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| [GMCnet] Quest for City Water [message #94370] |
Mon, 02 August 2010 20:16  |
Eddie Pettit
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OK, so continuing on my quest to see if the city water works... Yes, I know
the dangers of such a desire.
When we left off, our intrepid hero had just purchased a pressure reducer
(whatever they are called) and a hose from Walmart. It hooked up to the
secret lair, water had been turned on and had water draining beneath the
coach in two places. One by the passenger's rear wheels (bathroom), the
other on the driver's side in the middle (kitchen sink). At the time, our
hero could only find one valve, it was a compression fitting type valve
under the kitchen counter and it was closed and exited to no where...
Fast forward to today...
A flashlight and close examination the area under the sink in the bathroom
and revealed a valve. Sure enough, it was open. An examination in the
kitchen area above the heater (think that's the heater, haven't gotten that
far yet, it's been in the 100s here...) and two more valves were discovered,
both were open. All newly found valves were closed.
Our hero now felt it was safe to hook up the reducer and the hose to my
house. He didn't think to place the faucets in the off position before doing
this and returned to a sink half-full of soggy newspaper and water -- that
paper won't be making it to a future campfire... Our hero was slightly
amused by this, it doesn't take much to amuse our hero.
Our hero then ventured to the bathroom and proceeded to played with the sink
faucet. Fascinated as he was with running water, he wasn't really paying
attention to what he was doing and pulled the knob on the front of the
faucet. He noticed that that caused the water to bubble and pop as it now
drizzled out of the faucet. As he stood there perplexed and was suddenly
give the explanation as to what was happened when he got a quick blast of
cold water from the showerhead. Our hero was quite amused about his
confusion with the shower pull, after all, he had just pulled the stopper
from the drain so it couldn't have been a stopper lever...
Anyway, our hero's fascination and amusement was abruptly ended when the
initial compression-type valve gave way to the powers of evil and shot off
the end of the pipe filling the coach with water...
Our hero was last seen mopping the floor muttering something under his
breath about some ***** pressure fitting.
Eddie Pettit
73 26 CL - The Jolly Roger
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| Re: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water [message #94377 is a reply to message #94370] |
Mon, 02 August 2010 20:47  |
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ljdavick
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In the next exciting adventure Our Hero discovers that iPhones and
water are mortal enemies!
Stay tuned!
Larry Davick
Ljdavick at comcast.net
On Aug 2, 2010, at 6:16 PM, "Eddie Pettit" <eddie@thepettits.com> wrote:
> OK, so continuing on my quest to see if the city water works... Yes,
> I know
> the dangers of such a desire.
>
> When we left off, our intrepid hero had just purchased a pressure
> reducer
> (whatever they are called) and a hose from Walmart. It hooked up to
> the
> secret lair, water had been turned on and had water draining beneath
> the
> coach in two places. One by the passenger's rear wheels (bathroom),
> the
> other on the driver's side in the middle (kitchen sink). At the
> time, our
> hero could only find one valve, it was a compression fitting type
> valve
> under the kitchen counter and it was closed and exited to no where...
>
> Fast forward to today...
>
> A flashlight and close examination the area under the sink in the
> bathroom
> and revealed a valve. Sure enough, it was open. An examination in the
> kitchen area above the heater (think that's the heater, haven't
> gotten that
> far yet, it's been in the 100s here...) and two more valves were
> discovered,
> both were open. All newly found valves were closed.
>
> Our hero now felt it was safe to hook up the reducer and the hose to
> my
> house. He didn't think to place the faucets in the off position
> before doing
> this and returned to a sink half-full of soggy newspaper and water
> -- that
> paper won't be making it to a future campfire... Our hero was slightly
> amused by this, it doesn't take much to amuse our hero.
>
> Our hero then ventured to the bathroom and proceeded to played with
> the sink
> faucet. Fascinated as he was with running water, he wasn't really
> paying
> attention to what he was doing and pulled the knob on the front of the
> faucet. He noticed that that caused the water to bubble and pop as
> it now
> drizzled out of the faucet. As he stood there perplexed and was
> suddenly
> give the explanation as to what was happened when he got a quick
> blast of
> cold water from the showerhead. Our hero was quite amused about his
> confusion with the shower pull, after all, he had just pulled the
> stopper
> from the drain so it couldn't have been a stopper lever...
>
> Anyway, our hero's fascination and amusement was abruptly ended when
> the
> initial compression-type valve gave way to the powers of evil and
> shot off
> the end of the pipe filling the coach with water...
>
> Our hero was last seen mopping the floor muttering something under his
> breath about some ***** pressure fitting.
>
> Eddie Pettit
>
> 73 26 CL - The Jolly Roger
>
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water [message #94378 is a reply to message #94370] |
Mon, 02 August 2010 20:52 |
Dennis S
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Eddie,
FUNNY -- sorry to hear of your misadventures but still smiling!
Dennis Sexton
73 PD 230
Germantown, TN
USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Eddie Pettit <eddie@thepettits.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 8:16 pm
Subject: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water
OK, so continuing on my quest to see if the city water works... Yes, I know
he dangers of such a desire.
to today...
A flashlight and close examination the area under the sink in the bathroom
nd revealed a valve. Sure enough, it was open. An examination in the
itchen area above the heater (think that's the heater, haven't gotten that
ar yet, it's been in the 100s here...) and two more valves were discovered,
oth were open. All newly found valves were closed.
Our hero now felt it was safe to hook up the reducer and the hose to my
ouse. He didn't think to place the faucets in the off position before doing
his and returned to a sink half-full of soggy newspaper and water -- that
aper won't be making it to a future campfire... Our hero was slightly
mused by this, it doesn't take much to amuse our hero.
Our hero was last seen mopping the floor muttering something under his
reath about some ***** pressure fitting.
Eddie Pettit
73 26 CL - The Jolly Roger
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| Re: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water [message #94393 is a reply to message #94378] |
Mon, 02 August 2010 22:21 |
gmcrv1
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Location: Memphis
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Eddie,
You fit right in!
You can't make this stuff up - but we all can relate to EXACTLY what you did
- don't ask how I know!
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:52 PM, <dennisfsexton@aol.com> wrote:
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> Eddie,
>
> FUNNY -- sorry to hear of your misadventures but still smiling!
>
>
> Dennis Sexton
> 73 PD 230
> Germantown, TN
> USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eddie Pettit <eddie@thepettits.com>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Sent: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 8:16 pm
> Subject: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water
>
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> OK, so continuing on my quest to see if the city water works... Yes, I know
> he dangers of such a desire.
> to today...
> A flashlight and close examination the area under the sink in the bathroom
> nd revealed a valve. Sure enough, it was open. An examination in the
> itchen area above the heater (think that's the heater, haven't gotten that
> ar yet, it's been in the 100s here...) and two more valves were discovered,
> oth were open. All newly found valves were closed.
> Our hero now felt it was safe to hook up the reducer and the hose to my
> ouse. He didn't think to place the faucets in the off position before doing
> his and returned to a sink half-full of soggy newspaper and water -- that
> aper won't be making it to a future campfire... Our hero was slightly
> mused by this, it doesn't take much to amuse our hero.
> Our hero was last seen mopping the floor muttering something under his
> reath about some ***** pressure fitting.
> Eddie Pettit
> 73 26 CL - The Jolly Roger
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water [message #94410 is a reply to message #94370] |
Mon, 02 August 2010 23:52 |
George Beckman
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| Eddie Pettit wrote on Mon, 02 August 2010 18:16 |
OK, so continuing on my quest to see if the city water works... Yes, I know
the dangers of such a desire.
--------
Anyway, our hero's fascination and amusement was abruptly ended when the
initial compression-type valve gave way to the powers of evil and shot off
the end of the pipe filling the coach with water...
Eddie Pettit
73 26 CL - The Jolly Roger
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Eddie, I love it. The adventure goes on.
We got our current (second) coach and I too felt the desire to hook up to city water. We were at a NOMADS work project for the church and would be there for three weeks. I borrowed a pressure regulator as I seemed to have left mine in coach #1. I hooked up, went in and the water just trickled. I went back out, and realized there was not much flowing when I took the hose loose from the coach. I fiddled a bit, went in and "thought" there was a bit of water. Lunch time was over so I went back to the painting project thinking maybe the pressure regulator was stuck and would "get going". Came back to find a lake under the coach, carpet soaked, under the couch soaked. Water running out the door is a great welcoming device. Oh, it was going OK.
It appears the one of the POs, who knows how far back, froze the original ShurFlow check valve/pressure regulator. The solution was to disconnect the copper tube and plug it. So, now the ShurFlow was free to run water directly down the inside of the coach.
Perhaps even bending the female hose attachment on the outside so I couldn't attach a hose? No... just set the trap and let it be. And I fell for it big time.
These adventures are the stuff fun is made of.
'74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
Best Wishes,
George
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| Re: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water [message #94411 is a reply to message #94410] |
Mon, 02 August 2010 23:57 |
ejuk8em
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Note to self - remember to hook up the water line and check for leaks, kinks, and defective valves while I have the interior out!!! This has been a very valuable read!!!!
Lyle A. Rigdon, Retired Superintendent
73 Sequoia
Pawnee, IL 62558
Pawnee Pride - Live It!
--- On Mon, 8/2/10, George Beckman <gbeckman@pggp.com> wrote:
From: George Beckman <gbeckman@pggp.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Quest for City Water
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 11:52 PM
Eddie Pettit wrote on Mon, 02 August 2010 18:16
> OK, so continuing on my quest to see if the city water works... Yes, I know
> the dangers of such a desire.
> --------
> Anyway, our hero's fascination and amusement was abruptly ended when the
> initial compression-type valve gave way to the powers of evil and shot off
> the end of the pipe filling the coach with water...
>
> Eddie Pettit
>
> 73 26 CL - The Jolly Roger
Eddie, I love it. The adventure goes on.
We got our current (second) coach and I too felt the desire to hook up to city water. We were at a NOMADS work project for the church and would be there for three weeks. I borrowed a pressure regulator as I seemed to have left mine in coach #1. I hooked up, went in and the water just trickled. I went back out, and realized there was not much flowing when I took the hose loose from the coach. I fiddled a bit, went in and "thought" there was a bit of water. Lunch time was over so I went back to the painting project thinking maybe the pressure regulator was stuck and would "get going". Came back to find a lake under the coach, carpet soaked, under the couch soaked. Water running out the door is a great welcoming device. Oh, it was going OK.
It appears the one of the POs, who knows how far back froze, the original ShurFlow check valve/pressure regulator. The solution was to disconnect the copper tube and plug it. So, now the ShurFlow was free to run water directly down the inside of the coach.
Perhaps even bending the female hose attachment on the outside so I couldn't attach a hose? No... just set the trap and let it be. And I fell for it big time.
These adventures are the stuff fun is made of.
--
'74 Eleganza, SE
Best Wishes,
George
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