I changed over to a Watts regulator and greatly improved my flow. I like being able to see and set my pressure too. The generic brass ones run at a pretty low pressure and low flow.
I just recently learned that you're supposed to hook them up directly to the camper end, and not to the campground's city water end, due to the pressure that can build up in your water hose as it lays out in the sun. All these years camping, and still learning something new all the time!
Andy
2012 Keystone Outback 280RS
2003 Chevy Silverado 1500HD
edatlanta wrote: atomlinson, I think you meant to say the pressure reducer should be hooked at the campground water spigot and then hooked to your fresh water hose that hooks to the camper. This way you protect your water hose also.
I have a hose I have been using for almost two years full time and it has never been hooked up other than to a reducer first. Even so, it is starting to swell. I never leave the campsite without turning the water off because this sucker is going to blow eventually. I just can't replace it without knowing when it will happen.
No, Ed, I had it right the way I said it. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfkRKipDNFM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It states that while the hose lays out in the sun, it can build up to 100-105 pounds of pressure, which is why you actually want to screw the regulator onto the camper end, so that the added pressure doesn't enter your camper's plumbing.
Sorry, but the guy in the video is wrong. The few cups of water that your hose holds is simply not capable of expanding enough to pressurize the entire RV water system to any significant degree above nominal. The expansion air space in the water heater tank alone is more than capable of handling any slight pressure increase, just as it's designed to do. Think about it. The hose holds at best 6 or 7 cups, and it could on a really hot day heat up to 100° or so. Your water heater holds at least 6 gallons of water, and heats it up to 140° or so. Ask the fellow in the video why the water heater doesn't blow out the plumbing, but the hose can?
edatlanta wrote: atomlinson, I think you meant to say the pressure reducer should be hooked at the campground water spigot and then hooked to your fresh water hose that hooks to the camper. This way you protect your water hose also.
I have a hose I have been using for almost two years full time and it has never been hooked up other than to a reducer first. Even so, it is starting to swell. I never leave the campsite without turning the water off because this sucker is going to blow eventually. I just can't replace it without knowing when it will happen.
No, Ed, I had it right the way I said it. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfkRKipDNFM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It states that while the hose lays out in the sun, it can build up to 100-105 pounds of pressure, which is why you actually want to screw the regulator onto the camper end, so that the added pressure doesn't enter your camper's plumbing.
atomlinson, I think you meant to say the pressure reducer should be hooked at the campground water spigot and then hooked to your fresh water hose that hooks to the camper. This way you protect your water hose also.
I have a hose I have been using for almost two years full time and it has never been hooked up other than to a reducer first. Even so, it is starting to swell. I never leave the campsite without turning the water off because this sucker is going to blow eventually. I just can't replace it without knowing when it will happen.
atomlinson wrote: Put it wherever you want, people. Just passing on a little bit of info I learned, that's all. And Dutch, I'd ask him, but I DON'T KNOW HIM. Sheesh, people.
And I'm simply correcting the misinformation you learned.
Put it wherever you want, people. Just passing on a little bit of info I learned, that's all. And Dutch, I'd ask him, but I DON'T KNOW HIM. Sheesh, people.
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