brentbullets
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Water pressure at my seasonal spot is about 30 lbs. This is our first RV. We did spend a night with just the holding tank and pressure seemed to be much better. Is it possible to leave city water hooked up and on and also utilize holding tank and water pump for better pressure?
I thought I read in owners manual that this shouldn't be done. I would suppose a person could just use holding tank and fill as needed?
Unit is a 2011 3455SA Montana.
Thanks in advance.
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Artum Snowbird
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We prefer to use our own pump and we get used to shutting it off. Last thing you want is a line to split in your RV because of high pressure when connected to a "park" line. Fill up, use their electricity to keep up your battery and run the pump, then fill up again as required.
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Old-Biscuit
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Yes you can use them both.
City water connection has a check valve so you do not back feed from your pump.
City water at 30#........turn pump on and water from city connection will stop flowing cause pump discharge pressure is higher (45#). Turn pump off and water from city water connection will flow.
You will still need to fill fresh water tank occasionally due to use of pump
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brentbullets
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Its not actually "city water". It is a well out in the country. It was a little low today and there were only 3 other campers set up.
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rockhillmanor
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Pull the screens off the faucets and clean them. You will be very surprised how much the sand and grit caught in those screens will make you think you don't have good water pressure or something is wrong with your pump.
I have had both faucet screens plug up I had water when I left a CG and when I set up at the next 'nothing' not one drop of water came out. Called mobile repair and after he checked all the inlets and pumps he took the screen off the faucet and fine sand grit had filled each and every hole. Cleaned both of them, charged me and was on his way. 
I clean mine monthly and there is always grit in them. CG wells are notorious for sand in the water.
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dbbls
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If I was using the water pump I would not leave the city water turned on. What if a faucet started leading. It would soon fill your holding tank then where would it go.
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Cleaning the screens is good. Also, many campgrounds have built-in pressure regulators and, if you attach your own pressure regulator, your pressure will be very low.
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brentbullets wrote:Water pressure at my seasonal spot is about 30 lbs. This is our first RV. We did spend a night with just the holding tank and pressure seemed to be much better. Is it possible to leave city water hooked up and on and also utilize holding tank and water pump for better pressure?
I thought I read in owners manual that this shouldn't be done. I would suppose a person could just use holding tank and fill as needed?
Unit is a 2011 3455SA Montana.
Thanks in advance.
You can buy a "city" water pressure regulator with a gauge on it to see what you're actually getting. Also, as others have said, many CG's have little to no filtration on well water, so an in-line pre-filter might be in order to keep your FW's plumbing from plugging up. Personally, if I've got city water, I use it and don't worry to much about the tank water. Should the automatic selector fail, there's enough vent in the fresh tank that it would simply overflow without damage. All the same, if we leave the trailer for more than a couple hours, we turn off the water. :-)
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Old-Biscuit
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SkiSmuggs wrote:Cleaning the screens is good. Also, many campgrounds have built-in pressure regulators and, if you attach your own pressure regulator, your pressure will be very low.
I've not come across CG's with built in regulators.
I have been in many CG's that regulated the pressure but it was via a centralized pressure station.
If you are referring to 'brass couplings' that are attached to CG faucets....those are vacuum breakers that help keep from back feeding water into CG water system and will relieve hose pressure when you close CG faucet. They neither control pressure or reduce flow.
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Old-Biscuit wrote:SkiSmuggs wrote:Cleaning the screens is good. Also, many campgrounds have built-in pressure regulators and, if you attach your own pressure regulator, your pressure will be very low.
I've not come across CG's with built in regulators.
I have been in many CG's that regulated the pressure but it was via a centralized pressure station.
If you are referring to 'brass couplings' that are attached to CG faucets....those are vacuum breakers that help keep from back feeding water into CG water system and will relieve hose pressure when you close CG faucet. They neither control pressure or reduce flow.
Interesting. In either case, I've encountered pressure so low as to just trickle. Removed my pressure regulator and everything was fine.
Hmmm, maybe I should check the regulator for a screen.
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