use water on the roasd with as CLass A B or C)
3; How long the trip (Weekend fill up first)
4: The water at the campground (Some are nasty fill up first)
WHY #3.. If you move very far the water is "Different" from what you drink at home, this can lead to ...er.. after effects (Frequent flyer miles on the porcelain airline). So last summer I split time between two RV parks. ONE I tanked up. the other I did not even hook up water.. Just used the one source. I left Michigan and 3 weeks later had to re-fill the next day I started earning frequent flyer miles.. NOT SURE there was a connection (Another issue may have been at fault) but. Well.. I'm sure you get it.
80 gallons lasted 3 weeks when I was on the road.. and one week after I switched water.. Now it's 2 weeks between need to fill.
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12-30-2017, 04:49 PM
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#56
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Phoenix, Oregon
Posts: 2,207
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For what it's worth, we usually turn our pump off at night and always when leaving for a few hours or more. We've had different things fail over the last 40 or so years we've had SC RVs. Not counting water line leaks, I think the last was a water heater relief valve.
I don't turn water off at the house when we're gone because the kids check on it and take care of the cat. The last leak there was a toilet float valve that didn't seal. I also remember a problem with the dishwasher where the door must have been closed enough to allow water to come in, but not closed enough to seal.
These things do happen, and I'm a strong proponent of better safe than sorry.
Steve
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