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Originally Posted by GVP-The Boxcar Children
I'm considering adding a PVC female hose end to it. Then I can open the drain valve, then the spigot, and backfill the tank w/o dragging the hose around to the other side to do a gravity fill.
GVP
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My Class-C has the City Water connection and the FW fill port both on the driver's side of the coach. It is easy to disconnect the City Water and move the hose to the fill port when we break camp. Then you have to stand there and wait. Maybe you yell through the window to somebody inside who is watching the tank level gauge.
So, this thread doesn't exactly apply to my rig. But.....
I've often wondered why we fill our fresh water tank with a hose and the hose isn't securely attached to the fitting -- it just sort of lays in there. Maybe it falls out and maybe it doesn't. Is it because we don't want to force water into the FW tank under pressure? What would happen if the hose was securely attached to the fill opening and the tank became full? Definitely, water would shoot out of the little air vent hole. Then what? The tank splits a seam? A fitting breaks? A hose explodes? Or, everything holds the pressure nicely? I'm pretty sure I don't want to try it.
I've thought about adding a fill valve between the cold water system and the fresh water tank to allow filling the FW tank from inside the coach when connected to City Water. This seems safe to me if, and only if, I pull the front dinette cushion and watch the FW tank while it fills. For that reason, the fill valve should be located in that same compartment. In my opinion, it would be risky to locate it anywhere else.
Does anybody see a problem with my plan?
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