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Glen41

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Posted: 02/05/10 04:19pm

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There is no gravity fill inlet on my 5th wheel. The only inlet is the city water inlet which probably has a check valve which the bilge puimp we were using may not be able to trip. I will know more when I can get outside and do some testing. Time and weather have conspired to limit my efforts.
I will post any findings here in the hopes of adding to the general base of knowlege here.
Alid - My hunting partner owns the aforementioned Prowler which has a gravity fill inlet (no problem there). He attempted to top up my freshwater tank while I was away doing honeydo projects. He tried various valve settings with no success and gave up. We had a lot of things on our plate planting 1500 trees and stuff plus some general tractor cleanup work. I was really unable to dedicate time to the water problem when I returned. But I am pretty sure we tried all valve positions with no success.
Pipeman - The Air compressor is a good trick. I may use that since I carry a compressor capable of 150 PSI. Putting positive pressure on the 60 gal barrel may overcome the check valve and let me fill the tank. I could adapt a deer feeder tripod and raise the tank about 10 feet in the air, but that's not much pressure gain. We are open to suggestions since we are both new to trying to adapt "city" trailers to the "backwoods". We only recently got electricity there and are in the process of setting up a septic system. We don't have a prayer of getting city water since we are about 1/2 mile from the nearest dirt road and all dwellings in the area (very sparse) are on wells or trucked in water.
Thanks to everyone so far. I have a lot of things to try. Hopefully one of them will work.

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