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SJ-Chris

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Posted: 05/05/23 03:12pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

opnspaces wrote:

I would guess your vent hose is obstructed, kinked or crushed. As the tank fills the air is not able to get out and the fill rate slows to a crawl.


This is what it seems like. I'll investigate to see what is going on regarding venting.

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dedmiston wrote:

joebedford wrote:

Screw in connection is usually the black tank rinse.


Not necessarily. I've got three screw-in connections:

1. Black flush
2. City water connection
3. Fresh tank fill

Mine fills slowly too, but my blocker is in the vent and not in the fill. If I fill mine too quickly, it will puke out the vent line. My two problems are a narrow vent and a small line to equalize between my two 60 gallon fresh tanks.

My half-baked solution has been to put a valve on the end of my garden hose and then a meter after that and before the inlet on the coach. I zero out the meter, guestimate at how much water I need for the trip, set the fill rate low, set a timer on my watch, and then let it run while I do other things while I'm packing. It's very imperfect and I hate it, but it works for me.


My RV has the same 3 screw in connections.

When filling the tank, at my home BEFORE going on a trip, it isn't a big deal that it fills slowly. Annoying, but manageable. My issue is when I'm out camping and I'm at a dump station that also has a hose for filling the fresh water tank. In that situation, it takes 30 minutes or longer which is unfair to anyone who might be behind me (...so I end up just filling as much as I can in a "reasonable" amount of time so as to not annoy people behind me).

Hopefully I can find a clogged vent/etc and fix the problem. Although I have a hard time imaging the vent getting clogged as the only thing that enters the fresh water tank is...water.

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Might be as simple as debris in the screen filter where you hook the freshwater hose. Been there and have the tee shirt [emoticon]

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joebedford wrote:

Screw in connection is usually the black tank rinse.


Never heard of a City Water connection did you.... Many RV's both motor homes and trailers have a city water connection for fresh potable water AND a connection to rinse the black tank

And some have a valve that allows you to fill the fresh Tank from the city water connection. More common on motor homes it's found on some trailers.

But if the inlet is also a pressure regulator. or if you use one in line. Read my prior reply.


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