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Old 08-29-2020, 07:47 PM   #1
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A blue water hose came with our 2017 5.0 TA, might it be a "potable" hose? Any of our previous ones have been white, so just wondering!
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Old 08-29-2020, 08:03 PM   #2
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I bought a good fresh water hose. Two of them in fact, 25' and 10' They're both blue: Camco 25 Feet 25ft Premium Drinking Water Lead and BPA Free, Anti-Kink Design, 20% Thicker Than Standard Hoses 5/8" Inside Diameter (22833)
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Old 08-29-2020, 08:39 PM   #3
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Donna, Our hose is 5/8 as well. I suspect it is an appropriate hose. Thanks for the prompt response!
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Old 08-30-2020, 06:24 AM   #4
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Speaking of hoses, I just purchased (Walmart) a Gilmour AquaArmor 25-foot hose, drinking water safe, about half the weight of typical RV hoses, is easy to coil (after spending over an hour in the refrigerator), and coils flat. It has similar qualities to the so-called pocket hoses but is definitely far more rugged. I really like it. While my primary hose is a coil hose I purchased at (ugh) Camping World which works great when close to the water spigot, the new hose will give me the 50 feet of hose I want, it is doing so with less weight and in less space than the hose it is replacing.
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I've been through a number of water hoses including the blue one mentioned earlier in the thread, and the absolutely best I've owned is one made by RV Water Filters. They make them in custom lengths (I carry a 15') coil well even in cold weather, do not kink, are very well made, and, at least in the shorter lengths, don't take up much space. Only bad part is they are expensive.
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Old 08-31-2020, 09:20 PM   #6
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A blue water hose came with our 2017 5.0 TA, might it be a "potable" hose? Any of our previous ones have been white, so just wondering!
I've got one of the blue Camco hoses. It is a normal hose but was marketed as being for drinking water (presumably lead free). I abandoned it in favor of one of those Teknor Apex Zero G hoses because it was stiff and tended to want to stay semi-coiled and not flat on the ground.
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