Aussietraveller is the front tap plumbed in before the mixer? If so then I would suspect it is more likely to be the non return/back flow valve as the culprit as this will effect all taps. You may find it has collected collected some junk out of the parks waterline.
If in doubt the 'mixer' valve can be by passed. My water temps were way to low so I took it out of service. I'm a big boy and can figure out that hot water is hot.. Its the best thing I did as I can now wash grease dishes without boiling the billy. Chris
PS Another thing you may try is installing either a good quality filter or at least an irrigation filter prior to the water entering the van
-- Edited by Pam_Chris on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:15:24 PM
-- Edited by Pam_Chris on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:44:27 PM
spida said
09:23 PM Sep 14, 2013
had the same thing. My valve is 'in-line' basically where the mains water comes in to the van under the seat of the slide-out side . Undid that and cleaned the reduction thingie. = made all the difference.
-- Edited by spida on Saturday 14th of September 2013 09:25:00 PM
aussietraveller said
11:58 PM Sep 14, 2013
We have an intermittent problem with water supply in the van when hooked up to a tap in caravan park when its playing up we get no water at the sink, Bathroom or front tap I have tried to replicate the problem at home but no luck to date
Have spoken to Jayco who told me there is a small black colour ratio valve in the water supply line I cannot see anything that looks like what they described.
I have found the device shown in the attached photo and suspect it is a ratio valve bur its not small and its not Black If any of our knowledgeable and experienced members can identify this object and then tell me how to solve the problem I would be very greatfull
As a plumber I have never heard of them being called a ratio valve. They are simply a tempering valve and that means for the last few years any Hot water units installed and to be used for the purposes of human cleansing , that is to say not laundry or sink the water must be tempered.for prevention of nasty burns .Now ,thats the reason you have one. Most brands have filters that frankly are a pain in the a#$e.Remove it and clean it as best you can .Most times we find that parks have inferior water water pressure so the unit will not work to capacity .Once you return to civilisation so speak and connect to town water pressure it may work much better. They do not cost a great deal @ $65 or so it will take 10 mins ,2 shifters and some teflon.Just do it and then you have a spare Good luck.John
2weis said
05:12 AM Sep 15, 2013
my van has a valve diectly behind the connection for the park water to enter the van
i found it had a in line filter , one of those fine wire ones and it restricted the flow especially when the water prssure was low
brian
aussietraveller said
07:35 PM Sep 15, 2013
I knew If I posted my problem on the forum I would get an answer, Thanks to all who have helped and to Dorian that is a very useful link I have downloaded the documents and will crawl back under the van tomorrow, I will also check behind where the hose connects to see what I can find.
Thanks everyone
Dunmowin said
09:50 PM Sep 15, 2013
2weis wrote:
my van has a valve diectly behind the connection for the park water to enter the van i found it had a in line filter , one of those fine wire ones and it restricted the flow especially when the water prssure was low brian
These fine mesh filters need to be checked regularly. We spasmodically had issues with flow, until we learnt to check the filter. Found to have a greenish mould growing in it. Now have filter on outside the van, to filter the water before it gets to the mesh.
Aussietraveller is the front tap plumbed in before the mixer? If so then I would suspect it is more likely to be the non return/back flow valve as the culprit as this will effect all taps. You may find it has collected collected some junk out of the parks waterline.
If in doubt the 'mixer' valve can be by passed. My water temps were way to low so I took it out of service. I'm a big boy and can figure out that hot water is hot.. Its the best thing I did as I can now wash grease dishes without boiling the billy.
Chris
PS Another thing you may try is installing either a good quality filter or at least an irrigation filter prior to the water entering the van
-- Edited by Pam_Chris on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:15:24 PM
-- Edited by Pam_Chris on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:44:27 PM
had the same thing. My valve is 'in-line' basically where the mains water comes in to the van under the seat of the slide-out side . Undid that and cleaned the reduction thingie. = made all the difference.
-- Edited by spida on Saturday 14th of September 2013 09:25:00 PM
We have an intermittent problem with water supply in the van when hooked up to a tap in caravan park when its playing up we get no water at the sink, Bathroom or front tap I have tried to replicate the problem at home but no luck to date
Have spoken to Jayco who told me there is a small black colour ratio valve in the water supply line I cannot see anything that looks like what they described.
I have found the device shown in the attached photo and suspect it is a ratio valve bur its not small and its not Black If any of our knowledgeable and experienced members can identify this object and then tell me how to solve the problem I would be very greatfull
i found it had a in line filter , one of those fine wire ones and it restricted the flow especially when the water prssure was low
brian
Thanks everyone
These fine mesh filters need to be checked regularly. We spasmodically had issues with flow, until we learnt to check the filter. Found to have a greenish mould growing in it. Now have filter on outside the van, to filter the water before it gets to the mesh.