Getting water into the tanks

[RidgePanda]

Ok, I fell like a complete gumby posting this, but I have searched, web sourced, forum searched and cant find an answer..........so excuse my naivety but here goes.....

The 16.49 3B OB has 2 tanks, as we all know. Filling them from the water hose off the garden tap, mine has really tight clip on fittings I am just not keen to undo as you know they are never as good as when first put on, but the hose with fitting doesn't fit into the holes the either side of the town water fitting.

Am I just being a gumby or is there something I can buy that will fit into "the oversize for a connection but undersized for the connection to fit in" holes provided by Jayco?

Sorry if this is really simple but short of standing while it fills.........I am stumped


:help:

Greg

 

[cruza driver]

Put a connecting joiner into the tight fitting connector on the original hose.

Make a short length of hose with another connector to link the 2 and fill the tank this way. I hope this makes sense?

 

[RidgePanda]

It does but I thought using a normal hose wasnt good for the water........or the family, i could slip into bunnings an cut a length of drinking water hose

Thanks BTW!

 

[cruza driver]

What about cut a bit off your water hose and make that the small hose and new connectors for the missing links.

 

[Antman]

We have a piece of clear hose that we join onto our water hose. I also have an inline tap on this so that I can feed it all into the van and connect and then go back to the water tap to turn the water on but control the filling at the van itself.

 

[crystal674]

We have a designated food grade water hose that we keep with fittings on only one end to fill the water tanks.

We keep it at home separate from the all our other hoses.

 

[RidgePanda]

What about cut a bit off your water hose and make that the small hose and new connectors for the missing links.

Hmmm sounds like lots of joins...........lol

 

[cruza driver]

1 joiner between the original hose and the short hose used to poke into the tank filler inlet.

 

[Antman]

1 joiner between the original hose and the short hose used to poke into the tank filler inlet.

Yup exactly what we do too! But also have joins for filters also.

 

[Soaring]

I guess Im going to have to wait untill I pick up my van to figure out what the issue is here. Im lost....

 

[skippy]

See below

http://www.expandasdownunder.com/threads/water-filler-connection.2872/#post-35961

 

[Brad]

I just clip on one of these.

 

[Bushman]

I just use a short section of hose, with fitting on one end only, at join it with one of the joiners pictured above

 

[Capt. Gadget]

Same as crystal674 I just bought another drinking water hose from the camping show that stays in the shed Click fitting on one end and nothing on the other saves me having to drag one out of the van each time I want to fill

 

[relgate]

Actually, I dont mind standing there and holding the hose!

I must say though, I like skippy 's idea. It's like something off that Tim Allen show (Home improvement?) where he does stuff like put a V8 on the washing machine to make it faster!
Awesome!

 

[RidgePanda]

Thanks for all the replies have been missing for a few days on the road for work so voyering rather than participating!

And yes Cruza, only one join, I actually hadn't thought that one through, but I do like Skips idea off to Bunnings to construct.

I don't fell like such a gumby seems everyone has had to think about this at some stage - appreciate all the comments

 

[expanda]

Hmmm know I feel like a gumby I just stick the hose in !!!

 

[RidgePanda]

Hmmm know I feel like a gumby I just stick the hose in !!!

Hmmmm expanda with a comment like that i might just have to report you............

 

[expanda]

Hmmmm expanda with a comment like that i might just have to report you............

Minds out of the gutter now !!!

 

[RidgePanda]

Minds out of the gutter now !!!

ROFPML.........my mind wasnt in the gutter.........until now