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Old 01-30-2005, 06:32 AM   #1
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Water Pressure Regulator?

Does anyone know for sure if the 3655FL has a built in water pressure regulator. I've contacted the factory but haven't heard from them.I use a regulator but was wondering about this.
 
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Old 01-30-2005, 07:20 AM   #2
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I don't know about the 3655 but my 3670 does not have a built in regulator.
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Old 01-30-2005, 09:47 AM   #3
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To the best of my knowledge no Monty has a water regulator
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Old 01-30-2005, 12:34 PM   #4
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My understanding is the same as kdeiss'. I'm not aware of any Montana having a builtin water regulator. You might check the standard and options list at www.keystone-montana.com to see if a regulator is listed anywhere there.

If you find it does have one, please post back. A lot of us would like to be aware of this.

Your water pump may be close to the outside city water hookup and tank filler. If you can see into the pump compartment where the water lines come into the coach, I would think you'd see the regulator there if there is one. It would likely be very close to where the water first enters the coach. There is none in ours at that location.
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Old 01-30-2005, 01:06 PM   #5
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From what I've seen no Montana comes with a pressure regulator. Make sure you buy one (pay the extra couple of bucks to get a brass one) because many parks have too much pressure for your lines to withstand. I looked at buying an adjustable regulator but they see too pricey.
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Old 01-30-2005, 04:17 PM   #6
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We always use the regulator, dealer suggested it so I doubt the Monty has one built in to the best of my knowledge.
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Old 01-30-2005, 05:40 PM   #7
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We alwasy used one, but now we dont becasue we have an inline water filter that we hook up, and that reduced the pressure enough. Using a regulator with it made the pressure too low.
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Old 01-30-2005, 10:22 PM   #8
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kozzy45,

Don't confuse flow rate with static pressure.

What you are describing is the pressure regulator + filter restricts your water flow. When you arn't using any water without the regulator, the full pressure of the water supply will be seen by your interior plumbing.

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Old 01-31-2005, 03:04 AM   #9
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Good point, never even thought of that.
The only thing now, is how do I get a good flow and regulat the pressure?
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Old 01-31-2005, 04:09 AM   #10
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Eric makes a valid point. The fulltimers at the park where we have our unit on a seasonal basis use an adjustable regulator in conjuction with a filter system.
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We use an adjustable regulator but I don't know that would solve your problem or not. Is it possible to have the regulator AFTER the filter?
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Old 01-31-2005, 10:20 AM   #12
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Ed, I bought my adjustable regulator at Home Depot, brand name Watts. Had to buy some fittings to go with it. It is preset at 55# and is adjustable. Cost was around $35., I understand Campers World has a comparable regulator now. You might check the screen which is inside the water inlet to see if it is clogged with sediment.Good luck.
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Old 01-31-2005, 11:44 AM   #13
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Thats what I did, put the regulator on AFTER the filter, and I noticed the pressure, or flow, went way down, so I stopped using the regulator, and it has worked fine, but I dont want to have problems. I never tried using the regulator BEFORE the filter, I should try that, has anyone had any experiences doing it that way, good or bad?
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Old 01-31-2005, 09:25 PM   #14
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The regulator is designed to go near the water supply source.... thus it will protect your water hose and filter as well as the rigs internal water supply lines. So we always place our regulator at the hose bib. Did not notice any difference in flow when installed filter.

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Old 02-01-2005, 02:10 AM   #15
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You could also get yourself a water pressure gage and test the water supply before hooking up. That way if the water pressure isn't too high you know you don't need the regulator. if it IS too high, you know you need the regulator regardless of the flow rate...

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Old 02-01-2005, 02:17 AM   #16
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An alternate way to increase water flow,,,,

If you are using a very fine filter that restricts flow, consider getting a second one and hook it in PARALLEL with the first one. That way you would reduce the filter restriction.

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Old 02-01-2005, 02:35 AM   #17
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I will have to try some of these this summer. Normally, I put the regulatot on the inlet into the RV, which after the fitler and hose, I am going to start by putting it right at the source and see what happens. Thanks for al lthe tips. The flow goes down, but it is still usable.
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Old 02-01-2005, 04:56 PM   #18
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That is the way I have arranged my water hook up. Filter to source, then regulator, then hose and then to Monty.
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Old 02-04-2005, 09:28 AM   #19
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We use an adjustable regulator that is designed for a mobile home. No flow restrictions but regulates pressure. Lowes or Home Depot sell them and you will have to adapt them to garden hose fittings.
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We also use an adjustable regulator and have for the past couple of years. We got ours at Camping World. You have to look for them on the shelf near the non-adjustable regulators. They're usually not on display but are in a brown cardboard box. Supposedly ours will go up to either 120 or 160 psi (forgot which) but the gauge only goes to something like 100 psi. I have ours set at 57 psi. We've been in a number of parks where the pressure is above that without the regulator. 57 was chosen because that's the highest we can run it without the toilet shooting flush water out of the bowl.
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