Date:         Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:08:34 +0000
Reply-To:     Jared Planter <jaredplanter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jared Planter <jaredplanter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Filling the water tank
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Hey all,

I ended up cutting the kinked hose and putting a copper elbow in its place.
Copper probably isn't necessary since it's not under immense pressure but
it's all they had in the correct size where I was.

At any rate, it works as designed now. We filled up yesterday to test it
and the weep hole actually did its job, imagine that! Without opening the
tank or any of that.

Thanks again for all the advice.

Best,

Jared
On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 09:56 David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> That's good -- but having spent over a decade filling my '84 Westy tank
> from the outside using both original and new-type fill ports, I can tell
> you that the fill system works just fine and should overflow to the outside
> without leaking inside.  The original fill port with the DOM-locking plug
> was less convenient but more secure than the newer type with the folding
> funnel.  Both work fine with a half-inch tubing extension screwed onto the
> hose.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for all of the helpful responses. We're going to replace the
>> kinked vent hose with an elbow and change the way we fill. We'll either
>> turn off the hose shortly after the light hits green or just open the tank
>> from the top and watch as it fills.
>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 18:17 Kenneth B. Wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>