Water pressure - Page 2 - Escape Trailer Owners Community
Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×

Go Back   Escape Trailer Owners Community > Escape Tech > Problem Solving | Owners helping each other
Click Here to Login
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 03-23-2015, 06:37 PM   #21
Senior Member
 
cpaharley2008's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
Glenn,
If the valve is open and some water gets thru there should not be any issue with the pressure being too high, or is my thinking skewed?
__________________
Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
cpaharley2008 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 06:40 PM   #22
Senior Member
 
gbaglo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
Not sure what you are saying. Maybe attach the regulator to the faucet and open the tap. See how much water flows?
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
gbaglo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 06:41 PM   #23
Senior Member
 
cpaharley2008's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
What I mean is you are afraid of high pressure but with some of it coming out at the sink the pressure should not build up like it would in your hose that ruptured.
__________________
Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
cpaharley2008 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 06:51 PM   #24
Senior Member
 
gbaglo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
I don't want to blow out my water lines in the trailer, which is the reason for the pressure reduction valve. If I remove that valve, the water pressure is so high at my house that that's what surely would happen.
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
gbaglo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 06:57 PM   #25
Senior Member
 
BRietkerk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Surrey B.C., British Columbia
Trailer: 2012 Escape 19
Posts: 150
Have you eliminated the potable water hose as the problem? Is it kinked or partially blocked?
Have you tried to hook up, temporarily, with a regular garden hose to see if you get the same result?
__________________
Brian
BRietkerk is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 07:02 PM   #26
Senior Member
 
gbaglo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
I did check for kinks. Which reminds me. Does anybody make one that doesn't kink so easily?
I'm going to connect pressure reduction valve to house tap and open it up and see what happens. Then I'll start over, filling water heater and fresh water etc.
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
gbaglo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 07:03 PM   #27
Senior Member
 
Ron in BC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
Posts: 8,743
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett View Post
That does sound like quite high pressure. I have heard of other municipalities that are high too.
That's slowly ending. When I built my house I teed off a garden hose bib ahead of the regulator. For years I could do a passable cleaning job on my driveway with it. Then, as they replaced mains etc. the policy became; install more regulators in the mains and they dropped my incoming pressure to 60 psi. Then I bought a pressure washer Oh well, it was great to have while it lasted.

Ron
Ron in BC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 07:34 PM   #28
Site Team
 
Donna D.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,023
I can't attest to you problem at your home, but I've run into hose bib issues in campgrounds. The pressure regulator that I have (brass) has two screens, one at the input and one at the output. There's a tang on the hose bib that needs to be fully open to work, the screen on the beginning of the pressure regulator didn't allow that to happen. I yanked that first (of two screens) and had water. YMMV
__________________
Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
Donna D. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 08:09 PM   #29
Senior Member
 
OneOleMan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Seattle, Washington
Trailer: 2015 17B Sold 5/2016
Posts: 343
Just a thought - - Have you tried closing the water heater by-pass valves and then checking the flow in the kitchen?
__________________
Pat
Life is Good
When "Escaping Reality" Sold 5/2016
2012 4Runner
OneOleMan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 08:14 PM   #30
Senior Member
 
gbaglo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
Haven't. I'll add to my list.
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
gbaglo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-23-2015, 09:49 PM   #31
Senior Member
 
gbaglo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
Seems the kitchen sink at home here has become detached from the drain, and the portable dishwasher is full of dirty dishes, so we all may have to wait to hear how the trailer pressure problem is resolved.
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
gbaglo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 12:14 AM   #32
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
I had problems with the usual pressure regulators, so I got an adjustable regulator with a gauge (see post#12 of Water filters). Even if the regulator turns out to not be the problem, an adjustable with a gauge would let you confirm that you are providing adequate (but safe) pressure to the trailer, instead of guessing what is happening.
Brian B-P is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 03:00 PM   #33
Senior Member
 
gbaglo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
Sink drain fixed. Dishes are washed.
So, I turned my attention to the low water pressure in the trailer.
I got a new water pressure regulator and my guess is there is a bit more pressure. Not a huge difference. Gauged by viewing stream from end of hose.
I hooked up to city water and opened the pressure relief valve on the water heater and let it run for probably five minutes. I went inside and ran the hot and cold water. Water pressure still seems low. Interestingly, if you turn on the hot and then add the cold, the actual water stream does not increase.
Filled the fresh water tank and ran the pump ( bonus - it works ).
So, I haven't a clue.
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
gbaglo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 03:42 PM   #34
Senior Member
 
Ron in BC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
Posts: 8,743
I know, I know, it probably won't make any difference but how about, now that the water tank is full, hooking up the city water and trying again.

Ron
Ron in BC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 03:57 PM   #35
Senior Member
 
float5's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
Trailer: 2015 21'; 2011 19' sold; 4Runner; ph ninezero3 327-27ninefour
Posts: 5,136
Glenn, so you are getting a much better stream from the pump than the city hook-up? And you have run the city hook-up for a couple of minutes at least? (After running pump, would have to run city longer than that to tell again.) Are you getting enough water from the city hook-up to use it or is it next to nothing?
__________________
Cathy. Floating Cloud
"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
Emerson
float5 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 04:17 PM   #36
Senior Member
 
gbaglo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
My chief suspect is the faucet. I had slightly better flow from pump than city water ( or it was my imagination ). The aerator is clear and with it removed, there isn't the flow I would expect anyway.
Flow from outside shower is not great, but OK.
I shall go to the back yard and sit in the sun and contemplate.
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
gbaglo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 04:21 PM   #37
Senior Member
 
cpaharley2008's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
What is that 3 letter word, "sun", haven't seen that for awhile. Have a cold one, it's still very cold here.
__________________
Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
cpaharley2008 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 04:34 PM   #38
Senior Member
 
PGDriver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Southern Alberta, Alberta
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 1,734
"I shall go to the back yard and sit in the sun and contemplate." = pretty sure something ain't right, better have a beer and think on it.

Cheers
Doug
__________________
Cheers
Doug
PGDriver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 04:43 PM   #39
Senior Member
 
Jim Bennett's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
Quote:
Originally Posted by PGDriver View Post
"I shall go to the back yard and sit in the sun and contemplate." = pretty sure something ain't right, better have a beer and think on it.

Cheers
Doug
'cause everything gets done quicker after sucking back a couple wobbly pops, eh?
__________________
2017 Escape 5.0 TA
2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
Jim Bennett is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2015, 04:47 PM   #40
Senior Member
 
PGDriver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Southern Alberta, Alberta
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 1,734
Jim we could think about it also, but then Glenn would have to force us to have a cool one at the rally.

Cheers
Doug
__________________
Cheers
Doug
PGDriver is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off




» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by

Disclaimer:

This website is not affiliated with or endorsed by Escape Trailer Industries or any of its affiliates. This is an independent, unofficial site.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:01 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright 2023 Social Knowledge, LLC All Rights Reserved.