Is there a water pressure tank in PuP's?

[Brauma]

I was going to put this in the General section but thought it would be better suited for the Fix it section. This is a question about how the water works in PuP's.

When I'm breaking down camp and trying to get all the water out of my lines, I get a little frustrated. I disconnect the water supply hose and let all the water drain out. But then I go inside the PuP and open the cold water faucet and water flows out under pressure for almost a minute. There must be some kind of pressure tank with a check valve in there that I dont know about.

Besides that, what's the best way to get all the water out before you flip the sink over? I'll tip it up on a 45 and let it dribble and drain and lay it back down 6 - 8 times or till I get tired of doing it but invariably water still pours out on the floor when I flip it all the way over.

Am I missing something? I just get a handfull of paper towels ready once I flip it all the way over.

[PattieAM]

Mentioning having to disconnect the hose - means you are not using your built in fresh water holding tank/pump, but rather are hooked up to 'city water', which is pressurized.  There is a check valve in the system somewhere (you might have to get under the camper and look).

You might be able to get an owners manual for your camper by downloading from:  //www.popupportal.com

[waygard33]

Under my camper, along one of the edges, there is a hot and a cold valve on a couple of supply lines. My manual does not mention these valves at all but I assume they are to help drain the supply lines.

One of the last things I do, when closing camp, is open them to drain the remaining supply line water, or at least, as much of it as is possible.

Have you checked under your camper for a set of these valves?

If there are other uses for these things, I would love to hear about it.

Wayne in Oregon

[Brauma]

Mentioning having to disconnect the hose - means you are not using your built in fresh water holding tank/pump, but rather are hooked up to 'city water', which is pressurized.  There is a check valve in the system somewhere (you might have to get under the camper and look).

You might be able to get an owners manual for your camper by downloading from:  //www.popupportal.com

Pattie, thanks for the link. I'll check it out. And yes, I'm not using my tank. I'm hooking up to the campsite's spigot which is pressurized.

Under my camper, along one of the edges, there is a hot and a cold valve on a couple of supply lines. My manual does not mention these valves at all but I assume they are to help drain the supply lines.

One of the last things I do, when closing camp, is open them to drain the remaining supply line water, or at least, as much of it as is possible.

Have you checked under your camper for a set of these valves?

If there are other uses for these things, I would love to hear about it.

Wayne in Oregon

Wayne, I just went out & looked. Yep, there are two lines coming down. One white, one red. But they dont have valves, they have end caps. I couldnt unscrew them by hand. So I'll read my manual before getting some tools and loosening them.

Thanks

[Topflight]

Your camper may have an accumulator, which is a type of pressure tank.  This will hold your pressure for a little bit.  They are meant to keep the pressure more even and save the pump from cycling too often when not hooked up to city water.

[waygard33]

Wayne, I just went out & looked. Yep, there are two lines coming down. One white, one red. But they dont have valves, they have end caps. I couldnt unscrew them by hand. So I'll read my manual before getting some tools and loosening them.

Thanks

Those are probably them Mark. Just install valves and hopefully your life gets easier. :-()

If you need pics of what mine look like, let me know.

Wayne in Oregon

[tlhdoc]

The check valve in the city water line is normally inside the city water fitting.  If you pull the little screen out of the city water hookup, then gently push the little plunger (it is in the center), some water will run out and remove the pressure in the water line.  When you winterize the camper using the fresh water holding tank, you should make sure there isn't any water at the check valve.

[hoppy]

Besides that, what's the best way to get all the water out before you flip the sink over? I'll tip it up on a 45 and let it dribble and drain and lay it back down 6 - 8 times or till I get tired of doing it but invariably water still pours out on the floor when I flip it all the way over.

Am I missing something? I just get a handfull of paper towels ready once I flip it all the way over.

 I had the same problem with my 1978 Palomino with the flip-over galley. What I did was jam a piece of paper towel in to the spout opening before flipping it over. This worked very well. As for the system in your PU being pressureized, once you disconnect the city water supply line, it will not be under pressure.