Man, and I thoughtus guys over on the homebrew forum were passionate about our views of making beer! Love these types of boards. Gives us a chance to see how everyone does things a little different. And I really get a kick out of seeing how each person will defend their own way to the death. Oh well,I guess its what makes the world go round, right?
Weazletoe wrote: Man, and I thoughtus guys over on the homebrew forum were passionate about our views of making beer! Love these types of boards. Gives us a chance to see how everyone does things a little different. And I really get a kick out of seeing how each person will defend their own way to the death. Oh well,I guess its what makes the world go round, right?
That it does, Weazle, that it does. And not fighting it to the death- heck I've never tried it like that before- just read about it the other day. Doesn't look like it could hurt anything though. Just thought I'd throw it out there. I figured an rv mechanic might know what he's talking about.
Andy
2012 Keystone Outback 280RS
2003 Chevy Silverado 1500HD
atomlinson wrote: Would it actually cause damage by placing the regulator on the camper end instead of the spigot end?
I don't think it would to the camper, but maybe to the hose. I have seen a hose get twice it's diameter when done this way. It didn't "pop", but it sure looked funny. i think you might find reducers/regulators installed about every which way. The thing to do is to look around to see what others are doing and do it the way seems to make the most sense. What you want to do is protect your rig's plumbing. It's easy to replace hoses.
Jack & Kay
2007 Tiffin Allegro 28DA
Ford Chassis V-10
Blue Ox Tow Bar to a 94 Honda Accord
FMCA #F341229
When a group of people are discussing the making of beer, there is room for all sorts of discussion on which way is best because it comes down to personal taste. On the other hand, when someone posts information that is just blatantly wrong, there is no room for discussion. In a forum as big as this one, someone more knowledgeable is going to come along and take issue with the erroneous information rather quickly as you just witnessed.
I will say also, hook it to the spigot, protect your hose and system.
and if you think about it during the summer my garden hoses are always out in the heat, they get real hot, water comes out real warm and yet not one has blown from pressure being too much.
so there is no way your hose will develop enough pressure to ruin your hose, and if you think about it, you put the device on your unit, then that would mean if the video guy was right, then your hose coming from camp spigot would blow and you would have a ruined hose, and that has not happened to anybody yet.
So you have to take it with a grain of salt, because either way it would be hooked up if that guy was correct you would have something damaged no matter what due to the heat.
So that is false, best to put the device on the camp tap, and again protect your hose and filter.
I place my Watts adjustable at the spigot for couple of reasons.......
The main one being: I don't want all that weight hanging from the 'city water' connection. They are NOT the highest quality and are prone to leaking when supporting little more weight than the dang hose.
Besides.....I want the regulator controlling the pressure to all my stuff. And if the water in the hose will increase in pressure due to sun exposure the air pocket in water heater will take care of the couple of cups of 'high pressured' water.
I operated 2400# boilers for a living and know a couple things about the physics of pressure/temperature dynamics. Dutch is right on.
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