check out the new remote control Jockey Wheel SmartBar Topargee products Enginesaver Low Water Alarms
Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Click here for the Grey Nomads website -> The Grey Nomads Forum -> The Grey Nomads - General -> Emptying water tanks
Post Info TOPIC: Emptying water tanks
KymLou


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 19
Date:
Emptying water tanks
Permalink  

Hi all, hope everyone is safe and well .

We have recently purchased a Jayco Expanda  Outback

16.56.3 2013 model. We have spent the past

couple of weeks washing, waxing, deep cleaning 

and generally getting to know the "nuts & bolts"

of the van before we consider road trips (once we can).

There are 2x82ltr water tanks, we could identify

plug for tank 2 and emptied ok, which was reflected

as empty on the screen display within the van. However

Tank 1 we cannot find plug to empty and in van screen display within van shows Tank 1 as full. 

Can anyone please us some advice. Thankyou



__________________
X
JayDee


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1835
Date:
Permalink  

Hi Kym Lou

Have you considered that perhaps the two tanks maybe linked in tandum.

Perhaps the water gauge idicated the level for both tanks/

.???

Jay&Dee 



__________________
KymLou


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 19
Date:
Permalink  

Hi Jay & Dee, thanks for your reply.

Yep, we had also thought that but that doesn't explain

water level screen display within the van showing full.

We'll have to fiddle a bit longer to try and work it out.

Thanks again.



__________________
X
dogbox


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 2122
Date:
Permalink  

try running pump to see if you have water available should be a valve to select which tank you draw water from , do you have one fill point or two?

__________________
Peter_n_Margaret


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 4375
Date:
Permalink  

Those gauges are notoriously unreliable. Maybe it is empty?
You say you have 2 tanks. Do you also have 2 gauges?
Cheers,
Peter

__________________

OKA196, 4x4 'C' Class, DIY, self contained motorhome. 960W of solar, 400Ah of AGMs, 310L water, 280L fuel. https://www.oka4wd.com/forum/members-vehicles-public/569-oka196-xt-motorhome
 

 
JeffRae


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1547
Date:
Permalink  

1.jpg

 

As shown..both tanks to feed.
Arrow rotated 90 clockwise..left supply to feed.
Arrow rotated 90 anticlockwise...right supply to feed
Arrow rotated 180 deg...supply shut off.

This is what we had in our Jayco Expanda, it may be why one tank is still full

JeffRae



Attachments
__________________

Jeff & Rae travelling in a motorhome
Warren-Pat_01


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 2064
Date:
Permalink  

KymLou,
Welcome to the forum. I trust you'll be like the rest of us - eager to learn & teach our friends how to enjoy life in a van of some type.
This forum has a wealth of knowledge stored in the various tabs - "Advanced Search" is very handy.

I suggest after you have operated the tap & emptied both tanks successfully - draw a circle on a sheet of paper & mark the 12, 3, 6 & 9 o'clock points with what Jeff has shown above & keep it in your paperwork, manuals that you have for the van.
The tap might be near one of the tanks or 1/2 way between. Generally each tank has a screw on cap on one end that enables you to empty it.

And for any rough road travel that you leave it in the "Supply shut off" position to prevent stones that may damage the pipes/hoses from draining both tanks.

Also check your weights - I have two 95L tanks - that's 190kg of water out of my maximum of 375 allowable kg. You're lucky - you have only 164kg of water on board.

__________________

Warren

----------------

If you don't get it done today, there's always tomorrow!

2019 Isuzu D-Max dual cab, canopy, Fulcrum suspension; 2011 17' Jayco Discovery poptop Outback
Mike Harding


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 4706
Date:
Permalink  

Syphon it out?



__________________

 

"I beseech you in the bowels of Christ think it possible you may be mistaken"

Oliver Cromwell, 3rd August 1650 - in a letter to the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland
msg


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1785
Date:
Permalink  

How about this. 1. Fill Tank at input inlet. This water is the water that comes out of the taps. It flows down the drain and fills the other tank. This is a grey water tank. You then empty that tank either at a dump point or onto the ground. The gauge inside van indicates the amount of water in the water tank. Although, mine show two tank levels.


__________________
Blues Man


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1723
Date:
Permalink  

I have a tank 1 and tank 2 . My gauge is hooked to tank 1 only .So i always use tank 2 first and when the water run's out i will switch it over to tank 1

and then i will know i have 100L left and this is the time my gauge will work . Hope this helps.

Cheers.

 

 



__________________

Blues man.
Brodie Allen


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 748
Date:
Permalink  

I have identical set up from same Copmpany and there is a drain plug on starbord side both tanks.

__________________
KymLou


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 19
Date:
Permalink  

Yep, sorted thanks



__________________
X
KymLou


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 19
Date:
Permalink  

Thanks for your comments,  appreciate your advice



__________________
X
KymLou


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 19
Date:
Permalink  

Thanks for your comments 



__________________
X
KymLou


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 19
Date:
Permalink  

Thanks



__________________
X
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Click here for the Grey Nomads website -> The Grey Nomads Forum -> The Grey Nomads - General -> Emptying water tanks
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us
Purchase Grey Nomad bumper stickers Read our daily column, the Nomad News The Grey Nomad's Guidebook