Water Pump; Leave on while camping?

Originally posted by mjlrpod Originally posted by Badweissenbier Originally posted by mjlrpod Not that you asked, but just for clarification, you only use the pump to get water from the fresh water tank. You do not need the pump when you have "city water" hooked up to the camper.  No the pump is only used for water from your tank. The city hookup bypasses all that.   Do make sure you have a pressure regulator hooked up in line with the city water or your water pressure could get to high.   The trailers aren’t made for full city pressure.    Thanks for clearing that up. For a moment I thought I said only use the pump to get water from the fresh water tank, but you cleared that up, and correctly said that you only use the pump to get water from your tank. I can't believe I was that wrong, Thanks

I don't ever use my city water connection either, even in the rare instances when I'm not bookdocking. That way if I run low on water I know its time to dump, I never have more than 250 gallons of water in one tank or another, and I don't need the tank level lights to work.

Poddy didn't say he didn't use it, post said it was non-existent. That is why I asked. I won't comment on 250 Gals. I'm old too.

Rats, I was hoping to see a pic by OG showing off his new jacuzzi inside the pod and how he did it!

Just make sure you turn the pump off when you're traveling. I accidentally left mine on once and glanced in my passenger side rear view and saw water dripping out the bottom of the door. The kitchen sink faucet handle had vibrated open and I'd put the cutting board over the sink, which caused the water to splash all over the inside of the camper. This was late September in Montana and it took days to dry everything out. I only made that mistake once.