Water pressure

[whiptail]

Some one recently suggested to me that I might have a built-in water pressure regulator on our 2955RL because when I use an in-line out door model at the faucet I have real low pressure at the shower and kitchen sink. Is this possible? I generally use a gauge with a dial after the regulator to see what the regulator is giving me.
Tom

[stiles watson]

Typically, the water pressure regulator you get at RV stores are set at 45 psi, which is low in my opinion. Then if you put an inline filter of some sort after it, the pressure is further reduced. I use a 65 psi regulator and I am still not happy with it. I want an adjustable regulator that can be set at up to 100 psi.

Sometimes I have good water pressure when the valve is first opened, but it drops quickly. My guess is that, even though the water pressure is adequate, the water supply is limited due to heavy usage in a full camp ground.

[vaf2314]

Tom,

I too have a brand new 2955. I thought that the water pressure seemed low compared to our previous TT. However when we took delivery on the walk through the gentleman asked if i had a regulator. I know that is not a good source of info but it is all i have right now. i do plan on looking behind the convience center in the next few days.

Now when just taking a suction on the fresh water tank with the pump seemed lower on pressure also. Could be more head loss with more piping (longer piping run from the tank to suction) or just a lower capacity pump when taking a suction on the tank.

[Bob & Lee]

I don't have a regulator on mine but have a two stage house filter and a guage when it comes out which is 60lbs and when everyone else is using the water in the eve and AM it drops to 40lbs and is not enough for me. the park owner said his pumps were set at 60lbs. so just need to live with is here.

Bob

[bncinwv]

This has been covered before, but if you are using one of the cheap plastic regulators, throw it away. Since I changed to a brass high-flow regulator per Richfaa's suggestion (45-50 psi), we are a lot better off than before. It is still not the same as the stick house, but a lot better than our previous TT. There are also some flow resticting fittings in the kitchen tap and shower head assembly that can be removed (We looked at this and didn't do it since changing the regulator helped.) Also, we use the regulator at the convenience center hookup, not the hose tap. That eliminates friction loss in the hose itself. Hope this helps.
Bingo

[kdeiss]

Just remember the higher the preasure the faster you use the hot water when showering.

[Hemlockusa]

TOM, BEFORE ANYTHING check the strainers in the lines. The main hookup going into the 5th wheel has the first one, and then the strainers in the faucets each have one. I found everone of those plugged up... after the initial inspection and maintenance on the strainers. I have great water pressure on all my lines. So check that first, then the main camp ground pressure. safe travels my friend John

[gj4040]

While most of my fixtures have barely adequate water pressure, the kitchen faucet is pitiful and barely usable. I have taken the screen out of it and it does no good at all. Upon pointing out this problem to a service tech at Tiera RV I was told that the standard pump was small and pushing water all the way to the back of the unit (3000RK) resulted in the loss of pressure. I have been considering purchasing the Shur-flo high capacity pump for $180.00 to try to correct the problem but actually believe that there is something wrong in the lines. When I hook the Montana up to my home system with 60 PSI in the well tank it is still pitiful. I'm at a loss as to what to do to correct the situation.