

| Subject: | Re: westy kitchen operation |
| From: | Mike Collum |
| Date: | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:39:39 -0400 |
Katherine, If you have the stock water spigot ... the round knob is "Center Off". Turn it to the right for city water (no electrical contacts needed for that position as city water is pressurized) ... to the left of center is tank and has electrical contacts to turn on the pump. If you've never used the city water connection, I would strongly recommend that you first remove the 4 screws from the utility port outside the van, pull the connection away from the side, then hook up the city water. That way if the internal connection is broken or cracked, you won't fill the area behind the kitchen with water (and cause much rust there). The internal connection, the one where the small hose goes from the port to the faucet, if not drained properly before winter, can freeze and break. To drain it, remove the city water hose from the outside and insert a small rod (like a ballpoint pen) so as to depress the spring loaded rubber plug that serves as a check valve when in use. Another way the internal connector can break is from an "Overpressurized" city water source. Small pressure regulators, that go between the city water hose and the utility connector, can be purchased cheaply wherever RV products are sold ... including Wal*Mart. One more thing ... the standard "Garden hose" isn't fit for use as a drinking water source and should not be used to connect to the city water connector nor should it be used to fill the water tank. There are hoses designed for drinking water which, again, are available wherever RV products are sold. Mike '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL Westy Katherine J. Maas wrote: > Well, I�ve had my Westy for 7 years now and I never knew how to use the city > water hookup! But maybe that�s because I don�t have a three-way switch to > switch between city/internal tank/off. Where exactly would this switch be > located? On the water tap? Because if that�s where it�s supposed to be, > then that�s where it isn�t. > > Katherine & Vanita
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