Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:42:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Puzzling water drip
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Shoved the garden hose down the filler inlet tube and turned on the hose
bibb is how I did it. I had no control over hose pressure as the friend
turning on the bibb was out and around the corner of the house.

It ran heavily for a while then water gushed out. I don't know how full
the tank was when that happened because the water level lamps are not
presently functioning. I do know that there was a might lot of water in
the tank at the end of the camping trip judging how it dumped out when
poor Mrs Squirrel had to get under the van to drain the tank.

"Thanks," she said to me grumpily after leaping up from the pavement to
avoid getting splashed. This is a job I normally do.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 8/27/2009 9:19 AM mcneely4@cox.net wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:49 AM , Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
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>> So my working theory is that when the tank filled and water gushed out
>> under the pressure of the hose, some amount must have been forced into
>> some hidden place in the van, maybe inside, and it had to leak out for a
>> while.
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> Mr. Squirrel, if water overflowed the fill up tube, it may have run into
> the wall of the van, especially if the filler housing is cracked or
> misfit.  Contrary to what some others have said, there is some
> fiberglass insulation between the van outside body wall and the
> cabinetry inside.  I would suspect that the fiberglass was saturated,
> and it took a while for the water to drip out.  If so, it is a potential
> rust initiator.
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> How do you get the tank to fill rapidly, even with a rapid flow rate?  I
> have to keep the flow rate very low, or water fills the filler tube and
> overflows.  It takes a long while for me to fill the tank, being careful
> to avoid overflows due to backup as I go.
>
> Dave Mc
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