Water Pressure

[Paul & Deb]

By chance do these trailers, mine's a Reflection, come with built in water pressure regulators? I didn't read anything about one.

I ask because we were camping with hookups this week and I always use a pressure regulator on the campground spigot and our water pressure was pretty bad. It wasn't enough to even use the spray feature on the kitchen faucet. Last week we were dry camping and it seemed to me the pressure was noticeably better with the water pump. So I wondered if I'm reducing the shore water pressure too much, having mine if the trailer already has one?

Thanks for your input.

 

[huntr70]

Nope, nothing built in.

Just low water pressure...

 

[Cate&Rob]

Hi Poppy,

I have noticed the same thing at some campgrounds ! To the point where I took out my pressure regulator completely . . . but this didn't make much difference. I poked around behind the connection panel, but couldn't see anything that looked like a pressure regulator. My best guess is that this is severe restriction through the Kantleak valve for incoming city water.
Haven't gotten around to figuring out how I am going to solve this.

Rob

 

[Paul & Deb]

Okay, thanks to both of you.

 

[gordofuchs]

What about filling the fresh water tank and using the onboard pump ?

Gord Fuchs

 

[Cate&Rob]

Hi Gord,

As Poppy notes . . . pressure is better with the on board pump . . . which doesn't go through the Kantleak valve . . . thus my theory. The problem with the OE pump is that it is a cheap piece of equipment that is very crudely mounted. Incredibly noisy when operating. There are better alternatives that have been discussed elsewhere on this forum.

Rob

 

[WhittleBurner]

Water pressure in campgrounds can very quite a bit. If you're at the beginning of the line you better have a regulator, if at the end it may only be a trickle. It even depends on when you are using it. If it's when a lot of other people are using it also the pressure will be low. The kantleak system has worked very well for us and we are quite happy with it.

 

[rafterdd]

I now have to figure out the issue for my reflection 303. There is plenty of pressure at the source. I get pretty decent water in the toilet, but the water in the kitchen has gotten lower and lower and now has stopped all together. The hydrant we hook up to has plenty of water coming out of it, so it pretty much has to inside trailer somewhere.I get water coming out the hose well, but hook it up and nothing. Not looking forward to trying to figure out the jungle of water lines......

 

[TENN22]

There is another thread on here discussing the water pressure at the kitchen sink. Some have replaced the kitchen sink faucet and noticed much improved water pressure. Drastic I know.....

 

[Lenwhite]

Our 350M had that issue on our shakedown trip. The kitchen faucet was changed by the dealer and fixed the issue. They said there was a known problem!!


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[Canyonlight]

rafter--check this thread out and see my post # 56 (with pictures) along with several other posts from others: http://www.granddesignowners.com/fo...itchen-Island-Water-Pressure?highlight=faucet This may be the thread of which Brady referenced in his post #9.

Debris from construction, less than pure water, water tank who knows what, etc. can and will clog these faucet "screens." Unscrew these from the end of the faucet(s) and clean out the tiny pieces of stuff trapped in the various "screens" and remove one or two from the kitchen faucet as I and others did and you should have very good water pressure trusting other issues are not evident.

When dry camping using the water tank/water pump which does not seem to be your issue, some have mentioned a screen at the water pump suction end.......I have not checked mine and maybe someone familiar with this will chime in and help.

Dan

 

[Steve7]

I was thinking the faucet screens also, but since it worked better with pump, maybe not. I had a couple times when the park spicket had a "back flow" device screwed on it, which was causing poor flow. I removed them while there and everything was good.

 

[rafterdd]

rafter--check this thread out and see my post # 56 (with pictures) along with several other posts from others: http://www.granddesignowners.com/fo...itchen-Island-Water-Pressure?highlight=faucet This may be the thread of which Brady referenced in his post #9.

Debris from construction, less than pure water, water tank who knows what, etc. can and will clog these faucet "screens." Unscrew these from the end of the faucet(s) and clean out the tiny pieces of stuff trapped in the various "screens" and remove one or two from the kitchen faucet as I and others did and you should have very good water pressure trusting other issues are not evident.

When dry camping using the water tank/water pump which does not seem to be your issue, some have mentioned a screen at the water pump suction end.......I have not checked mine and maybe someone familiar with this will chime in and help.

Dan

The screens are clear. Water pressure at the pump, no water in rv. I starting to think check valve. It seems as though blockage, but more than that. Kind of like a vacuum between the water and the outlet. Not sure where or what a check valve might look like on my 303.

 

[rafterdd]

So there is pressure from the check valve into the trailer. I pushed the check valve and got a face full of water. It is developing a lot of pressure but still not getting any water out of the kitchen faucet.

 

[Canyonlight]

rafter--you did not state specifically but how are the BR faucet, BR shower and outside shower working using both hot and cold ? If they are fine and have not shown performance degradation as with the kitchen, this is perplexing. Did you remove all screens and head assembly from kitchen and try a water flow test both hot and cold ? If other faucets are all fine and if kitchen is still slow, on both hot and cold (or one or the other) could it be a line blockage in the kitchen zone but how from what and where ? Lastly, could it be a failure and/or blockage in the kitchen cold/hot handle(s) on/off water flow control assembly ?

Dan

 

[rafterdd]

Ok, the shower and stool seem to work ok. The bathroom and kitchen
faucets only dribble, hot or cold. We are in the process of trying to
see if there is any line blockage. We have had this trailer for 2
years now and it only started slowing down the last month. It appears
the line from the Kantleak is the same for both sink in bathroom and
kitchen. The bathroom sink is better than the kitchen, as the kitchen
hardly even dribbles now.
The faucet in the kitchen was replaced shortly after we bought it,
by the dealer. Is there anything that could be blocking it from
working like a check valve or something under the sink? I am
perplexed, it would seem water should flow through the water lines...
thanks for responding, let me know if you think of anything.

 

[Canyonlight]

rafter--and the outside shower performance ?

One other thing, when we were hooked up to water last summer, we did have one of our water pressure regulators fail or seemed to be getting more restricted as over time the water flow seemed to be slowing. Changed to a different regulator and all was great.

Dan

 

[rafterdd]

Been there with the regulator, it is off right now and still not getting any water in the kitchen. Thanks for your ideas, we are in the process of walking it back to see where the blockage is.

 

[rafterdd]

Ok so problem found, problem fixed, and I know why. Last year I put my water filter inside my RV, right before it connected to the Kantleak system so it would not freeze. For some dumb reason last month I hooked it up on the other end of the hose. We were in hard water country, which is why I ran a filter, to keep junk out of my lines. I did not think about the hose collecting junk all this time as it had unfiltered water running through it. The calcium slowly plugged my faucets. After tearing everything apart to track it down, we found most of it located in the kitchen faucet. My wife and I tore the faucet apart and cleaned it up. Now we have good water volume and pressure in the kitchen. We are getting way to familiar with the plumbing on our Grand Design. We now have a plex, tool and know how to take the under belly down to drain water, from another issue.
I am still happy with my reflection and to be honest feel more confidant with it now than before, because I understand where everything is pretty much and how to get there.

 

[rafterdd]

Many thanks to everyone for their input.