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I need water in Betsy while I work on the inside. I don't want to buy another marine hose so that it will reach where I have to park on the street. Is there any life threatening reason I shouldn't use my house hose if I put one of those pressure valve thingys on the house spigot? I've tried searching the forum archives, but haven't found anything. Sorry if this post is in the wrong room.

Nikki

Nikki, unless I am missing something here, hooking up to your house is no different than hooking up in a campground. I always use a pressure reducer unless filling the fresh water tank as that is just a tube going into a tank.

If you only have 1 - 25 ft hose, you will probably find you need another at some point - all campground utilities are not created equal.

Those hoses aren't safe to drink so once you get done, you would need to sanitize your water system before you can use it to drink, cook, etc.

Got it. I'll probably need another hose down the road and using the house hose isn't a good idea unless I want to grow science projects in Betsy's fresh water system. OK. One marine hose coming up. Thanks!

we read this and know that it is good advice........but for a moment our wandering minds go back to our childhoods were everybody drank out of the garden hose on the hot summer afternoon...when they weren't busy running through the sprinklers or hosing down their friends.....

I carry two water hoses; one 25' and one 50' - just in case. Only had to hook the two together once in a state park somewhere that had water only at every other site and my onboard tank was almost empty.

BirdbyBird wrote:we read this and know that it is good advice........but for a moment our wandering minds go back to our childhoods were everybody drank out of the garden hose on the hot summer afternoon...when they weren't busy running through the sprinklers or hosing down their friends.....

this. LOL

I remember that old "hose" water being the best tasting water there was on a hot summer day! Didn't make anyone sick that I remember.

I'm going to ask a question here that is a water question so it's related
most of you know that with the death of my husband I inherited the outside stuff and most
things I'm still learning..for the past year plus I've been hooked into 'city' water so haven't really had to fill
the fresh water tank...
when I got to my dd's this spring they had me go to a different spot and thought that we would just
run hoses lots of them but the faucet has a leak so until it gets fixed I'm filling the tank and using the pump
however when we filled it thought it was full as water was coming out where we put the hose..didn't look at the gauge
well a couple weeks later I look it says a 1/3 of a tank and I thought what shouldn't be that low I'm taking showers inside
and cause I eat most of my food inside I don't have a lot of dishes to wash so haven't used that much....but went and 'filled'
it again to the point where it was coming out...unhooked the hose ect then checked and it's just barely above 1/3 of a tank
so how do I fill the tank so it's fuller than a 1/3 of a tank? think the pump works better if it's fuller
thanks for your help
sheila

Try putting more water in it with the hose not turned on all the way. I know mine has a vent for air when filling, but I find that if the water is turned on too high it doesn't "burp" (for lack of a better word). Remember that the water is replacing air in the tank & the air has to come out somewhere.

OR, your gauge showing the water level isn't accurate.

I also found an inexpensive nozzle extender that's clear - basically a piece of clear tubing that's attached to a hose fitting. You can stick this down into the fill pipe and where you aren't trying to push against air in the pipe. And as said earlier, don't have the water on full blast.

Did you visually check to see how full or empty the tank is. Could the sensor be incorrect?

BirdbyBird wrote:we read this and know that it is good advice........but for a moment our wandering minds go back to our childhoods were everybody drank out of the garden hose on the hot summer afternoon...when they weren't busy running through the sprinklers or hosing down their friends.....

I still drink out of the house hose if I'm outside and thirsty.
What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger...
I must have a constitution of steel.

as near as I know the sensors work in that area not in the black water tank but then what else is new...
but I'll admit that the valve was open fully so will try a slower volume Thanks for the hints and no I can't see if it's full
dang wouldn't women do things different?
sheila