Water pressure

[petarm1]

Good day all coachers, my question of the day is: what are you all doing for reducing water pressure when hooked up to a rv park watersource. I am thinking of putting some type of pressure gauge to moniter the pressure. I have tried one of those in line pressure adapters but it reduced my flow to just about nothing.
Any suggestions.

[Geoff]

My experience is that RV parks have low water pressure.  I think the RV water pressure devices make it worse.  I built my plumbing to take high pressure and use a 60psi pump.  Before I leave in my bus, I fill the tanks with my house water that has been run through a water softener, and only fill up with camp water when I run out, using the pump to have good water pressure while camped.  I also use a whole house water filter when filling with camp water.

[lostagain]

I don't hook up to water either. I just fill my tank and use the water pump.

JC

[luvrbus]

Install a Zurn or Watts in line pressure reducer down stream from the hose connection on the rv will take care of the bus ,the hose from the rv park connection to the bus is another saga just buy a good potable water hose not the RV junk hoses and go   

[petarm1]

What is the pressure reducer that you are using rated at.
Thanks

[luvrbus]

They are adjustable the problem you run into with any regulator is the water pressure varies so much a reducer set at 60 lbs does no good on 50 lb rv park  supply I have a 2 valve bypass on my city water supply connection to take care of that problem,The reducers that screw on the hose bib work ok till the pressure falls below the preset pressure then you are screwed ,Marshall is a good brand of those it does ok with a 10 lb variation in pressure the cheaper brands won't handle any variation   

[PP]

I'm with Geoff on this one. I've never been in a park yet with enough water pressure to rinse my toothbrush properly much less worry about over pressure. Good luck,
Will

[luvrbus]

Parks do vary in pressure the AVI KOA here runs 110 psi they stock and sell a lot of the RV water hoses  in this heat

[edvanland]

I don't even have a place to hook up to park water. I just use my bus water and as Geoff does I fill mine before I leave home, I am on my on well water and I refill at the park or wherever using a very large filter. Works for me.

[richard5933]

I also fill from my softened water supply at home before leaving and then run from the on-board pump. I'll fill if necessary at the park, but have yet to run the water system from the park pressure. I carry an adjustable pressure gauge/regulator should it ever necessary. My waste tank and my water tank are the same size. I fill the water tank at slightly less than full, and I know it's time to dump the waste tank when I run out of water. I'll never over flow the waste tank this way.

[DoubleEagle]

Water pressure issues aside, one of the problems with campground water is the unknown quality. I once filled up my water tank at a campground in Northern Michigan with "potable water" that was anything but. It smelled like gray water, and I ended up dumping it all and disinfecting the 100 Gal. tank. Water from home is a known source and a good idea.

[Iceni John]

I have a Watts 263A water pressure regulator for my shore water supply, set to 45 PSI, the same as my SHURflo 2088 pumps' pressure.   There are two pressure gauges, one for incoming water pressure (here it's about 65 PSI) and one for in-bus pressure.   The Watts seems like a good little regulator, definitely better than the cheapo "regulators" from Camping World which are just flow reducers.

John 

[lostagain]

When on the road for a long time, you get whatever water you can. Most of it is good enough. We carry a 5 gallon jug that we refill if possible, or buy gallon jugs for drinking and cooking. So it doesn't matter as much what kind of water goes into the big tank. I put a little bit of bleach in it once in a while.

JC

[sledhead]

we tried the camping world pressure reducer but had no luck with it and removed it and I installed a pressure gauge . most times the max I  see is 60 lbs 

we just installed a 6 stage reverse osmosis system because most of the 1 gal. drinking or spring water we would buy tasted like crap

dave

[petarm1]

The park i am at here in prince rupert bc canada tells me they are at 100 psi city pressure. I bought a reducer at the only store in town that has one. ( walmart ) and it is rated for 40 to 50 psi. My pressure seems to be comfortable and not makeing me lose sleep of flooding.
Again thanks for all your ideas