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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
Interesting, thanks for the response. I wonder why my water heater will come on and run for about 10 minutes even after driving all day?
Still a little puzzling!
Bill
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wguss
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06/07/22 09:54pm |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
Doug if you happen to come back to this thread I have one more question. If it was the expansion of the water from the motoraid that is causing the problem, why do you think the pressure gauge doesn't rise when the water heater is used when we're at rest overnight?
Thanks,
Bill
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wguss
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06/07/22 03:19pm |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
Thank you, Doug. I will give that a try.
Bill
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wguss
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06/07/22 12:57pm |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
What temperature is your MH engine running at?
Is there any dripping from the pressure relief valve?
It's a V-10 on a F53 chassis. The temperature gauge never moves so I'm guessing around 195 degrees.
No dripping on the relief valve.
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wguss
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06/07/22 07:47am |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
It could be a cheap gauge? Here's the install...
https://i.imgur.com/SFn0uNGl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jTgan0sl.jpg
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wguss
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06/06/22 09:06pm |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
A reply to Doug's question about the problem when not driving. No, there is no over-pressure when parked. There are places we stay that have electric only, no city water and when disconnecting the next morning the water pressure from the pump only is always 45 psi.
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wguss
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06/06/22 08:29pm |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
We usually turn on the water heater when we're a few minutes from stopping for the night. It does have the feature of using the engine's hot water to also pre-heat the water in the water heater.
It could certainly be a bad pressure gauge but when I attach the hose for city water or turn on the pump it shows 45 pounds each time. I can turn a valve to add water to the tank and it snaps back to 45 pounds when static pressure returns. I often cycle the water from the pump through the tank to get all the air out of the lines and once again the pressure gauge always reads 45 pounds.
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wguss
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06/06/22 08:25pm |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
Lou, yes there is a burst so I'm worried that the pressure is pretty high. Fortunately the pump does not cycle when we're parked so I don't believe there is a leak. If what Naturist said is the case then how many pumps are doing this and not known to the occupant? I wouldn't have had a clue if it wasn't for installing the gauge.
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wguss
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06/06/22 08:37am |
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RE: Puzzling Plumbing Problem
Thanks Naturist, that makes sense as I believe the pressure even goes up if the pump is turned off and the faucets are all closed. If that is the case as you suggest I guess a little poppet valve installed to relieve the pressure back into the tank is in order. I'm not sure just how high the pressure gets but it would be a disaster if some tubing broke inside a wall or any of the million places hidden and unreachable in a motor home.
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06/05/22 09:47pm |
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Puzzling Plumbing Problem
A few years back I installed a regulator in the city water system intake to control water pressure. I also installed a pressure gauge to set the regulator and to keep an eye on the pressure to see if the regulator was holding. I set the pressure to the pump shut-off pressure which was about 45 pounds. The regulator has no effect on the pump. The pressure gauge also shows the electric pump pressure and I've noticed that often when driving with the pump on that at the end of the day the pressure often pegs the gauge at 100 pounds. At first I thought my pump had malfunctioned and was not shutting off correctly. I rebuilt it but also decided to get a new pump and keep the old one as a spare. The new pump pressurized the system to about 45 pounds but again, the gauge will show much higher pressures than the cut-off pressure of the pump after driving for a period of time.
The only way to insure that the pressure will not jump is to shut-off the pump and open a faucet. I never hear the pump running or cycling except when we open a faucet. I'm wondering if somehow air is being forced into the system but really can't figure out how.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Bill
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wguss
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06/05/22 07:01pm |
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Transferring between Hopper and Wally
I've read how to transfer programs from my Dish Hopper to an external hard drive to then watch on the Wally in my RV. The external hard drive being used on my Wally has already been formatted for DISH use so I was surprised to see when I plugged it into the Hopper 3 that it was requesting to be formatted. This makes no sense and I'm afraid when I plug it back into the Wally after transferring files from the Hopper that the Wally will it not recognize the drive with all the programs on it and ask to be formatted again?
Thanks for any tips!
Bill
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wguss
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04/03/22 03:24pm |
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