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Anonymous Posted on Jul 09, 2010

After camping in the "wild" and having no problems, we hooked up at a campground and have VERY low flow of just the hot water.

  • Mike Butler
    Mike Butler Jul 10, 2010

    I assume wild, (dry camping) means you used your on board pump for water pressure at that time, and pressure at hot was o.k. correct? Is it low flow at all taps? Have you tried putting some water in your potable tank, and disconnecting city water and try pump on board to see if any difference? Sorry about questions, but will help in proper answer. Let me know please. Thanks

  • Anonymous Jul 10, 2010

    We did do that & there was no difference & it was all taps. I read some more stuff on the web and one guy said it's almost always the check valve. We couldn't find it, so I had Fleetwood e-mail the plumbing plans and there it was, in the bedroom beside the hot water tank. That valve was totally blocked with deposits, East Coast hard water? All's good now.

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That's where I was heading. Your city water valve (hose hook-up) is also a check valve, so if all water pressure decreases, that will be a good place to start looking, but when just on hot side, check valve is usually fitted right at back of tank on top (hot) fitting for water line.
Thanks for getting back to me, "Happy RV'ing."

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