Reloading water system

gbaglo · 05-07-2009, 11:22 PM

I've got to get ready for the first trip this year, but I realized, even though I shot the video on winterizing, that I don't really know how to reverse the process. I didn't run anti-freeze through the pipes - I just drained them, put anti-freeze in the traps and kept the interior above freezing over winter.

I plan to connect to the main at home ( using the pressure reduction valve, for sure ) and to open the exterior shower until I get water. I presume that that will fill the fresh water tank, but will it also fill the water heater? Or should I just fill the fresh water and then run the pump and hot water heater and then top it up?

I want to make sure everything works before heading out.

baglo

amirie · 05-07-2009, 11:25 PM

I think you have to turn the hot water tap on in order for the hot water tank to fill
I think all we did was run a bunchof water through the taps (not the interior or exterior shower) and then I just drained the grey water tank on our driveway....

Sandra L · 05-08-2009, 04:43 PM

Where is the hot water fill or shut off gizmo located? I thought that when the city water is hooked up it goes to everything.

gbaglo · 05-08-2009, 05:27 PM

Take a look at the end of the video - the part on winterizing. It's under the right hand seat at the back as you face the rear.
I didn't shut mine off however, I removed the anode to drain the tank.

baglo

Sandra L · 05-09-2009, 05:42 PM

Thanks Glenn.

gbaglo · 05-10-2009, 02:18 PM

I'm spending the afternoon getting Toad ready for its first trip May 23.
I ran city water to it and opened taps until water flowed. Then, I filled the fresh water tank until water was shooting out of the overflow. I ran the pump and opened taps. However, the monitor only reads 3/4 full. Any ideas why that would be?

baglo

Hokie Escape · 05-10-2009, 10:00 PM

Sometimes the water fills too fast for the small pressure release hole to let all the air escape (small hole just to the upper right of the fill hole).
Now that it's settled and equalized, try again. Might check to be sure the pressure release hole hasn't been blocked by something foreign too.

gbaglo · 05-10-2009, 10:55 PM

Thanks,

I did leave it for a bit and then tried to fill again, but I'll try again tomorrow. I swear I had a 50' and a 25' water hose. If anybody knows what I did with the 25' one, I'd appreciate the info...

baglo

Jim Bennett · 05-11-2009, 06:45 PM

Glenn, maybe it was with your mind when you lost it.

escape artist · 05-11-2009, 08:49 PM

Hi: All... Of all the things i've lost I miss my MIND the most!!!
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

gbaglo · 05-15-2009, 08:34 PM

The missing hose has been located, underneath the screen room in the bottom of the rear storage, but it's 50', not 25'. So, it all comes back to me. I put it there because I thought it would be seldom needed. In fact, it was all logical at the time.

So, I'm thinking, taking an inventory of the contents of each of the cubby holes is in order, at least once a year.

baglo

escape artist · 05-16-2009, 06:02 AM

Hi: gbaglo... "Outta sight outta mind"...now where did I set my BEER. I know I had one open

So you haven't used your screen room yet? Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

Hokie Escape · 05-16-2009, 06:08 AM

Heh Gbaglo, did you solve your water system dilemma?

escape artist · 05-16-2009, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbaglo

I'm spending the afternoon getting Toad ready for its first trip May 23.
I ran city water to it and opened taps until water flowed. Then, I filled the fresh water tank until water was shooting out of the overflow. I ran the pump and opened taps. However, the monitor only reads 3/4 full. Any ideas why that would be?

baglo

Hi: gbaglo... By opening the hot tap you would have taken 6gals out of the fresh tank and sent it to the hotwater tank...unless the bypass valves were closed...I think

I only know for sure how to operate the beer cans in the fridge :

Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

gbaglo · 06-20-2009, 05:58 PM

Was out at Escape this morning checking the progress on Keath's 19. He should have it in a couple of weeks.
So, I asked Reace about the issue with the monitor only showing 2/3 full. He said he had a customer who lived in Mission. He filled his tank and it only read 1/3 full. They checked out all kinds of things to no avail. Anyway, they emptied the tank and refilled it at Escape in Chilliwack and the monitor read full. Reace suspects that it depends on the mineralization of the water whether the sensors get a reading or not.

Milly · 08-06-2009, 02:31 PM

Hi there. Been looking at this trailer for a year now and am ordering one this month. I had a 24 ft Prowler for several years and the directions I followed were to flush all the lines for several minutes and then put a quart cup of bleach in the fresh water holding tank and wait at least eight hours and then flush thouroughly. Bought the trailer new and had it ten years and it worked like a charm. Water always tasted great. The holding tank was twenty gallons so I suppose you would have to decrease the amount though.

Jim Bennett · 08-06-2009, 02:49 PM

Hi Milly, welcome.

You are making a great move.

Milly · 08-06-2009, 03:53 PM

Thank you I am sooooooo excited actually.

Hokie Escape · 08-06-2009, 09:07 PM

Oh you'll love it Milly! More compact perhaps, but solid!!
What is a "quart cup" if I may ask? Sounds like a good procedure every once in a while, particularily in the summer when you might get some bacterial growth in the water tank and lines if not regularily used.

Milly · 08-07-2009, 12:32 AM

Just read that myself .....lol...to me. Quarter cup..... killed the plastic taste too.

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