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We are going on our first trip very soon in our first Motorhome. We have a 2004 swift Kon tiki. Probably a daft sounding question to you experts but how do you guys connect Motorhome to mains water when on the "super" pitches. What's needed and how'd it done?
 
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When I had the caravan we had a ball cock for the aquaroll that connected to a service point to give 'mains' water. I'm sure such a thing must exist for mohos
 
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mjltigger said:
When I had the caravan we had a ball cock for the aquaroll that connected to a service point to give 'mains' water. I'm sure such a thing must exist for mohos
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That's what I was wondering. Probably the same principle. That's the kind of set up we used on a caravan years ago.

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RVs have a city water connection, you plumb in the supply and use like home.. pump is switched off.

You could do the same with a Eurovan.. but you would need a pressure control valve as the pipework may not take the mains pressure.. which of course varies fromm site to site .

A ballcock in the tank would also work.. but I've never heard of anyone fitting one,.. frankly, more work than it's worth unless you always use super pitches..
 
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I don't think it would be very much effort. A ballcock fitted in the tank on the inlet.. would be fiddly to get in there, probably need the tank out to do it, then fit a hoselock connection on the filler. Wouldn't do any harm when filling normally although would prevent quick top up from a watering can I guess...

Of course as you say, whether it's worth the effort depends how often you plan to use that type of pitch.
 
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ScotJimland said:
Unless you have an RV with a city water connection, (which you don't have) you just fill up as normal.. it's just a tap on your pitch
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ScotJimland said:
RVs have a city water connection, you plumb in the supply and use like home.. pump is switched off.

You could do the same with a Eurovan.. but you would need a pressure control valve as the pipework may not take the mains pressure.. which of course varies fromm site to site .

A ballcock in the tank would also work.. but I've never heard of anyone fitting one,.. frankly, more work than it's worth unless you always use super pitches..
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thank you very much for your reply. New to all this and just trying to get my head around everything.
 
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MikeandCarolyn said:
You stick a hose pipe in the tank filler hole and attach other end to a tap.You then turn on tap until tank is full and then turn it off. Proper job (y)
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Lol there's always one

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Mark5204 said:
Lol there's always one
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Not if it's like ours
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So with that would you connect a Aquaroll or similar then pump directly from it via pump on Motorhome
 
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as mark5204 says, but you can get a fitting that fits into an aquaroll that allows automatic filling from the mains water supply Broken Link Removed- we use one all the time
 
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FULL TIMER said:
as mark5204 says, but you can get a fitting that fits into an aquaroll that allows automatic filling from the mains water supply Broken Link Removed- we use one all the time
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Hi. Sorry could you put link up again. It's not working.

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noticed that ,I'll try again Broken Link Removed
 
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Mark If you require any help we are home all this weekend, give us a phone call.
 
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Aquarolls are quite big,they take up storage space and need to be trundled to a tap,filled,trundled back to the van then the water has to be pumped into the tank.
Why buy a MotorHome and then try and use it like a caravan-I'm mystified.:LOL::LOL:

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mjltigger said:
I don't think it would be very much effort. A ballcock fitted in the tank on the inlet.. would be fiddly to get in there, probably need the tank out to do it, then fit a hoselock connection on the filler. Wouldn't do any harm when filling normally although would prevent quick top up from a watering can I guess...

Of course as you say, whether it's worth the effort depends how often you plan to use that type of pitch.
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And you would still need to use the pump so what's the point.

The idea is you connect to the water mains to have fullaon pressure and no pump.
Do-able but really not worth the time, effort and expense involved.
As already said, your on-board plumbing wouldn't stand upwards of 45psi mains pressure anyway.
 
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as mark5204 says, but you can get a fitting that fits into an aquaroll that allows automatic filling from the mains water supply Broken Link Removed- we use one all the time
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But why?
You still have to get the water from the aquaroll into the on-board tank so just trundle the roll to the tap and back or just use a hose to fill from your on-pitch tap.
Caravans don't have on-board tanks so have external submersible pumps to feed the system from the aquaroll.
Motorhomes don't need this system.

This is really making had work of filling your tank.
 
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MikeandCarolyn said:
Aquarolls are quite big,they take up storage space and need to be trundled to a tap,filled,trundled back to the van then the water has to be pumped into the tank.
Why buy a MotorHome and then try and use it like a caravan-I'm mystified.:LOL::LOL:
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Not intending to use it like a caravan!!!
You have missed the point. I believe you can use the Aquaroll with a ball cock type device that connects to mains. Then you can have a unlimited supply of fresh water. So there is no carrying Aquaroll around! You I believe then draw water into Motorhome via pump.

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ScotJimland said:
only reason I can think of he has no on board water tank.. like most (but not all ) caravans
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Agreed Jim.

My point being, if you can get a hose from tap to aquaroll then use the hose to fill the tank directly.....no need for aquarolls, valves or anything else.

Unless the op has a caravan which doesn't appear to be the case in the opening thread title
 
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Mark5204 said:
Not intending to use it like a caravan!!!
You have missed the point. I believe you can use the Aquaroll with a ball cock type device that connects to mains. Then you can have a unlimited supply of fresh water. So there is no carrying Aquaroll around! You I believe then draw water into Motorhome via pump.
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It's not that I've 'missed the point'-I don't see the point:) When we are on a Super Pitch for 3 mths or so in Spain for winter,the hose is out all the time and every 3 or 4 days I spend a few mins filling the tank.(y)
 
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ScotJimland said:
Unless you have an RV with a city water connection, (which you don't have) you just fill up as normal.. it's just a tap on your pitch
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pappajohn said:
Let's make it nice and simple........

You don't... unless you have an American rv with a city water connection....and you have neither.
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as they say.. full circle John
 
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