WARNING on Water Fillers
Submitted: Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 05:05
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We just had a catastrophe went filling our tanks.
I pushed the tap hose in (after wriggling it around as usual) and did something else for five mins. when I came back I noticed water dripping out from the closed cargo hold door. "That's odd" thinks I .
Open the door and yep, the cargo hold is full of water and the wife starts yelling that water is running along the floor of the van in side.
Bugger is not quite the right word.
The cup with the hose to the taps had come off the outer housing.
On investigation it would seem that there was only some light glue there with a small ridge clip on the black poly/poly fittings.
Actually I was surprised that it had not come off before this.
It won't (both of them potable & non) come off now.
After glueing I put 2 small self-tappers thru each cup.
I would suggest the 2 screws to everyone. Very quick and easy and could save a huge mess.
Reply By: NIK `N` OFF - Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:42
Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:42
I have heard of this and have always taken extra notice, it hasn't been a problem though.
What i do when filling is attach a hose joiner to the end of the hose coupling and poke that down into the hole. It has always worked 3.5 years, the joiner allows the air to escape and no matter what pressure the water goes in and tanks fill up and hose doesn't fall out.
Some use pressure hose of a smaller diameter and poke it fully into the hole, i don't the hose joiner poked into the hole does the job perfectly.
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Reply By: Two Doo - Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 17:56
Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 17:56
Greetings all, the same happened to us last year, same failure point, same solution, and now I watch like a hawk, the first minutes of every refill.
WArwick
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Follow Up By: Noosa Fox - Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 21:35
Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 21:35
We had one of ours come apart also, and I have heard of others. Those with the new vans don't have this problem.
Without mentioning name some at the muster while filling the new tanks through the pressure hose had a tap on the overflow pipe to stop leaking. He turned it the wrong way to vent but it actually stayed closed. When his wife started complaining of noises in the van and then the floor moving it was found that the vent was closed and the water pressure was bulging the tanks and causing problems with the flooring.
He won't do that again.
I think that a hose connector with a cap on it is the best to stop dust getting in and prevent leakage, that way it cannot withstand the pressure that would cause damage.
Brian
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Reply By: Dunrootin Lodge - Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 22:02
Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 22:02
Hi Gypsies,
We had that problem in Coober Pedy at the van park just when you turn off the main HyWay. on the right. You can fill up with water from a "petrol" like bowser. You drop 20cents into a slot then 30 litres or so comes out at a fast rate of knotts.
Getting the bowser hose into the water entry was hard to do as the volume was to great and hence squirted back out. Second go, I tried to put another hose into the bowser hose, taped it then pushed it into the filler. Little did I know that I had pushed the cap off the inside. When the water started flowing out the cargo door "Bugger" was not what I said either. Of course, meanwhile a trail of vans were banked up behind waiting to fill up. I haven't fixed the inside cap yet as I don't have the same problem when filling from mains water. I use a length (one and a half meters) of clear hose with a joiner on one end, to connect to the mains hose, and I cut the other end on a sharp angle so it is easy to poke into the filler hole.
Ian
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Reply By: Grumblebum & Dragon - Friday, Sep 17, 2010 at 23:04
Friday, Sep 17, 2010 at 23:04
It just proves they are waterproof.... happened to us a few years ago - dryish joint. The Dragon yells "theres water running through the van" I check under the van.... not a drop to be seen. So I have now tested their waterproof abilities from the outside in and the inside out. They dry out well so "No worries"
John
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