Fresh Water Tank Filler

Don’t throw that drinking water hose away before you make a fresh water tank filler out of it. You could buy one at the store that looks like this: Or, you could make one yourself that looks like this. All you have to do is cut off the end with the female connector and “presto,” you have a fresh water tank filler. I like these homemade units better because you can make them longer than the commercial cousin and they stay in the tank filler recepticle better.

Then you add a water pressure gauge and an inline valve and you have a pressure testing system as well as a fresh water tank filler. This tool does double duty (you know how I appreciate tools that are multipurpose!) I don’t always put a water pressure regulator on when I hook-up. I make it a point to test the pressure every time before I attach the hose to the city water inlet of my rig. An RV Tech told me that most new RV plumbing can handle pressures as high as 90 psi without a problem. I, however, put a water pressure regulator on if the pressure at the hose bib exceeds 60 psi.

I experienced problems once when I was using one of those light blue plastic water pressure regulators from a large chain store. These are junk! Save your money and invest in a better quality brass regulator from your friendly neighborhood RV parts dealer. The problem was that the water pressure was reduced so much that it wouldn't force open the check valve on the rig and all I had was a trickle. You could get more water out of a squirt gun! When I changed to a higher quality water pressure regulator everything was fine. Jim