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Old 05-30-2017, 02:05 PM   #1
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Adding Fresh water

doing some planning for my Trip to glacier later this year and realized that i don't have a way to add water from a jug to the fresh water tank. I think i recall that there is a way to suck it in, but I don't remember. Any hints would be appreciated

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Old 05-30-2017, 03:22 PM   #2
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Adding fresh Water

I have not tried it but you should be able to use the winterization tube that you suck the antifreeze into the system, close the valve from the tank to the pump. Hook up your hose from the faucet at the docking station to the tank fill port and turn on your pump.

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Old 05-30-2017, 06:06 PM   #3
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I have not tried it but you should be able to use the winterization tube that you suck the antifreeze into the system, close the valve from the tank to the pump. Hook up your hose from the faucet at the docking station to the tank fill port and turn on your pump.

That would suck water from a fill jug into the trailer pipes all right, but how would you get it into the fresh water tank?
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Old 05-30-2017, 06:55 PM   #4
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It's this part that will fill the tank: "Hook up your hose from the faucet at the docking station to the tank fill port"
I've done it many times.
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Could be because I'm thinking from a gravity fill perspective. We will be camping in one site for three weeks this summer and I'm trying to come up with a better way of topping up the fresh water tank than lugging around a 5 gallon can.
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Old 06-11-2017, 08:23 PM   #6
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I tried the gravity fill, was not easy. Got a cheap 12 volt pump and I now pump it in from jugs.
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A cheap pump or drill pump will work. When camping in state parks I try and get a site within hose distance and refill my tank that way
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