Starcraft RV Owners Forum

I thought the price was crazy too... till I saw it was for 10 of them. Then it makes more sense...

Good idea. The price seems very high
I got one at homedepot for 10.00 but maybe it's not as good

We purchased 10 full port, brass, hose shut off valves from Amazon. We have one on the end of each hose and the water filter. This allows us to do several things; flush out the hose before use without having to walk back and forth to the spigot, shut off the water when leaving for long spells, shut off the water quickly in an emergency, keep water from dribbling out of the hose when in storage or coiling it up, keep dirt from getting in the hose when handling the hoses.

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I also turn the water off like uct says, except I turn my pump on for visits during the night to the potty.

I always hook 2 hose bib to water supply then pressure regulator on one bib then filter then hose to camper. On the second bib I hook a second short hose with an adjustable novel. Keep the short hose off unless you need to use it. I turn off all water at bed time and if we go some where.

Hooked up the hose the other night, no valve to set. I read in the manual that some Starcrafts have a valve you have to set for tank or city water. None on the 16RB.

So what order to y'all hook everything up? Water supply - pressure regulator - filter - hose - camper ? Or something different?

x2 on pressure regulators. Cheap ones ($15) restrict flow as well as pressure. Good ones ($50) retain flow while limiting pressure.

A good pressure regulator isn't cheap, but well worth the insurance. Valterra makes a good one. So does Watts

And don't forget a pressure regulator on the intake line also. The plastic tubing in the trailer may not like the campground water pressure and you really do not want a fitting to explode and flood the camper (usually in the middle of the night). Your dealer should have tried to sell you one during your walk through or they have them on Amazon cheap. Good luck and have fun.

Just got back from 3 weeks camping in Ashby, MA. This was my first trip using a new "whole house" residential filter, the kind with a replaceable cartridge. I've always used the blue Camco throw away filters, but they usually only lasted a month. The new canister came with a standard white filter. I did buy a couple charcoal filters but thought I'd use the one that came with the canister first.

I was shocked when I got home and found the white filter was completely black. The inside of the canister and connections also had a black film. It had only been used 3 weeks. Not sure what the black stuff was, maybe magnesium (had that in a house once). Or worse - maybe mold? Never noticed anything unusual with the water inside the trailer.

Anyway, the point of my story is you can't be too careful using water in campgrounds. I'd recommend the best filter you can get.