What water pressure do you permit into your trailer?

[Scousers]

But how to adjust based on the knowledge you have gained???

[Cate&Rob]

But how to adjust based on the knowledge you have gained???

If you are not happy with the water pressure either from the campground connection or the onboard pump . . . and describe what your pressure gauge shows when you have the problem . . . someone on this forum will be able to tell you what you need to do to fix the problem.

Rob

[DaveMatthewsBand]

We use the nice brass one set to 40 psi.




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[Aridon]

If you aren't happy with the pressure, we were not, you can bypass the nautilus pretty easily and it will go up considerably. When we first picked up the Momentum and brought it out we were a little disappointed with the water pressure. The gauge showed 60psi but the pressure was more like 45 or so, based on "feels" data. I didn't think much of it but it nagged me.

Fast forward and we had issues with the soft hose bursting and I swapped out all the lines for Pex. In the process I also bypassed the nautilus because it was easier than trying to run all those little connections again and buying all those extra fittings. Never really liked the panel from the get go anyway with its plastic connections and over complicated valves.

Went back inside and turned on the shower, holy crap, what a diffrence. All from bypassing that stupid panel.

[TheLexx]

I set our pressure between 55 - 60 psi. I actually have two different regulators - one is a Renator I got from Amazon for around $50 and the other is a Watts type from rvfilterstore for double the amount. I was having horrible undulating pressure problems and I thought it was the cheaper regulator So I bought the Watts unit. That one flows 4.5-5 gpm, well above the approx 1.5 gpm flow of our shower head. Guess what? The problem persisted.

It wasn't until I removed the Oxygenics Fury showerhead and reinstalled the oem showerhead that the undulating pressure went away. So it wasn't the regulator as much as it was the showerhead.

That being stated, the pressure out of the faucet and showerhead in the bathroom is pitiful. Interesting the pressure out of the kitchen faucet is much better. I can only attribute that to the length of pex/hose run to the kitchen vs the shower.

On my wish list is to find the time (and the ability) to change out all the soft hose and replace it with proper PEX and Pex Fittings. I'm hoping that helps somewhat with the anemic shower pressure. It will also put my mind at ease about a potential water leak at the soft hose/fitting interface.

[Country Campers]

Rob

Great idea, but, I have the newer style panel and it would take a miracle to figure out where to attach that thing.
I think I will get the adjustable in line one maybe , not sure though. Some times I have trouble making decisions sometimes.

Brian

[Cate&Rob]

Rob

Great idea, but, I have the newer style panel and it would take a miracle to figure out where to attach that thing.
I think I will get the adjustable in line one maybe , not sure though. Some times I have trouble making decisions sometimes.

Brian

Hi Brian - You can T the pressure gauge into any cold water line. The output from the pump would be a good choice, or the cold water line to the outside shower would work too. A Pex T would be ideal, but a Sharkbite T would work well too. Then, any assortment of fittings from Home Depot or similar to get from the T to the gauge. I usually step down to 1/4” tube and run to the gauge with that.

Rob

[boyscout]

Went back inside and turned on the shower, holy crap, what a diffrence. All from bypassing that stupid panel.

Any theories about why the Nautilus panel so degraded the inside water pressure? Everything behind it is 1/2" pex or soft hose except for some 90-degree fittings here and there. Is it those, or the Nautilus valves themselves, or something else?

[BigGuy82]

40 has always worked for us. Gives us adequate pressure (for showers, W/D, toilet, etc),doesn't fill the grays as quickly and little risk of bursting PEX connections. My thought is why use more that you need (unless you like to gamble on a burst connection)?

[Keebler]

The owners manual states that, "the water pump runs until 45 pounds of pressure has been achieved". Based on that, I set my regulator to 45. I have read others state their pumps cut off at 55, but, since 45 is adequate for our needs, I leave it set there.