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General => Mr. Fix it => Topic started by: kampingkoge on Jun 25, 2007, 10:08 AM

Title: Water Pressure ... City vs Electric Pump
Post by: kampingkoge on Jun 25, 2007, 10:08 AM
I sometimes develop a leak from my hot water tank output hose if I leave my water pump on, so we have been turning the pump on when using water then off when done.  We also let the hot water run a bit after we shut off the pump to remove the pressure from the hot water line.   We dry camp 95% out of the time. Regarding pressure from the city water, I assume even with a pressure regulator we would have about the same amount of pressure as the pump???  I am thinking about just filling my water tank from the city water and using the water pump as described above whenever we camp at a campground.  The root cause of my problem is due to having to install a by-pass hose each winter as part of the winterization process and now I just don
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Post by: wavery on Jun 25, 2007, 10:35 AM
Quote from: kampingkogeI sometimes develop a leak from my hot water tank output hose if I leave my water pump on, so we have been turning the pump on when using water then off when done.  We also let the hot water run a bit after we shut off the pump to remove the pressure from the hot water line.   We dry camp 95% out of the time. Regarding pressure from the city water, I assume even with a pressure regulator we would have about the same amount of pressure as the pump???  I am thinking about just filling my water tank from the city water and using the water pump as described above whenever we camp at a campground.  The root cause of my problem is due to having to install a by-pass hose each winter as part of the winterization process and now I just don