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Anita967

Indiana

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Posted: 04/06/07 06:08pm

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The plastic drain spicket keeps breaking, is there another way to make this work ? The only thing I can come up with,is using an outside garden hose faucet for a house w/flange. Any help in this matter would be very helpful. Thank You Jim

mockturtle

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Posted: 04/06/07 06:27pm

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We replaced the plastic valve with a metal ball valve. We knew it was just a matter of time before the plastic one broke.

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skipnchar

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Posted: 04/06/07 06:43pm

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Might be a good idea to find out WHY they're getting broken. If it's hanging low and dragging or something if you put a stronger valve you COULD damge the tank itself.

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mockturtle

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Posted: 04/06/07 06:57pm

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Ours isn't 'hanging down' at all, unless we're draining our tank. It just sits in the compartment.

hwybnb

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Posted: 04/06/07 06:59pm

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Those things are cheap and flimsy to begin with and after being expose to the sun for a while the plastic gets brittle. I have replaced several of them. A permanent solution is to reroute the drain line to go out under the RV and put a brass ball valve on it like mockturtle did.