Some good camping friends of our's seldom if ever use a water pressure regulator. He say's it's just not needed. Yet every 5'er they've had since we've know them has had occasional water leaks somewhere in the plumbing. Go figure. I've alway's used a water pressure regulator. Alway's. I've never had a plumbing water leak. Never. Go figure.
crickeydog wrote: Some good camping friends of our's seldom if ever use a water pressure regulator. He say's it's just not needed. Yet every 5'er they've had since we've know them has had occasional water leaks somewhere in the plumbing. Go figure. I've alway's used a water pressure regulator. Alway's. I've never had a plumbing water leak. Never. Go figure.
Happy camping!!! See ya'll down the road!!!
I guess that substantiates the saying, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
bumpy
I've got one of the cheap ones and the 5ver is in the shop getting two fittings replaced. (Grey, crimped) both started to leak, but didn't blow out so for my money the regulator did what it should have done, just not perhaps as good as it should have.
However I have only a screen filter ahead of the valve so a piece of grit under the seat will allow the valve to leak and then pressure will equailize - at whatever the line pressure is. Upstream filter is sounding better and better
I've only been to one campground that strongly suggested using a regulator. They had one of the cheap looking ones for sale in their little store for about $10 which I bought and used. To be honest I don't think the pressure was that big of a deal (at that location). I think they wanted you to use their regulator because it sure did limit the amount of water that was delivered to your RV.
Other than that single campground I never used the regulator in the 13 years that I owned the trailer. The only time I had a busted pipe was during a winter when I forgot to completely drain the lines. oops.
Having said all that I'm going to purchase one of those nice Watts regulators (going to look local first) and a filter for my new 5th wheel. Our Keystone Challenger has an inline filter for the kitchen sink, but that does nothing for the bathroom. This past weekend we camped at a local state park. I had forgotten to fill the fresh water tank at home, so I did so at the campground. The water was darn near undrinkable (good thing I had plenty of beer and tequila) and you could taste it while brushing your teeth. Hopefully a good filter and regulator will prevent any future issues.
I had a good one and I put it away. Most of the year we spent in one CG. It ran a whopping 32 lbs press on a good day. Sometimes, we filled the onboard fresh water tank and used our onboard pump to get a decent shower. I have to go find it.
One advantage to 32 (max) psi water source... you don't fill up your holding tanks very often.
Dave and Cheryl
Bellaire, MI - Summer/Davenport, FL - Winter
2007 3400RL Montana
Have used two different ones. 45 PSI and 50-55 PSI Hi-Flow water pressure regulators. Hasn't stopped us from having multiple and different water leaks on our 2006 Keystone/Montana 3400RL. As an example: one internal hose popped off a T bib and slipped back on very loosely w/o adjusting the clamp. Never had been tightened at the factory. I don't think a 10 PSI regulator would have stopped all the leaks we have had. However, haven't had any new leaks in the last 6 months. Knock on wood.
The real issue is how well the RV was built to begin with. Our late 2006 Keystone/Montana 3400RL was and is a complete disaster. The assembly quality on our unit is worse than disgusting.
Once we didn't use a regulator on our pop-up ,only once,blowing two fittings was enough, with our fiver there is always a regulator on it when we hook-up..
Hunter 308
2005 Rockwood 8281,
2003 Dodge quad cab 2500,4x4,short bed
Family of four
and one goofy dog named Pepper that loves to camp
2 trips ago, I blew out the black tank flusher b.c I didn't use a regulator knowing that the park had 90+PSI...that wasn't a fun fix I assure you, but half as bad as fixing a leak you cannot find.
As I was working on it, had another camper asked me what I was doing..told him I blew out the tank flusher, he said do "you have any parts for a sink faucet by chance"? I said yes, and why? He said, he blew his entire facet apart...said he didn't have a reg on it.
So yes we use a water reg. I have with a guage on it just so I know what is coming in.
2006 Ford F250 King Ranch PSD
2008 Ford Expedition, HD Tow Package
2005 Chrysler Pacifica, GONE!
2008 Jayco Eagle Super Light 31.5BHDS, KC5PFG,
5th Airborne with SideWinder, Plugitright Stabilizers.
I always use a regulator. I used to use it at the CG faucet but I changed that so it would not "get legs" on me. But then while it was being used in a CG in Kansas, the hose came apart at the faucet. The regulator worked for my trailer but didn't save the hose. I still use it in the trailer and not on the faucet but I use a stronger hose now too.
Frank
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