Country Coach Restoration, Repair & Parts Forums => Country Coach Archive => Topic started by: Bojangles5169 on October 26, 2004, 03:49:23 pm
Title: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: Bojangles5169 on October 26, 2004, 03:49:23 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 12424 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12424)1998 CC Intrigue: The shower has started running hot, then briefly ice cold, then back to normal. It continues this cycle throughout the entire shower. Saves on water because you don't stay in long but very uncomfortable. Any thoughts or solutions would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: Dick Campagna on October 26, 2004, 08:27:59 pm
1998 CC Intrigue: The shower has started running hot, then briefly
ice cold, then back to normal. It continues this cycle throughout the entire shower. Saves on water because you don't stay in long but very uncomfortable. Any thoughts or solutions would be appreciated. The shower in every RV we've ever owned has run hot/cold (while on the water pump) until I discerned the mystery of where to set the faucets. Once that's done, no more problems. For example, on our '98 Intrigue, I can't turn the shower's hot water faucet all the way up while on the pump, otherwise I get hot/cold. To prevent that, I back it up a little, along with the cold water faucet at ~3/4 on. It works for us ... on our coach. Your experience may well vary, especially if your problem occurs while using "city" water hookup.
Are you using a separate water pressure regulator, by the way?
Dick (& Geri) Campagna '98 36' Intrigue #10571 Mfd: 11/97
Title: Re: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: Glen Gieg on October 27, 2004, 12:39:34 am
r />] Do many of you use an extra water pressure regulator??? So far, I've just relied on the built-in one on my Magna.
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> 1998 CC Intrigue: The shower has started running hot, then
briefly
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ice cold, then back to normal. It continues this cycle throughout > the entire shower. Saves on water because you don't stay in long
but
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very uncomfortable. Any thoughts or solutions would be
appreciated.
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The shower in every RV we've ever owned has run hot/cold (while on
the water
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pump) until I discerned the mystery of where to set the faucets.
Once
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that's done, no more problems. For example, on our '98 Intrigue,
I can't
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turn the shower's hot water faucet all the way up while on the
pump,
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otherwise I get hot/cold. To prevent that, I back it up a little,
along
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with the cold water faucet at ~3/4 on. It works for us ... on our
coach.
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Your experience may well vary, especially if your problem occurs
while using
Title: Re: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: GLS9775@aol Com on October 27, 2004, 02:58:34 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 12438 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12438)In response to the question about the use of a backup water presure regulator I would offer these thoughts. I always have one available and will use it if there appears to be any possibility of extremely high pressure. Usually the park management will tell you what there presures run, if asked and you can also observe the actual site conditions prior to hooking up. We usually start our winter adventures at Blazing Star in San Antonio where the presure ranges between 90 and 110 psi.
Gary Stanton
2002 Intrigue-11467
Title: Re: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: Dick Campagna on October 27, 2004, 03:52:35 pm
The reason I don,t always use it is based on my belief that in low pressure situations it tends to restrict the flow rate somewhat. However, that may be my imagination at work. There is certainly nothing wrong with your suggestion, albeit better safe than sorry. While parked in San Antonio last year, I looked out the window at the rig across the road and saw a large volume of water coming from under the coach and out the bay doors. I went over and shut down the supply spigot, but a lot of damage was already done.
Gary Stanton
2002 Intrigue-11467
Title: Re: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: Dick Campagna on October 28, 2004, 12:55:37 pm
(Dick asked ... why not always use a water pressure regulator?)
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Dick-
The reason I don,t always use it is based on my belief that in low
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situations it tends to restrict the flow rate somewhat. However, that may
be my
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imagination at work. There is certainly nothing wrong with your
suggestion,
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albeit better safe than sorry. While parked in San Antonio last year, I
looked
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out the window at the rig across the road and saw a large volume of water > coming from under the coach and out the bay doors. I went over and shut
down the
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supply spigot, but a lot of damage was already done.
Reportedly a good water pressure regulator, like our Watts H560 ( http://tinyurl.com/5nr2p (http://tinyurl.com/5nr2p) ) actually regulates pressure while not reducing water flow.
We paid $95K for our regulator ... but our Country Coach was included in the price .
Dick (& Geri) Campagna '98 36' Intrigue #10571 Mfd: 11/97
Title: Re: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: M Richard May on October 30, 2004, 09:38:44 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 12512 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12512)Water pressure regulator...... don't leave home without it!
Dick May
2002 Intrigue, #11348
Title: Re: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: Bojangles5169 on November 08, 2004, 02:59:59 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 12694 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12694)We were dry camping for 1 week at a dog show on a hotel parking lot. We were only using the pump. Haven't tried the shower on city water and i do have a couple of external regulators and wasn't sure whether to use them along with the internal or not. We'll try the setting options and see if that helps. Thanks
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> Water pressure regulator...... don't leave home without it! >
Dick May
2002 Intrigue, #11348
Title: Shower running hot & cold
Post by: Eric Elliott on November 26, 2004, 08:42:05 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 13042 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/13042)A variable flow pump would eliminate the problem. We usually dry camp while traveling & are well aware of the problem of water temperature changes. CC increased our pump pressure to reduce the problem. Two factors cause the problem: a pump controlled by on-off control & water storage bubble located in water heater. While pump is off, bubble in heating tank supplies both hot & cold, so cold flow is limited by many more feet of tubing. Pump on with water too cool or pump off with water too hot. Two solutions are reasonable. One a new pump with variable control that will not switch on-off to control pressure. The Shureflo Smart SensorT 5.7 Water Pump is a variable pump, Camping World #24425 . Two, is a second storage bubble added in cold side of system. Shureflo Accumulator Tank, Camping World #2290, might be large enough. Only the variable pump would completely eliminate the problem.