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drdrew 
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Joined: 14 Jan 2011 Location: missouri Online Status: Offline Posts: 88 |
 Topic: stupid question...amps?Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 11:26am |
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okay! more then!...just get a short garden hose for hook up? or is there a special RV hose i need? i think the rpod came with the sewer hose, no?
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TerryM
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Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950 |
Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 11:35am |
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For your drinking water you need the white hose. You can get them at any RV dealer or Wall-Mart. I have a short one, about 5', then a 20' one. Sometimes sites have the hookups spaced out a little. You also should get some disposable gloves to use when you are handling the sewer hookup.
WARNING: I have seen people push their sewer hose onto the water hookup to flush it out! The next person to use the water WILL get contaminated water. I have a spray bottle of bleach water and spray the water hookup as soon as I get to a site. The water is hooked up last then. Terry |
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drdrew
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 12:51pm |
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ew. gross....good call on the bleach water... okay i will look for the white hose, but was just at wal mart and cant find it there...no biggie i'll find one...
but now i'm confused about the flushing....i thought that happens from the inside...if you spray water into your sewer hose wont it come right back out? is there a seperate flush hose i am unaware of? my thought was drain the black...then the grey to flush it out? do people do an additional rinse or something afterwards? |
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drdrew
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 1:42pm |
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ooh, and while i am at it...what about pressure reducers to the water line, and filters?
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drdrew
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 1:44pm |
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argh...and now i am hose shopping...what size...1/2 or 5/8?
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Outbound
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Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767 |
Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 2:24pm |
Either will do. I'm happy with my 1/2" - the water flow seems to be fine. Also, buy a brass (or stainless steel) water pressure regulator, not a plastic one. Don't forget: the regulator is attached to the campground spiggot, then your hose to your trailer.
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Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150
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techntrek
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 9:19pm |
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For flushing out the water system at home your garden hose is ok, just let it run a minute before hooking it up - most garden hoses have lead in them which leaches into the standing water. After a minute you are ok. But this is why you don't want to use a garden hose when camping because the water sits around in the hot sun all day. White hoses do not have lead. I tried a pressure regulator and it dropped my pressure to an unusable level at most campgrounds so I don't use it anymore. We don't bother with filters, we just take a gallon or two of water from home for drinking and teeth brushing. |
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stupid question...amps?