Water Tank filler hose.
What lenght of hose do I need to get for filling my motorhome water tank was thinking of 5 metres? Any views or advice.
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I use a 5m hose but also have a second 10m hose available, both food grade, and connect them. I generally fill my tank when on site using a 15L container if needed but if I have a tap on the pitch I have always used the hose. I think I have only ever
had to connect the two to do this twice in the past 3 years. Regards, Roy0 -
We reckon on a hose equivalent to the length, height, and width of our motorhome - in the current case 12m. We'd need 17m to fill the tank from our external water point at home.
A good idea is to buy a 15m hose and split it two thirds/one third with connectors.
For many years, we used a 25l water container which we were able to empty into the motorhome's fresh water tank from the internal access point.
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A lot of the "Round Hose" folk swear by the Food Grade Stuff, Huskypup. the flat hose would be difficult to clean properly, I think. I suppose if you always store it in an air-tight bag or similar you could always change it annually, depending on how much it costs.
Brian
P.S. Be prepared to duck if Valda sees this thread tho'
-- the lady had problems with dodgy water and so she now has decidedly hardline views on this subject !! And, in truth, nobody could blame her.B
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I have a 15m food grade hose cut into 10m and 5m lengths and this has always done the job for me during 5 years with my current MH.
I found it particularly useful when staying in Spain for 10 weeks this year, as some pitches have their own water supply so I sometimes needed my hose to cover the length of my MH (8m) plus the width (2.3m), plus the extra distance to the tap.
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We have the filler hose that comes with the van 7m and a 20m hose on a reel (sits behind my seat in the cab) we've used the 2 connected together on sites abroad a few times rather than move the van, not needed to do that in the UK as we never stay anywhere
long enough, we just fill up on arrival and dump waste on the way out. We don't drink water from the tank as we use a seperate container for that.0 -
Flat hoses on a reel work well. As you wind in the hose in the reel, the hose is tightened and the excess water is expelled. Never needed to clean the flat hose we had for over 10 years even though we cleaned the fresh water tank every year. We have just replaced the flat hose with another.
Watch out for the 'flat' hoses which are three separate tubes for water to flow through. They do what they advertise but are just very slow when it comes to filling a motorhome tank.
We've had flat hose and round hose. Both worked fine although a round hose takes up more space in the van.
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We have gone through a number of the blue roll flat food grade hoses over the years. We get about 5 years out of one before they start to spring pin hole leaks.
I bought a number of the cheap expanding hoses about 2 years ago and they are great. They are not food grade, but we only drink the water when boiled for tea or coffee and have had no issues.
I have one 10m one which must be about 2m when stored and I have 2 x 25m ones which pack into a very small space. They are great and I have never been anywhere where I cannot top up. Last year I topped up my tank at the Peterborough show, alnog with almost
everyone around me from the tap which must have been 50m away.The secret to these hoses is to build the pressure up slowly allowing them to expand. Once the pressure of the water is off they shrink back into shape for very easy storage.
Ebay is full of them. I bought a few spares for almost pennies.
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By default feel able to respond to this question; ideally, purchase a flat hose 25 mtre length. This saves on space, on the reel, and you need 25 metres in most places to be sure of the reach. Even some UK sites this is inadequate, especially, when the
site puts the water pipe on a downhill slope and you need to fill a motorhome,,,,,even filling outside down out driveway to the road, takes all of this length.0
